Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
    117
    Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
    391
    A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
    72
    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
    2
    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
    53
    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
    76
    On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
    57
    Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income.
    72