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!
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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