Random United States Facts

    35 facts tagged with United States Facts

    The Statue of Liberty was a gift of friendship resulting from the diplomatic relationship between the United States and France.
    97
    The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
    10
    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
    155
    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
    76
    The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
    36
    Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
    299
    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
    65
    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
    72