Random USA Facts

    93 facts tagged with USA Facts

    Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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    Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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    Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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    Pizza Each Second
    Pizza Each Second
    350 slices of pizza are consumed each second in USA.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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