According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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