Random USA Facts

    93 facts tagged with USA Facts

    The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
    298
    Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
    9
    Cloud Computing
    Cloud Computing
    In 2012, a national survey found that 51% of people thought stormy weather affected cloud computing.
    20
    Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
    5
    Strange Illuminati Web Address Takes You to NSA
    Typing 'illuminati' backwards into the address bar, followed by '.com', will take you to U.S. government's National Security Agency website.
    76
    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
    82
    Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
    13
    According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
    223