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!
117
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
5
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.
14
There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
6
Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
20