Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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