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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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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