Random USA Facts

    93 facts tagged with USA Facts

    Gay Bomb
    Gay Bomb
    The US Air Force researched a “Gay Bomb”: A non-lethal bomb containing really strong pheromones that will make the enemy forces attracted to each other. It won the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize.
    90
    Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
    259
    One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
    122
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
    30
    During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
    25
    Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
    11
    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
    2
    Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
    123