American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
7
In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
28
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
65
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
29
The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
54
There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
18