The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
100
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.
10
In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45
Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
5
According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
223
In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
26
There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
15
No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
51