Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
299
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
Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
17
Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
65
Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
23
In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
4
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
According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
223