According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
14
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
7
Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
20
The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
72
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