The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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