21 Interesting Facts About The United States Of America
Kenneth Coo
Published
07/04/2015
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ftw
Portions of knowledge to better your fourth of July.
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100 acres of Pizza are served in the U.S. every day. -
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Just 2.5 million people lived in the U.S.A. in 1776. Today it’s 314 million. -
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An American soldier ran across the border to North Korea in 1962 and has been living there ever since. -
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Thousands of Americans migrated to the USSR in the 1930s during the Great Depression. -
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Every second, Americans collectively eat 100 pounds of chocolate. -
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America's first slave owner was a black man. -
7.
There are at least 97 people called "LOL" in the U.S. -
8.
In 1962, the U.S. blew up a hydrogen bomb in space that was 100 times more powerful than Hiroshima. -
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Every tweet Americans send is being archived by the Library of Congress. -
10.
80% of the land in Nevada is owned by the U.S. government. -
11.
U.S. former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other, on the 4th of July in 1826. -
12.
There's an official Rock Paper Scissors League. -
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The U.S. has no official language. -
14.
Valentine's Day is also National Condom Day in the U.S. -
15.
The launch code for all U.S. Minuteman nuclear missiles for 20 years used the same code: 00000000. -
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In 1943, the U.S. banned sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure. -
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American flags made in China are banned in the U.S. Military. -
18.
The State of New Jersey, U.S.A., was originally called Lorraine and New Sweden. -
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In WWII, the U.S. and New Zealand secretly tested "tsunami bombs" designed to destroy coastal cities. -
20.
Gerald Ford was the only to have served as both U.S. President and Vice President without being elected to either position. -
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The U.S. has 19 aircraft carriers, compared to the rest of the world's 12 aircraft carriers combined.
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