FACTS ABOUT USA 11



- About 70 percent of Americans who go to college do it just to make more money.

- In the U.S., the milk production per dairy cow is approximately 12,000 pounds.

- In America, 38% of doctors are Indians.

- In America, one out of every two marriages ends up in divorce.

- In the United States, ice cream is sold the most on a Sunday.

- The six official languages of the United Nations are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish.

- The most popular name for a pet in the United States is Max.

- The most common seasonings found in American homes are chili powder, cinnamon, and seasoned salts.

- Everyday, U.S. business use enough paper to circle the Earth over 20 times.

- According to the American Institute of Stress, job stress approximately costs the U.S. industry over $300 billion dollars per year.

- All of the Peking ducks in the United States are descendents from three ducks and one drake imported to Long Island, New York in 1873.

- The banana was officially introduced in 1876 in the U.S. at the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. The bananas were wrapped in tinfoil and were sold for 10 cents each.

- James Buchanan was the only unmarried president of the United States.

- 99% of the blueberries that are produced in the United States are produced in the state of Maine.

- The capital of Vermont, Montpelier is the only state capital in the United States that does not have a McDonalds.

- The first president to have a picture taken was John Quincy Adams.

- In the United States, six tubs of Cool Whip, a brand of whipping cream, are sold every second.

- The number one cause of rabies in the United States are bats.

- 27 percent of U.S. male college students believe life is "a meaningless existential hell." (big surprise, eh?)

- Approximately 40% of the states in the U.S. have severe, or extreme pollution problems.

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