FACTS ABOUT USA 9
- Four out of five brides in the U.S. have a job.
- 75-90% of primary physician visits are due to stress.
- Teenage cosmetic surgeries nearly doubled in the USA between 1996 and 1998.
- The largest employer in Central Florida is Walt Disney World. There are approximately 50,000 people working there.
- In one day, the Tootsie Roll Industry makes over 16 million lollipops.
- The American Airlines Sports Center, in Dallas, has most toilets per capita than any other sports and entertainment venue in the USA.
- The first restaurant to open in Hollywood was the Musso & Frank Grill in 1919.
- In 1958 the United States sent three mice into space named, Mia, Laska and Benji.
- Daytime dramas are called Soap Operas because they were originally used to advertise soap powder. In America in the early days of TV, advertisers would write stories around the use of their soap powder.
- 98% of houses in the United States have at least one television set.
- There are an estimated 2,500 collisions between birds and planes each year in the US.
- Wherever a person is standing in the state of Michigan in the United States, they are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.
- If all the cars from the U.S. were taken and lined up from bumper to bumper, there would be enough cars to go to the moon from earth and back.
- On average, the Pentagon uses 666 rolls of toilet paper in one day.
- The most famous movie theatre is the "Chinese Theatre" located in Los Angeles, USA.
- The American Automobile association was formed in 1905 for the sole purpose of warning motorists of police speed traps.
- In 1848, the first American pasta factory opened in Brooklyn, New York. The name of the man that opened it was Antoine Zerega.
- The state of California has more 7-Eleven stores than any other state. There are approximately 1,200 stores.
- David Rice Atchinson was President of the United States for exactly one day. This happened due to a glitch in American law at the time.
- Forty percent of Americans iron their clothes while wearing their underwear or being completely naked.
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