Interesting facts about USA

Interesting facts about USA

-Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world.
-Maryland has the oldest functioning airport, the College park.
-The first electrically lighted city in the world was Wabash, Indiana.
-The first place in the United States that allowed woman to hold office and vote was Wyoming.
-In 1884, France gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States.
-The Statute of Liberty is physically located in New Jersey, though is associated with the New York City.
-US does not have an official language.
-The first university of USA is Harvard, founded in 1636.
-Women in America got the right to vote in 1920.
-The population of America is 307 million.
-The top 1% of Americans owns 33% of the country’s wealth.
-The largest office building in the world by area is Pentagon.
-The federal government owns 32% of the country’s land.
-A third of USA adult population is obese.
-The highest point in the state of Florida is only 105 meters above the sea level.
-Hawaii is the only state in the America that grows coffee commercially.
-There are more unemployed workers in America than the population of Greece.
-One out of 7 Americans has at least 10 credit cards.
-If Bill Gates gave every single penny of his fortune to the U.S. government, it would only cover the U.S. budget deficit for about 15 days.
-Originally the name of Atlanta was “Terminus”.
-Three cows in the United States are named “Santa Claus”.
-Alaska has a longer coastline than any other states of America put together.
-On average a supermarket in the United States wastes about 1.360 tonne a year.'

 

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Last Updated: 01 March 2016
Editor: Ms. Shahla Fakouri