Interesting Facts About America
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| Interesting Facts About America |
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* The President of America lives in the White House which has 132 rooms.
* America's first capital was New-York but later its capital was changed to Washington DC.
* The first coin in America was started in 1794, this coin was made of silver.
* France gifted The Statue Of Liberty to America in the year 1884.
* In America you can drive a car from the age of 16. From the age of 18, you can keep a pistol and vote and you can buy liquor after turning 21.
America's Atlanta International Airport is the busiest airport in the world.
* America's Air Force is the world's largest air force and Navy is the world's second largest water force.
* An average of 800 cyclones occur in America every year.
* America's most populous city is New York.
* Every year about 85 million tons of paper is used in America.
* America's highest mountain peak is named Mount McKinnell, its height is 6,194 meters.
* Most of the cyclones in the world come in the Midwest region of America and from where they originate, it is called Tornado Allel.
* The government controls 32% of America's land.
* America gave only 72 million dollars to Russia for Alaska in the year 1867, which according to today's rate is Rs 1 per acre. Alaska is the largest state in America by area.
* Indians did not have the right to take US citizenship till the year 1924.
* Almost every American drinks 600 cold drinks in a year.
* America does not have any official language.
* An average of 60,000 people fly over America in an hour.
* American people throw away 4 crore 40 lakh newspapers every day.
* If you write the names of all the 50 states of America in the English language, you will use all the letters except 'Q'.
* American people spread the most pollution in the world.
* Every American uses paper equivalent to 465 trees during their lifetime.
* There is no charge to see the White House of America, but to see it, an application has to be made 6 months in advance.
* About 25 out of 100 have appeared in some show on American T.V.
* The Dutch once had authority over New York City in America.
* The national flag of the United States of America has 13 stripes and 50 white stars on a blue background. The 13 stripes refer to the 13 British colonies that declared independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1776, and the 50 stars refer to the 50 American states.
* There are so many restaurants in New York that it would take you 12 years to visit them all, if you went to one restaurant every day.
* America's largest employer is the US Department of Defense which employs more than three million people.
* America's national anthem is called 'The Star-Spangled Banner' and the lyrics are based on a poem by Francis Scott in the year 1814.
* Even if America cuts its military budget by 80%, America will still have the largest military budget in the world.
* Most of the music that the world listens to – Jazz, Rock 'n' Roll, Hip-Hop, Folk, Folk, R&B, came from America.
* The most popular sports in America are American football, baseball, basketball and ice hockey.
* The United States is the only country with five climate zones on Earth: tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar.
* America was the first nation to use the title "President" for its head of state.
* America is the biggest center of global invention. Airplanes, computers, cell phones, potato chips, and the light bulb are some examples of American inventions.
* Michael Phelps, a swimmer, is the Olympian with the most Olympic gold medals from the United States. Michael Phelps has won 28 Olympic gold medals. Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games.
* America is the first country to have developed nuclear weapons and the only country to have used them in war.
* Nine of the world's 10 largest companies by market cap are based in the United States.
* After Christianity and Judaism, Islam is the third largest religion in America.
* The profession of 47% of America's people is related to technology.
* 30% of America's business owners are women there.
