The US is a country, though not the largest in the world, but the most famous is for sure. Being the most developed by a combination of factors the state, the US dictates its will to many smaller countries. However, leaving aside politics, we can confidently say that the US is not only strange laws and green dollars, it’s also a diverse nature, amazing sights and a truly multinational society.
The US is the world’s largest economy by nominal GDP (in 2016 it reached $ 18.5 trillion). At the same time, the state debt of the state is almost $ 20 trillion.
In the United States, there is no official state language, although most of the population uses the American version of English. In second place in popularity and prevalence is the Spanish language. Almost everywhere, all signs and ads are written right away in both of these languages.
The US is a recognized superpower due to its comprehensive influence on other countries of the world.
The US Constitution fully operates on the uninhabited atoll of Palmyra.
Russia sold to the State of Alaska for only 7.2 million dollars.
The United States has the longest network of motorways in the world (more than 6.5 million kilometers), as well as the longest system of railway branches.
The first film in the world was presented in 1894 in New York – the demonstration tape was conducted using a kinetoscope, invented by Thomas Edison. The following year the second in the world motion picture was shown in the same city.
The most common and popular sport in the States is American football, it’s also rugby.
The United States is the unrivaled leader in the number of Nobel Prizes received by citizens of the state.
The United States is the only developed country in the world that does not provide its citizens with free medical assistance. A study by Harvard scientists showed that almost 45,000 Americans die every year because of a lack of money for medical insurance.
The United States is a country with a record number of prisoners. By 2012, there were 730 convicted criminals for every 100,000 Americans.
America is considered the birthplace of such popular musical genres as rock, jazz, blues and hip-hop.
It was in the USA that the first mass car was manufactured and the Internet was invented.
In the United States there is no centralized control over school education – there are no requirements for the qualifications of teachers, there are no standards for teaching and approved teaching aids. The regulation of the education of children is carried out by the authorities of the states and municipalities, as well as by the parents’ committees.
According to statistics, Americans with higher education earn an average of a million dollars more for their lives than their less educated fellow citizens.
More than half of American adults drink at least one cup of coffee a day.
The area of the smallest of the 50 US states – Rhode Island – is about 4 thousand square kilometers. At the same time, the largest state of Alaska, stretched for 1.7 million square kilometers.
More than half of US residents (63%) are not able to find Iraq on the map. With the search for Afghanistan, only one out of 10 Americans can cope.
The founding fathers of the United States made a declaration of independence on cannabis paper.
According to surveys, 13% of Americans believe that the Sun revolves around the Earth. For obvious reasons, these are mostly poorly educated residents of the local countryside.
In Hawaii, there is the highest mountain peak in the world – the height of the underwater volcano Mauna Kea, given its underwater part, allows it to exceed Everest by almost 2 kilometers.
Each eighth family in the United States was created thanks to an acquaintance on the Internet.
The US national debt hourly increases by 150 thousand dollars.
The famous Statue of Liberty was presented to the Americans by France in the late 19th century. It was designed by the future (at that time) the creator of the Eiffel Tower Gustave Eiffel.
In Las Vegas for 8 townspeople have 1 slot machine.
Annually about 250 thousand US residents are systematically beaten by their wives.
In a small town in Colorado, every year celebrate a feast in honor of Mike’s cock. If you believe the city myth, a local resident once beheaded his cock, but the bird survived and lived without a head for another 4 years, after which she died from gluttony.
One American spends the same amount of resources as on 32 Kenyan residents.
