United States of America is also known as US. Below are the fifteen facts about america that will amaze you. US is undoubtedly among richest countries and among world's reputed countries. If you enjoyed this post, kindly share and tell us your views in comment section.
1. In more than half of all U.S. states, the highest paid public employee in the state is a football coach.
3. The average supermarket in the United States wastes about 3,000 pounds of food each year.
4. The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.
5. There is actually a town in Michigan called “Hell“.
6. The average American spends more than 10 hours a day using an electronic device.
7. The United States has 845 motor vehicles for every 1,000 people. Japan only has 593 for every 1,000 people, and Germany only has 540 for every 1,000 people.
8. One survey of 50-year-old men in the U.S. found that only 12 percent of them said that they were “very happy”.
9. 86 percent of men include “having children” in their definition of success. For women, that number is only 73 percent.
10. There are more than 4 million adult websites on the Internet, and they get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined.
11. According to one recent survey, 81 percent of Russians now have a negative view of the United States. That is much higher than at the end of the Cold War era.
12. In 1950, less than 5 percent of all babies in America were born to unmarried parents. Today, that number is over 40 percent.
13. In 2014, police in the United States killed 1,100 people. During that same year, police in Canada killed 14 people, police in China killed 12 people and police in Germany didn’t kill anyone at all.
14. The amount of cement that China used from 2011 to 2013 was greater than the total amount of cement that the United States used during the entire 20th century.
15. It costs the U.S. government 1.8 cents to mint a penny and 9.4 cents to mint a nickel.
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