AMUSING FACTS ABOUT THE U.S (WORLD FACT SERIES PART 3)

1) The US Has The 4th Longest River System In The World.

• 2)The US Has The Largest Economy In The World.
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• 3)The American Flag Has Had 27 Versions.
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• 4)Home To Some of The Best Musical Artist Of All Time.

5)North America Is the Third Largest Continent in The World.

• 6)There Are 23 Countries in North America.
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• 7)The Core of the Continent Is 1-1.5 Billion Years Old

8)Five hundred years before Columbus, a daring band of Vikings led by Leif Eriksson set foot in North America and established a settlement. 

9)On September 7, 1813, the United States gets its nickname, Uncle Sam. The name is linked to Samuel Wilson, a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied barrels of beef to the United States Army during the War of 1812.

10)America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

11)Alaska has the largest land area in the United States followed by Texas and California

12)On September 9, 1776, the Continental Congress formally declares the name of the new nation to be the “United States” of America. This replaced the term “United Colonies,” which had been in general use.

13)New York – it was called New Amsterdam as a settlement by the Dutch that chose to settle in Manhattan. The Name, New York only came into being later in the 17th Century when those pesky English who captured it. The Name, New York was to pay tribute to Duke of York who helped in capturing it.

14)American athletes have won more Olympic medals than athletes from any other country.

15)The United States is the only country that has all of Earth's five climate zones: tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar.

16)The United States is the third most visited country by international tourists after Spain and France.

17)The United States is home to nearly 45 million immigrants – more than any other country in the world.

18)The U.S. film industry is the largest, oldest, and most profitable film industry in the world. According to research firm IBISWorld, the American film industry generated about $33 billion in 2019.

19)More than nine in every 10 Americans have eaten pizza in the last month. According to some estimates, Americans consume the equivalent of about 100 acres of pizza every day

20)The United States is at the center of global invention. Airplanes, computers, cellphones, potato chips, and the light bulb are just a few examples of American ingenuity.

21)The United States was the first nation to use the title of "President" for its head of state.

22)The current iteration of the American flag was designed by a high school student.

23)There are more guns than people in the United States – about 101 for every 100 people, according to some estimates. The country with the next highest ownership rate is Serbia, where there are 58 guns for every 100 people.

24)Three out of every four tornadoes in the world occur in the United States.

25)The United States has been awarded more Nobel Prizes than any other country.

26)of the 2,000 world's largest companies, 575 are U.S.-based, according to Forbes.

27)CNBC reported the United States is home to by far more billionaires than any other country, with 705 – more than the next four countries combined. Seven of the world’s 10 richest people are American.

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