Top 10 Amazing Facts About America
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The United States of America (commonly referred to as the United States, U.S., USA, or America), is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district of Washington, D,C., five major territories, and various possessions. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C., are in central North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwestern part of North America and the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific. The territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea. At 3.8 million square miles (9.9 million km2) and with over 320 million people, the country is the world’s third largest by total area (fourth largest by land area) and the third most populous. It is one of the world’s most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, the product of large-scale immigration from many countries. The geography and climate of the United States are also extremely diverse, and the country is home to a wide variety of wildlife. Here are the top 10 amazing facts about America.
(10) There are three towns in the United States that have the name “Santa Claus“.
(9) 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) There are more than 4 million adult websites on the Internet, and they get more traffic than Netflix, Amazon and Twitter combined.
(7) The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.
(6) 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.
(5) The average supermarket in the United States wastes about 3,000 pounds of food each year.
(4) In 2013, women earned 60 percent of all bachelor’s degrees that were awarded that year in the United States.
(3) In 1950, less than 5 percent of all babies in America were born to unmarried parents. Today, that number is over 40 percent.
(2) In more than half of all U.S. states, the highest paid public employee in the state is a football coach.
(1) 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.
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