21 Things About America That Most Americans Don’t Realize

Here’s a neat little compendium of strange but 100% true facts about America.

1. 1 out of every 8 Americans have been employed by McDonald’s at some point.

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2. Apple has more money than the U.S. Treasury.

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3. In Montana, cows out number people 3 to 1.

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4. 1 American consumes the same amount of resources as 32 Kenyans.

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5. The first person to own a slave in America was a black man.

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6. College athletes are treated like celebrities. In reality, they are just students taking part in an extracurricular activity.

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7. Though most Americans speak English, we have no official national language.

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8. 1 out every 3 Americans is obese.

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9. Roughly 25% of Americans believe in reincarnation.

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10. It is actually completely legal for underage kids to smoke cigarettes, but it is illegal for them to purchase them.

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11. Medical errors are the 6th leading cause of death in the US.

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12. Virginia has birthed more presidents than any other state.

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13. 27% of Americans don’t believe we landed on the moon.

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14. If you have $10 in your pocket and no debt, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.

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15. 100 acres of pizza are served in the US every day.

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16. Americans spend roughly 4.4 years of their life at each of their jobs.

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17. The Library of Congress is keeping an archive of every tweet ever tweeted.

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18. During prohibition the government started poisoning beer, which led to thousands of deaths.

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19. 40% of births in America are from unmarried women.

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20. 22 million chickens are consumed in the US every day.

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21. America is one of the only countries to display their flag almost everywhere.

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