The US government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people.

If you have as a minimum $10 and no debts, your fortune is already greater than the fortune of 25% of Americans.

A waste smoke of cigarettes kills about 50.000 Americans each year.

One average American consumes as many resources as 32 Kenyans do.

Every 3rd American suffers from obesity.

A quarter of all prisones all over the world (about 2.25 million people) are in USA jails.

40% of kids born in US are extramarital.

It is absolutely legal to smoke cigarettes for minors in US, but they can't buy them there.

Approximately 20 million Americans live in mobile houses.

The price for books in US grows faster than taxes, annual medical payments and inflation.

Because Christmas was an ancient pagan holiday, it was illegal in US until 1836.

There are twice more suicides in US than people killed by someone else.

There are much more bachelors than married men in USA.

The Four Corners Monument is the only place in US shared by 4 states.

An official Rock Paper Scissors League exists in USA.

USA has no official language.

63% of prisoners in USA

are illeterate.

Bananas are the most popular fruits in US.

The BIGGEST bill ever used

in US is $10.000 banknote.

About 4% of executed people in US are innocent.

Once in 1893 it was offered to rename

USA into USE (United States of the Earth).

20% of taxes in US go for the military needs.

The launch code for all nuclear missiles of US during 20 years was the same. There were 8 zeros.

About 10% of all American companies become bankrupts every year.

In 1943, the U.S. banned sliced bread as a wartime conservation measure.

A risk to have a developing cancer in US is 50%

Despite the fact that US government spends more money for healthcare than any other developed country, average lifetime is still quite short.

It became 5 times more expensive to study in the college in the US since 1985.

Before the Holocaust started, Hitler allowed many countries, including USA, take in Jewish emigrants. But they refused...

30% of all businesses in the US belong to women.

Since 1996 amount of extremely poor families in US, who have less than $2 per day to live, doubled up to 1.5 million.

GPS and the Internet are owned by US government and can be 'turned off' at any moment.

The USA has more people of Norwegian descent than Norway.

In the U.S., sitting on a sea turtle is a third degree felony.

The poorest 5% of Americans are still richer than 2/3 of the world population.