20 Things About America Most People Don't Realize
Peter Pizagalli
Published
11/27/2014
Crazy statistics that you probably didn't know.
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In Montana, cows out number people 3 to 1. -
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1 American consumes the same amount of resources as 32 Kenyans. -
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College athletes are are treated like celebrities when in all actuality, they are just students taking part in an extracurricular activity. -
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Though most Americans speak English, we have no official national language. -
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1 out every 3 Americans is obese. -
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Roughly 25 percent of Americans believe in reincarnation. -
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It is actually completely legal for underage kids to smoke cigarettes, but it is illegal for them to purchase them. -
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Medical errors are the 6th leading cause of death in the US. -
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Virginia has birthed more presidents than any other state. -
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27 percent of Americans don't believe we landed on the moon. -
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If you have $10 in your pocket and no debt, you are wealthier than 25 percent of Americans. -
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1 out of every 8 Americans have been employed by McDonald's at some point. -
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100 acres of pizza are served in the US every day. -
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Americans spend roughly 4.4 years of their life at their jobs. -
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The Library of Congress keeps an archive of every tweet ever tweeted. -
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During prohibition the government started poisoning beer, which led to thousands of deaths. -
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40 percent of births in America are from unmarried women. -
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Most countries don't display their flag nearly everywhere like the US does. -
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22 million chickens are consumed in the US every day. -
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Apple has more money than the U.S. Treasury.
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