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Number 1. The US is divided into 50 states, all of which are united.

The smallest is Rhode


Island, which is 1545mi², and the largest is Alaska, with over 663,000mi².
Number 2, just 2.5 million red, white and blue people lived in the USA in 1776.
Number 3 there is no official language in the US, but English is the most commonly
spoken.
Number 4. 40% of births in the US come from women.
Number 5, every tweet in American Send is archived by the Library of Congress. number
ten.
Number 6. There are 100 divorces every hour in the US.
Number 7. Despite the country being so large and the population quite large too, 47% of US
soil is actually unoccupied and doesn't have anybody registered as living there.
Number 8 the grizzly bear is the official state animal of California, but none have been seen
there since 1922.
Number 9. There are three towns in the US that have the name Santa Claus. It must be so
depressing there when it's not Christmas time.
Number 10. The states love their cars. In fact, there are 845 motor vehicles for every
thousand people.
Number 11. The US is the fourth largest country in the world by land area, and the third by
population. Beaten by those pesky guys in India and China.
Number 12. There have been 28 official versions of the US flag.
Number 13, the lowest temperature ever recorded in the US was at Prospect Creek in
Alaska in January 1971.
Number 14, the hottest temperature ever recorded in the US was in the intimidatingly
named Death Valley, California, in July 1913. It measured 134 Fahrenheit, which is
probably enough to produce a bathtubs worth of midriff sweat.
Number 15, the Mississippi and Missouri rivers. Combined to form the longest river system
in the US and the fourth longest in the entire world.
Number 16, the original name for the city of Atlanta was terminus.
Number 17, the first president of the United States himself, George Washington, used to
grow hemp, smoke weed every day.
Number 18, Gerald Ford was the only man to be both president and vice president, but
wasn't elected to either post in American politics.
Number 19. Washington was also one of the wealthiest presidents of all time, with assets
worth more than $500 million.
Number 20. Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen. And
all previous presidents were born British subjects.
Number 21 every second Americans collectively eat £100 of chocolate.

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