FACTS IN

AMÉRICA

MIGUEL GALLEGOS
THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD IS
ACTUALLY LOCATED IN THE UNITED STATES
• IT IS ACTUALLY TALLER THAN MOUNT EVEREST. IT’S CALLED MAUNA KEA AND
IT’S LOCATED IN HAWAII. WHILE IT IS ONLY 13,796 FEET IN ALTITUDE ABOVE SEA
LEVEL, WHEN MEASURED FROM THE SEAFLOOR IT IS OVER 32,000 FEET HIGH,
WHILE MOUNT EVEREST IS 29,028 FEET HIGH.
THE LONGEST STONE ARCH BRIDGE IN THE
WORLD
IS THE ROCKVILLE BRIDGE IN MARYSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, WHICH WAS
COMPLETED IN 1902 AND SPANS A TOTAL LENGTH OF 3,820 FEET.
THE UNITED STATES IS THE FATTEST COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD
WITH 33% OF THE POPULATION BEING OBESE AND 66% CONSIDERED TO BE
OVERWEIGHT. FOODIES MAY ALSO FIND IT FASCINATING THAT SUBWAY RECENTLY
PASSED MCDONALDS AS THE WORLD‘S LARGEST RESTAURANT CHAIN.
THE TALLEST PRESIDENT WAS ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
THE 16TH PRESIDENT WAS A TALL SIX-FEET-FOUR-INCHES, OR 193 CENTIMETERS.
OUR SMALLEST PRESIDENT TO HOLD OFFICE WAS JAMES MADISON. THE FOURTH
PRESIDENT, WHOSE TERM WAS SERVED FROM 1809 TO 1817, STOOD FIVE FEET AND
FOUR INCHES TALL, OR 163 CENTIMETERS. HE ALSO WEIGHED LESS THAN 100
POUNDS.
ATLANTIC CITY HAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST
BOARDWALK
ATLANTIC CITY HAS THE WORLD'S LONGEST BOARDWALK. BUILT IN 1870, IT WAS
ALSO THE FIRST BOARDWALK IN THE UNITED STATES. ITS PURPOSE WAS TO LIMIT
THE AMOUNT OF SAND BEACH GOERS TOOK WITH THEM INTO HOTEL LOBBIES AS
WELL AS THE TRAIN. TODAY, IT IS A STRETCH OF 4.5 MILES LONG, AND HOME TO
CASINOS, HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, AND MORE.