Today we are looking at 50 strange and or little-known facts about the United States.
Now, before we get into this I got a side note for you there are some extra strange things that
have gone on in this country that I had to take out yeah I went down a long and twisted Google
Rabbit Hole researching this video there was a total about 20 things that ended up on the
editing room floor so to speak that definitely would have gotten me demonetized maybe I'll make
another video with those and put it up on like my blogging Channel or I'll just put it on Twitter
who knows if you want to see that one let me know in the comment section below today's video is kind
of fun some of these things you might know but I'm sure most of them you don't but I guarantee you're
gonna find quite a few that are really interesting got it get it good let's take a look number one
the state of Alaska is big as a matter of fact it is so large that it can hold the entire state of
Texas inside it twice number two there's a town in Pennsylvania called intercourse number three
the world's largest frying pan is in Rose Hill North Carolina and they actually use it to cook
with occasionally it's not just some fiberglass frying pan they put up for decorations number four
the first American flag was sown by Betsy Ross who was only paid a dollar and 25 cents for her
work and even by today's standards it wasn't much in today's money she got paid thirty four dollars
number five Wyoming was the first state to give women the right to vote it was in 1869. number six
there's a town in Arizona called Nothing number seven the tallest mountain in the United States
is Denali it's actually the highest mountain peak in North America with a summit elevation
of 20 310 feet above sea level if you look at base to Peak because it's the land that it's on
is above sea level it's about 18 000 feet number eight there's a giant ball of twine in cawker City
Kansas it weighs over seventeen thousand pounds like most of you my first thought was why number
nine the United States is the only country to landed humans on the Moon number 10 the state
of Montana has three times as many cows as it does people number 11 the shortest river in the
world is the Roe River in Montana it's only 201 feet long number 12 the Statue of Liberty was a
gift from France that arrived in New York City in 1885. here's the strange thing it showed up in the
United States in 214 crates; putting it together was going to cost a lot of money. New York City
didn't have there were at least five other major cities that wanted it that had the money to put
it up. New York City was about to lose it so it sat in crates on below the island. Giant
newspaper man Joseph Pulser started a fund-raising campaign that got the money to put Lady Liberty up
to where she is to this day in 1956 Congress renamed bedlow Island to Liberty Island 13.
there's a town in Nebraska called Monowa, and it only has one person yes, it's a real town
it's incorporated number 14 the United States has the largest number of billionaires in the world,
number 15 the highest temperature ever recorded in the United States was 134 degrees Fahrenheit
that's in California's death valley, and it was in 1913. number 16 the longest suspension bridge
in the United States is the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York City which spans over 13
000 feet it connects Brooklyn with Staten Island I was going to do one of my little things where I
like to give you the wrong answer like I was going to say it connects Staten Island to Queens but
New Yorkers lose it if you make that mistake even if I say I'm kidding afterwards they still won't
recover 17. the United States has the largest prison population in the world 18. the first
McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino California in 1940. it was just a single place it
wasn't until 1955 when businessman Ray Kroc got involved and started it on the path to what it
is today 19. the state of Maine has the largest toothpick manufacturing plant in the world like
sleeps in tonight number 20 the world's largest diamond was found in the South African Mine and
was later cut and Polished in New York City 21 the United States has the largest economy in the world
22 the first successful powered airplane flight was made by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk
North Carolina in 1903. the strange thing is it wasn't at Kitty Hawk it was South Kitty Hawk at
a place called Kill Devil Hills and the other strange thing most people think it was just a
glider no it had a motor 23 the largest ball of paint in the world is in Alexandria Indiana you
know why because that's where it should be 24 the Grand Canyon was formed over millions of years by
the Colorado River yes millions of years 25 the first public library in the United States was
opened in Boston in 1854. 26 the first successful heart transplant was performed in the United
States in 1967. I didn't know it was that far back I thought for sure it was going to be in the 1980s
27 10 the state of California has more residents than the entire country of Canada they have more
maple syrup though than California 28. there's a town in Iowa called what cheer and it's a fitting
name because this place there's no cheer going on here it's nothing but boarded up buildings 29.
the United States consumes more chocolate per capita than any other country 30. the highest
waterfall in the United States is Yosemite Falls in California it drops 2400 feet 31 the longest
escalator in the western hemisphere is in the Wheaton Metro station in Maryland number 32 the
United States is home to more serial killers than any other Nation like way more I don't know if
it's something in our water or what's going on but we always seem to have a new serial killer every
couple years I mean we have some that are working all the time working that sounds great but yeah it
just always seems like every handful of years we get some new serial killer that's been at it for
like 10 years 33 the first U.S capital was New York City 34 the United States has the world's
largest military budget it's over 800 billion right now next in line is China and they estimate
theirs is about 250 billion and India's after them and they have less than 100 billion 35 there's a
town in Oregon called boring 36 the United States has more tornadoes than any country in the world
every single year 37 the highest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe New Mexico at an
elevation of 7198 38 the world's largest snowflake on record fell in Montana in 1887. it measured 15
inches wide and 8 inches thick at some point doesn't it stop being a snowflake and becomes
a really nice looking chunk of ice that fell from the sky 39 the United States has the most airports
40 the first drive-in movie theater in the World opened in New Jersey in 1933 41 the first person
to receive a social security check was Ida May Fuller who received 22.54 on January 31st 1940.
42 the first ever televised presidential debate was between John F Kennedy and Richard Nixon in
1960. 43 the U.S rail network is comprised of nearly 140 000 miles of track and over 100 000
Bridges 44 Paul geidel Jr he served the longest prison sentence of any inmate in the United States
68 years 257 days now there's another guy that spent more time in prison but he had been out on
parole for a few years so guidel spent his time continuously even refusing to leave at one point
yeah they gave him parole and he refused to leave he stayed an additional six years then finally
left to a nursing home 45 the first automobile accident in the United States occurred in New
York City in 1891. 46 the Louisiana Purchase in which the U.S bought vast amounts of land
from France costs only three cents an acre 47 Yuma Arizona's high school team is called the criminals
the school was established in 1909 Yuma High's mascot came in when the original School building
was destroyed by fire in 1910 the school then used the Yuma Territorial Prison which had been closed
for the next three years classes were actually held in the cell blocks and assemblies took place
in the prison hospital because of this and the fact that a phoenix newspaper one time called
them a bunch of criminals because they thought they cheated in a football game the name stuck 40
the U.S has the highest rate of opioid Addiction in the world 49. in 1893 there were only two
cars in the state of Kentucky they had a head-on collision and number 50 the United States has the
highest rate of teenage pregnancy among developed countries I brought that up in a video a few years
back and some guy argued it was because of bikinis yes teenagers swimwear is getting them pregnant
all right that's today's video hope you guys enjoyed it hope you got some
information of it now go out have a great day and be nice to each other