top 65 amazing facts about united states the united states of america is a country consisting
of 50 independent states in the northern part of america 16 territories in a district of
columbia washington d.c it is the world's third most populous country after china and
india and the world's fourth largest country by land area after russia canada and china here are
the top 65 facts about usa one the united states of america is also referred to as the states
the united states the u.s the usa and america two in 1783 the united states became the first country
to gain independence from a european power 3. did you know that the gps is operated and maintained
by the us air force the global positioning system is a utility that provides users with positioning
navigation and timing pnt services the system consists of three segments the space segment
the control segment and the user segment four the first constitution of the united
states was adopted in 1788 for the acceptance of the constitution which was proposed in 1787
nine states needed to vote in its favor delaware was the first state and new hampshire was the
ninth state to accept the constitution thus making it legal five the current u.s flag
was designed by a high school student 6. there are 13 stripes on the american national flag
representing the original 13 colonies and there were 13 stars arranged in a circle
however today there are 50 stars for 50 states the flag has had 27 versions since its debut
seven the us as the world's largest economy by nominal gdp and the world's second largest
economy by ppp it is also the third most populated country in the world after china and india 8. did
you know that rhode island witnessed the beginning of the american revolution it was here that the
first successful water-powered cotton spinning factory went into operation in the 1790s 9. did
you know that the united states has the world's largest coal reserves however note that china is
the world's biggest consumer and producer of coal 10. the phrase united states of america was first
published anonymously in the virginia gazette newspaper in williamsburg virginia on april 6 1776
11. did you know that more than one-third of adults in the united states are obese
obesity costs americans 147 billion dollars each year colorado has the lowest obesity rates
12 the united states experiences the highest rate of tornadoes of any country in the world
on average the country deals with more than 1 000 tornadoes every year
13. alaska has the longest coastline of any state while florida has the second longest
14. did you know that gold was discovered at sutter's mill near sacramento california in 1948
interestingly by 1850 nearly 300 000 immigrants had arrived to seek their fortune 15 the united
states of america has the world's largest air force it was founded on september 18 1947.
the usaf with more than 5 369 military aircraft as the most technologically advanced air force
in the world 16 in 1800 the u.s population was approximately 5 million 309 000 and by 1850 it
was 23 million one hundred ninety one thousand eight hundred sixty seven seventeen mount rushmore
monument in the united states shows the heads of the four former presidents of the united states
george washington thomas jefferson theodore roosevelt and abraham lincoln eighteen the united
states nine million eight hundred thirty three thousand five hundred seventeen square kilometers
is more than twice the size of the european union four million four hundred seventy five thousand
757 square kilometers 19 the first united states census was taken in 1790
the census takes place every 10 years and counts all people living in the u.s spanish is the second
most common language spoken in the us however the u.s does not have any official language 21 lasting
from 1929 to 1939 the great depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of america
the economic crash happened because of the soaring stock prices and the decline in the production of
goods coupled with rising unemployment the crash of the stock market kick started the depression
which eventually left millions unemployed furthered slowdown of production and led to
the failure of more than half of the country's banks 22 michael phelps a retired swimmer
from the united states as the most decorated and the most successful olympian of all times
he has won 28 medals phelps won 8 gold medals at 2008 beijing games 23 the u.s was formed
by 13 colonies of great britain after defeating great britain in the american revolutionary war
on july 4th 1776 the declaration of independence was issued 24 in 2008 barack obama became the
first black president of the united states in 2012 he was re-elected as the country's president
obama was succeeded by donald trump 25. did you know that los angeles ranks as the city
with the worst traffic in the united states once again it is interesting to note here that elon
musk is trying to solve this problem with his new venture the boring company the initial test tunnel
located in hawthorne ca is used for testing and development of the company's transportation system
26. the country has a large population however due to the fact that it also has an extensive
area under its territory the population density of america is relatively low 27 death valley
is the lowest point in the continent and mount mckinley is the highest point in north america
28 the us as the world's largest consumer of cocaine which is allegedly shipped from colombia
29 george washington was the first president of the united states 30 to the west of the
united states lies the pacific ocean and to the east lies the atlantic ocean mexico lies at the
southern end of the country and thus connects the us with the other south american countries 31. the
horizontal width of the u.s says 2860 miles and the vertical length of the country is 1582 miles
hawaii is the widest u.s state from east to west 32. did you know that the everglades national
park is the only ecosystem in the world where alligators and crocodiles coexist side by side
33. the geographical center of the 48 contiguous u.s states is located at 39 degrees 50 and 98
degrees 35 w however the geographic center of the united states including alaska and hawaii
as located at a point northeast of belfouse south dakota 34. the united states has 16 territories
out of which five are permanently inhabited puerto rico guam northern mariana islands
the u.s virgin islands and american samoa these five are classified as unincorporated territories
the other uninhabited 11 territories of the us include bajo nuevo bank baker island howland
island jarvis island johnston atoll kingman reef midway islands navasa island palmyra atoll
serenia bank and wake island these 11 territories have no permanent or native population
35. did you know that the u.s patent act was passed in philadelphia in 1790
36 interestingly abraham lincoln is the only u.s president to own a patent and a saloon 37. did
you know that before 1776 the united states was not a single country the individual states were
colonies of the british empire called british colonies initially 13 colonies came together to
become a new country the first permanent british settlement was in virginia at jamestown in 1607 38
did you know that the important ideas for the declaration of independence were contributed
by a committee of five people including thomas jefferson benjamin franklin robert livingston
john adams and roger sherman although the credit for authoring the declaration of independence is
often given to thomas jefferson 39 on the back of the declaration of independence a few words
are handwritten that say original declaration of independence dated the 4th of july 1776.
however it is not known who wrote this about 200 copies of the declaration were made the original
copy of the document is housed and displayed at the national archives in washington d.c
4d four of the 45 presidents of the united states have been assassinated in office
41. the united states is the first country to have developed nuclear weapon and the only country to
have used them in combat 42 the united states and russia both claim to have landed on the moon for
the first time in history in 1969 43 did you know that the u.s purchased alaska from russia for just
7.2 million united states dollars in 1867 44 after christianity and judaism islam is
the third largest religion in number in the u.s 45 three u.s presidents died on the 4th of july
thomas jefferson and john adam died on july 4th 1826 while john monroe died on july 4th
1831 46 the only point shared by four states utah colorado arizona and new mexico in the u.s as
the four corners monument 47. did you know that nelson mandela was on the u.s terror watch list
until 2008 48 according to title three of the u.s code the u.s president earns a salary of 400 000
a year 49 the first oil drilling started near titusville pennsylvania in 1859
50 in 2001 the first self-contained artificial heart was successfully implanted into a man with
end heart failure at the jewish hospital of the university of louisville kentucky
us 51. did you know that a u.s company is trying to build a human colony on mars it takes about
seven months to get to mars from the earth musk and spacex have proposed the development
of mars transportation infrastructure in order to facilitate the eventual colonization of mars
52. did you know that yellowstone was the first national park in the u.s
it was established in 1872 the national park service was established in 1916
53 the united states as one of the 17 mega diverse countries of the world mega diverse refers to a
country where the majority of earth's species and a high number of endemic species are found
the other 16 countries include australia brazil china colombia democratic republic of congo
ecuador india indonesia madagascar malaysia mexico papua new guinea peru philippines south africa and
venezuela 54. american civil war happened between 1861 and 1865 when the united states and 11
southern states south carolina mississippi florida alabama georgia louisiana texas virginia arkansas
tennessee and north carolina left the union and formed the confederate states of america
the war happened during the presidency of abraham lincoln the 16th president of the u.s lincoln was
the candidate of the explicitly anti-slavery republican party soon after his election as the
president of the nation seven southern states organized as the confederate states of america
more than three million union and confederate soldiers fought during the civil war
the war was essentially fought to abolish slavery in the region 55 the u.s also shares maritime
borders with russia cuba and the bahamas 56. did you know that there are 50 states in the united
states of america and not 52 there are various myths that there are 52 and not 50 states the u.s
flag has 50 stars on it each representing a state in the union 57 the first moving assembly line for
the mass production of an entire automobile was installed in america by the legendary businessman
and industrialist henry ford on december 1st 1913 58 the watergate scandal emerged in june 17th of
1972 when several burglars while attempting to steal important documents and wiretapping phones
were arrested in the office of the democratic national committee located in washington dc
the conspiracy was linked with the then president nixon when he was running for reelection
in august 1974 nixon resigned after his role in the conspiracy was revealed
59 did you know that more than 3 million people including 58 000 americans were killed
in the vietnam war the war happened due to the conflict between north vietnam and south vietnam
the united states of america supported south vietnam during the war which they unfortunately
lost 60 apple computer launched its macintosh computer in 1984. the company is today valued
at more than one trillion dollars becoming the second publicly traded company to reach the mark
the first company to cross one trillion dollars valuation was oil giant petrochina which crossed
the mark in 2007 however for a brief period 61 the united states is the largest producer
of nuclear power while france has the largest share of electricity generated by nuclear power
62 the u.s has 99 operating commercial nuclear reactors at 61 nuclear power plants in 30 states
on average these nuclear reactors are 37 years old the oldest of these began its commercial operation
in december 1969 illinois has more reactors than any other state with 11 reactors at six plants
and the largest of these reactors is located in mississippi 63 according to centers for disease
control and prevention one in every four deaths in the united states as due to heart attack
every year in america about 735 000 people have a heart attack 64. did you know that the
foreign motor vehicle manufacturing companies are manufacturing more cars and trucks in the
united states than that of all of the us automobile manufacturing companies combined
65. did you know that the united states has sent athletes to every modern olympic games except the
1980 summer olympics during which it led a boycott note that in the summer olympics between 1896
and 2018 the us has won the most number of medals than any other nation if you like our video
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