7.04.2010

Ten Random Facts About My Favorite Country Ever.


The U.S. founding fathers'' name for the American Revolution was ''The War with Britain''.
The U.S. eastern seaboard consumes almost 50% of all ice cream sandwiches.
The U.S. Government spent $277,000 on pickle research in 1993.
The U.S. Government will not allow portraits of living persons to appear on stamps.
The U.S. has more bagpipe bands than Scotland does.
The United States has the highest minimum drinking age in the world.
The United States Postal Service handles over forty percent of the world''s mail volume.
The United States produces more tobacco than it does wheat.
Mexico has more American residents than any other country except the United States.
More than 10% of the world''s salt is used to de-ice American roads.

Happy Fourth Y'all!

1 comment:

Nicole *Ü* said...

Um, pickle research? Why??

And, oh yeah, I'm all for the bagpipe bands!!!!!