Title: 50 Facts About America That Most Americans Don't Know | Best Life
Headings: 50 Facts About America That Most Americans Don't Know
50 Facts About America That Most Americans Don't Know
Here's everything the history books won't tell you.
1
George Washington Wasn't the First President to Live In the White House
2
The Deadliest Job In the Country Is: President
3
Independence Day Didn't Happen on July 4th
4
There's More than One Copy of the Original Declaration of Independence
5
Speaking of the Declaration Of Independence, Eight of the 56 Signers Were British
6
The Average American Throws Away 4.4 Pounds Of Trash Daily
7
In Some States, There Are More Cows Than People
8
The Tallest President Was Abraham Lincoln
9
The Oldest President To Serve Was Ronald Reagan
10
The Statue Of Liberty Isn't In New York
11
Americans Eat About 100 Acres Of Pizza Each Day
12
Atlantic City Has The World's Longest Boardwalk
13
California's State Animal Doesn't Exist in California
14
The Original Capital of the United States Was Philadelphia
15
Harvard Was the First University In the United States
16
The United States' Debt Per Person Is $54,000
17
Abraham Lincoln Is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame.
18
Lincoln Created the Secret Service the Day of His Assassination
19
Paul Revere Never Actually Shouted, "The British Are Coming!"
20
The U.S. Government Poisoned People During Prohibition [/
21
The First Face Of The $1 Bill Wasn't Washington
22
Uncle Sam Was a Real Dude
23
The Mall Of America Is Owned By Canadians
24
Ohio Wasn't Formally a State Until 1953
25
You Don't Need a Driver's License To Compete in NASCAR
26
Russia Sold Alaska to the United States for Pennies
27
Most Americans Spend Less Than 5 Years at Each Job
28
More People Live in New York City Than in Most States
29
The Word "Pennsylvania" Is Misspelled on the Liberty Bell.
30
Lake Superior Has Could Cover All Land in the Western Hemisphere
31
Oregon Is the Fastest-Speaking State
32
Only Two States Don't Practice Daylight Savings Time
33
Boston Is Home to the Country's Worst Drivers
34
The Empire State Building Literally Has Its Own Zip Code
35
If Texas Were Its Own Country, It Would Be Very, Very Wealthy
36
The Happiest State In the Country Is Utah
37
There's a Town in Alaska That Lives Under One Roof
38
Most $100 Bills Aren't in the Country
39
In Kentucky, There Are More Bourbon Barrels Than People
40
Bourbon Is America's Only Native Spirit
41
There's An Actual Town with Just One Person
42
One Pennsylvania Town Has Been on Fire for Decades
43
The Library of Congress Has Hundreds of Miles of Bookshelves
44
Atlanta Has Dozens of Streets With Some Variation of "Peachtree"
45
An Oregon Lake Is Frighteningly Deep
46
Kansas Could Singlehandedly Feed the World for Two Weeks
47
There's Enough Concrete in the Hoover Dam to Span the Nation
48
In Alabama, Unclaimed Baggage from Airlines Gets Sold
49
You Can Get A Unicorn Hunting License in Michigan
50
Western Michigan Has a Lavender Labyrinth You Can See From Space
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The United States' Debt Per Person Is $54,000
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Ouch! Here are some more (probably related) stats. Approximately 48 percent of all Americans are currently either considered to be low income or are living in poverty. The Federal Reserve Bank of New York estimates that 167,000 Americans have more than $200,000 in student loan debt. The unemployment rate is currently 4 percent, according to the most recent figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 17
Abraham Lincoln Is in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. The 16th president is actually in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. Before he took on the top job in the nation, Honest Abe was the winner of 299 out of his 300 fought matches, as the Wrestling Hall of Fame was only able to account for one loss out of all the matches he fought. 18
Lincoln Created the Secret Service the Day of His Assassination
The president, who was assassinated on April 14, 1865, has signed legislation to create the U.S. Secret Service hours before he headed to Ford's Theatre. However, the Secret Service wouldn't have saved Lincoln had it been created in time—the original purpose was to combat widespread currency counterfeiting.