If you have decided to take advantage of the WAT program this year, we at NGB Consulting bring you some interesting facts about the USA.
For some, the United States of America is the land of freedom. Others go there to make their American dream come true. If this country is still unfamiliar to you, we invite you to learn some interesting facts about the history and culture of the USA.
Although English is the most widely spoken language in the USA, the country has no official national language. The second most popular language is Spanish, and the third is Chinese.
In 1776, 2.5 million people lived in the United States of America. Today there are 314 million.
The USA was the first country with nuclear weapons.
The American one-dollar bill contains seven hidden symbols, one of which is an owl in the upper right corner.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, exactly 50 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
The seven rays of the Statue of Liberty's crown represent the seven continents.
At the feet of the Statue of Liberty lie broken chains, a symbol of liberation from tyranny.
Although the grizzly bear is the symbol of the state of California, none have been seen there since 1922.
Apple has more operating cash than the US Treasury.
48% of the US population is classified as poor.
If you have 10 dollars in your pocket and no debts, you are richer than 25% of Americans.
The most dangerous profession in the USA is fishing, followed by logging and flying airplanes.
In the USA you can own a gun at 18, but you can't buy alcohol if you are under 21.
One American consumes as many resources as 32 Kenyans.
Every day in the United States of America, 100 acres of pizza are eaten.
In the United States of America, one person is killed by a drunk driver every hour.
In the 1920s and 1930s, during Prohibition, the US government put poison in alcohol, killing more than 10,000 people.
In 1962, American soldier James Joseph Dresnok crossed the border into North Korea and still lives there today.
25% of American adults believe in reincarnation.
7% of Americans claim they have never taken a bath.
27% of Americans do not believe the Moon landing took place.
One in eight Americans of working age has worked for McDonald's.
Thousands of Americans emigrated to the USSR in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
During the doctors' strike in Los Angeles in 1976, the death rate fell by 18%.
In 1962 the USA detonated a hydrogen bomb in space, 100 times more powerful than the one dropped on Hiroshima.
Slaves in America in 1850 would have cost 12,000 dollars in 2013.
The first slave owner in America was Black.
About 20 million Americans live in mobile homes.
There are about 9 million prisoners in the world, and a quarter of them are in the USA.
Smoking causes the death of one in five Americans.
About 22 million chickens are consumed in the USA every day.
One in three Americans is overweight.