The United States of America may not have a long history as a country, but it does boast some facts that will surprise you, to say the least. For example, do you know which president believed the Earth was flat? Hint: It wasn’t Donald Trump. Read interesting facts about America.
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Trivia About the USA
- 28% of all land in the USA is owned by the federal government.
- In 1796, brothers faced off against each other in the presidential election. Charles Pinckney and his younger brother Thomas of South Carolina did receive electoral votes, but John Adams was eventually elected president. This was the only time in the history of the USA that two brothers have faced each other in a presidential election.
- The first American president to ride in a car was William McKinley. When he was shot, he was taken to the hospital by ambulance. It was a 1901 Columbia model.
- Warren G. Harding was the first American president to visit Canada. On his trip to Alaska, he stopped in Vancouver.
- In the USA, the date is written in Month/Day/Year format. This is because the date reads “December First, 2024“. The written form is therefore 12/01/2024.
- Jimmy Carter was the first president to be born in a hospital.
- Andrew Jackson was the only American president who believed that the earth was flat.
- Gerald Ford is the only person to have held both the presidency and vice presidency without being elected to either office.
- George Washington was scared to death of being burned alive. He even wanted to be in the morgue for at least three more days after his death to be 100% certain that he was really dead.
- The Declaration of Independence was written on animal skin parchment.
- There are about four thousand universities in the entire United States.
- The State of Ohio is listed as 17th in the rankings, although it should be listed as 47th. In fact, it was not until August 7, 1953, that an oblivious Congress forgot to officially admit it to the Union.
- President Alexander Hamilton was shot in the groin by Aaron Burr.
- Only two people (John Hancock and Charles Thomson) signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776; the vast majority of others had already signed on July 2.
- Americans never lost a war in which they used mules.
- The USA has no official language or official religion. However, English and Spanish are considered the main languages.
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