4 of July is near and here you have a few fun and weird facts about the U.S.:
1- Its illegal to a mustache man to kiss a girl in the state of Iowa.
2- there’s a tree in Georgia that is the legal owner of itself.
3- Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.
4- The original name of the city of Atlanta was “Terminus“.
5- The state with the most millionaires per capita is Maryland.
6- The U.S. government poisoned alcohol during Prohibition in the 20s and 30s, killing over 10,000 people.
7- If you have US$10 in your pocket and no debts, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.
8- One American consumes as many resources as 32 Kenyans.
9- America’s first slave owner was a black man.
10- 1 in 3 Americans is obese.
11- 9 million people are in prisons around world, and a quarter of them are in the U.S.
12- The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for just US$7.2 million in 1867.
13- Apple has more operating cash than the U.S. Treasury.
14- About 20 million Americans live in mobile homes.
15- The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders and 323,000 restaurant servers with bachelor’s degrees.