10 facts about the USA
1- the United States of America
is a federal republic consisting of 50
states and is the third largest country
in the world by landmass.
nearly as big as the entire continent of
europe the population in 2001 is
estimated to be 330 million
2- the statue of liberty
is 93 meters tall and was a gift from
the people of france to the united
states in 1886 possibly the most iconic symbol of the
united states.
3-united states has maintained
its position of being the world's
largest economy since 1871.
the economy is so large that the u.s is
often noted as an economic superpower
and this is due to the fact that it
makes up almost a quarter of the global economy.
4- the bourbon industry is
growing at a fast pace
this is great news for kentucky as they
produce 96 of the world's bourbon due to the high
demand kentucky stores about 4.7 million
barrels filled with bourbon surprisingly
the number of barrels outweighs the
population of kentucky as there are 4.3
million residents.
5- the gateway arch
also known as the gateway to the west is
a monument in st louis missouri and sits along the west
bank of the mississippi river at 192 meters 630 feet tall
the gateway arch claims the title as the
tallest man-made monument
in the united states
6- since the office was
established in 1789
45 people have served in 46 presidencies
four of them were assassinated the first
president was george washington
and the current one is joe biden
7- the great lakes
lake superior michigan euron erie
and ontario make up 21 of the planet's
surface fresh water the largest of these
lake superior contains enough water to
cover all of north and south america in 30
centimeters of water
8- Russia sold alaska to the
united states for two cents per acre the
largest state in the nation by far
is alaska and it came up cheap at just
7.2 million total in just 50 years
following the purchase america made
their money back more than 100 times
over.
9- more people live in new york
city
than in 40 out of 50 states new york may
be geographically tiny but it's home to 8.5 million people and growing
that's more bodies crammed into one
location than the whole wide countryside
including 40 other states
10- Yellowstone national park
on march 1 1872 yellowstone became the
world's first national park
there are more than 10 000 hydrothermal
features in yellowstone the four types of thermal features are geysers
hot springs mud pots and fumaroles

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All facts are really amazing and true
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