The United States of America is a highly developed and civilized country that today has been considered the world’s only real superpower since the fall of the British Empire and the Soviet Union.

1. The world-famous USA flag has been modified 26 times, as each new state was admitted – a new star was added. Colors are also symbolic: red is heroism and grace; blue is conscientiousness, justice, and objectivity; and white represents purity and integrity.

2. The United States of America is the world’s fourth-largest country by total area and has six time zones.
3. The USA has never had an official language at the federal level.
4. In 1776, only 2.5 million people lived in the United States, and in 2016, the U.S. Census Bureau estimated a population of over 324 million.
5. There are more Facebook users on the US social network than citizens who voted in the previous presidential election.
6. There are more TVs in the United States than there are people in the UK and more people of Norwegian ancestry than all the population of Norway.

7. Few people know that there is a Ukrainian on one of the most popular “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima”. One of the six Marines in the photograph – Sergeant Michael Strank, who was born in the family of the Ukrainian-Lemko immigrants.
8. In the US people spent more money on pets than Germany’s defense budget.
9. Despite the large population, even the poorest 10% of the population is still richer than 68% of the world’s population.
10. The fun fact is that Americans managed to acquire Alaska from Russia for only $ 7.2 million in gold. Acquired an area of 1,119,000 square kilometers, which is only 4.74$ per square kilometer. And The Klondike Gold Rush began here in less than thirty years, during which about a thousand tons of gold has been mined.
11. The United States has the strongest army on the planet. And not surprisingly, since 20% of taxes go to the military.

12. The US Navy has the largest number of aircraft carriers, according to 2016, they had 12. For comparison, in the UK – 3, in Italy – 2, and France, India, Russia, China, Spain, Brazil, and Thailand all have only one.
13. It’s no secret that over a third of adults in the USA are obese. The average person in America eats more than 35 tons of food in a lifetime.
14. In the US, 100 lb of chocolate and over 100 acres of pizza are consumed every day, as well as over 8 billion chickens a year.