Everything You Didn't Need to Know About The USA

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50 states
$27.2 billion gambling revenue
50% increase in onion consumption over the last 20 ?'ears
0 population in Gulf Cit^', Florida
2.2 tonnes of food consumed b^' the average American fajnily each year
$4.9 trillion national tax bill
3.8 billion litres of ice cream eaten each ?'ear
1,860 steps to the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building
610 calories in a regular portion of McDonald's fries
300 million+ kg of pumpkins produced for Halloween each ?'ear
Former journalist Karen Earrii^on has va"itteii iTumerous books on history' and travel. Included in the titles she has published are This Is Sex and This Is Nicotine, published in the Sanctuar;/ Addiction series.
She lives on Exmoor, southwest Ei^land, with her partner and three children.
Is a coconut really more dangerous than a Great White shark? How did a Wyandotte cockerel survive for 18 months with a severed neck? Who was the lirst president to use a telephone in the White House? And just how many hamburgers... Tovább

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50 states
$27.2 billion gambling revenue
50% increase in onion consumption over the last 20 ?'ears
0 population in Gulf Cit^', Florida
2.2 tonnes of food consumed b^' the average American fajnily each year
$4.9 trillion national tax bill
3.8 billion litres of ice cream eaten each ?'ear
1,860 steps to the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building
610 calories in a regular portion of McDonald's fries
300 million+ kg of pumpkins produced for Halloween each ?'ear
Former journalist Karen Earrii^on has va"itteii iTumerous books on history' and travel. Included in the titles she has published are This Is Sex and This Is Nicotine, published in the Sanctuar;/ Addiction series.
She lives on Exmoor, southwest Ei^land, with her partner and three children.
Is a coconut really more dangerous than a Great White shark? How did a Wyandotte cockerel survive for 18 months with a severed neck? Who was the lirst president to use a telephone in the White House? And just how many hamburgers do the Yanks munch through in a year?
Packed with inane anecdotes and useless trivia, Everything You Didn't Need To Know About The USA is a compilation oi' weird and intriguing facts concerning all things stateside and the ultimate guide to understanding the minutiae of life in the ilew World.
'if you think the US has stood still, who built the largest shopping center in the world?'
Richard Ilixon Vissza