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FACTS ABOUT USA 8



- 97% of all paper money in the US contains traces of cocaine.

- 18% of an Americans income is spent on transportation.

- The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.

- The life expectancy of a $100 bill is nine years.

- The only woman that has appeared on a U.S. paper currency is Martha Washington.

- The number one cause of blindness in adults in the United States is diabetes.

- In America, the most common mental illness is Anxiety Disorders.

- The least likely day to eat out in the United States is Monday.

- Americans collectively eat one hundred pounds of chocolate every second.

- State with the highest percentage of people who walk to work: Alaska.

- In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.

- Each year, Americans throw away 25 trillion Styrofoam cups.

- Termites do more damage in the U.S. ever year than all the fires, storms and earthquakes combined. They do an average of $750 million in damage annually.

- Each year the Pentagon estimates their computer network is hacked about 250,000 times annually.

- In the United States, about 33% of land is covered by forests.

- Each year in America there are about 300,000 deaths that can be attributed to obesity.

- In a year, Americans eat approximately 20 billion pickles.

- There are are roughly 100 million single adults living in the USA.

- In the year 2000, there were approximately 11,000 injuries that were treated in a hospital in the U.S. that resulted from fireworks.

- Ninety-five percent of tropical fish sold in North America originate from Florida.

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