- Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States of America founded on July 16, 1790.
- New York City is the most densely populated major city in the U.S. (8.4 million).
- Contrary to many people, no star on the flag is specifically representing any one state. In fact, no law exists as to how they are even to be arranged.
- The "largest" city in the U.S. is Juneau, Alaska (3,000 sq miles)
- July 4, 1776, is the "official" date when the United States was born, but actually was not one country until 1788.
- The country is a federal constitutional republic comprising 50 states and a federal district.
- The first capital in the United States was New York City.
- Martin Van Buren was the first president born in the United States after it declared its independence from England.
- The United States of America is the third or fourth largest country by total area, and the third largest both by land area and population.
- There are 140 towns and cities in the United States that have the word "Christmas" in their names.
- The United states accounts for 40 percent of global military spending.
- Population: 310 million.
- John F. Kennedy is the only U.S. president to have died before his parents.
- Area: 3.79 million sq mi (9.83 million km2)
- The first gold rush in the U.S. happened in Dahlonega, Georgia, 1828.
- Before 1913, the United States had no income tax.
- Death Valley is the lowest point in the United States.
- The largest meteorite crater in the U.S. is in Winslow, Arizona. 4,000 feet (1,200 m) across and 570 feet (170 m) deep.
- The oldest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe, New Mexico, founded in 1610.
- In 1918 the Spanish flu killed 548,000 people in the United States.
- Boulder, Colorado is the only city in the U.S. to own a glacier.
- Oprah was the highest paid television entertainer in the U.S. in 2006, earning an estimated $260 million during the year, 5 times the sum earned by second-place music executive Simon Cowell.
- Hawaii is the only U.S. state that grows coffee.
- The first U.S. Mint was in Pennsylvania.
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