Fun Facts 28

*fun fact-i took me 3 different attempts to get this up*

 

Country facts! not the YEE-HAW! kind

 

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined.

 

203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.

 

Organized crime is estimated to account for 10% of the United States' national income

 

The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy

 

Washington, D.C. has one lawyer for every 19 residents

 

Until 1796, there was a state in the United States called Franklin. Today it's known as Tennessee

 

Three Mile Island is only 2 1/2 miles long.

 

There is a town called Paradise and a town called Hell in Michigan

 

There are more female than male millionaires in the United States

 

There are 10 towns named Hollywood in the United States

 

The University of Alaska stretches over 4 time zones

 

The United States produces more tobacco than it does wheat

 

The Pacific island of Nauru's economy is almost entirely based on bird droppings

 

The Canary Islands were not named after a bird called the canary. They were named after a breed of dogs!

 

Streets in Japan do not have names

 

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called 'Pigs Eye'

 

Istanbul, Turkey is the only city in the world located on two continents

 

 India has a Bill of Rights for cows

 

 In the United States, deaf people have safer driving records than hearing people

 

In India, people are legally allowed to marry a dog!

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