In the spirit of C.A.N.I. (Continuous And Never-ending Improvement), here are this week’s new facts—one for each day of your coming week. Pass them on to others to keep the spirit alive or invite your friends and family to visit our blog where they can also view previous entries.
- The United States has 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prison population and 70% of the world’s lawyers.
- The federal government owns 32% of all land in the United States.
- For four years in the 18th century, there was a state called Franklin (named after Ben Franklin) that was later incorporated into Tennessee.
- The average person drinks about 16,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
- The city of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, has more than 720 bridges.
- In the U.S., more than 100 million birds a year die by crashing into windows.
- Countries that changed their names:
- Persia changed its name to Iran.
- The Dutch East Indies changed its name to Indonesia.
- The Gold Coast changed its name to Ghana.
- British Honduras changed its name to Belize.
- Rhodesia changed its name to Zimbabwe.
- Siam changed its name to Thailand.
- Abyssinia changed its name to Ethiopia.
- Belgian Congo changed its name to Zaire and back to Congo.
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