Wacky Wednesday: 10 Crazy Facts about the USA!!!

As is Wednesday tradition, BBIMI is giving you a glimpse at 10 fun and crazy, yet true, facts about America you probably did not know before you read this blog post. Given that it’s the Fourth of July in a few days and the world is full of useless, yet entertaining AND factual information; we would be crazy or wacky ourselves not to shed some light on this subject. There’s just three more days until the Independence Day, so enjoy this Humpday treat courtesy of BB Insurance Marketing. Check them out!

– Alaska is the state with the highest percentage of people who walk to work.

– Montana has three times as many cows as it does people.

– John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826 – 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

– Although English is the most commonly spoken language in the United States, no official national language exists.

– The British deployed the first rockets in America during their attack against Fort McHenry in the War of 1812. Francis Scott Key witnessed the attack and immortalized it in a song he titled “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

– It costs the U.S. government 1.8 cents to mint a penny and 9.4 cents to mint a nickel.

– The grizzly bear is the official state animal of California.  But no grizzly bears have been seen there since 1922.

– In more than half of all U.S. states, the highest paid public employee in the state is a football coach.

– Virginia has birthed more presidents than any other state.

– If you have $10 in your pocket and no debt, you are wealthier than 25% of Americans.

(via Viral Nova, Zero Hedge & List 25)