You know The United States of America for a lot of things, but you probably haven’t heard of these facts about Dear Uncle Sam!
24. Conspiracy Theory
Twenty-seven percent of Americans believe that the moon landing is a false story.
23. War Song
The national anthem of the United States is a war song! In the 1812 war between the British and Americans, British deployed rockets to attack Fort McHenry. Francis Scott Key’s tune was inspired by this show, which later became the national anthem.
22. Cow Wow!
21. Spot the Grizzly
20. Cereal City
19. Statue of Liberty’s Crown
18. What’s in a Dollar
16. Glory to The Flag
15. Language
America doesn’t have an official national language.
14. Louisiana’s Glory
Louisiana consists of 2,482 islands that cover about 1.3 million acres.
13. Liberty Bell
12. Freedom
There are broken shackles at the feet of statue of liberty symbolic for freedom from opression.
11. State of the Presidents
10. The Curse of the Fourth of July
9. Super Populated
Every year, around 500,000 detectable seismic tremors shock in California.
6. Snakey Business
5. Forgetting Ohio
4. What a Ride!
2. Boom!
Simply saying that the shackles on the statue of liberty were to symbolize freedom from oppression – as in possibly meaning “British rule” – and not freedom from Slavery – makes me question that voracity/authenticity of this whole list.