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56 Most Amazing Things About America Today
June 23, 2022 10:00 am
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11. Slice of heaven
More than nine in every 10 Americans have eaten pizza in the last month. According to some estimates, Americans consume the equivalent of about 100 acres of pizza every day.
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12. Government property
Nearly one-third of all land in the United States — or about 650 million acres — is federally owned.
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13. Fast food nation
On any given day in the United States, about 84.8 million adults — 37% of the adult population — consume fast food, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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14. America does not entirely belong to Americans
According to the USDA, foreign investors own at least 28.3 million acres of U.S. farmland, an area about the size of Ohio.
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15. President
The United States was the first nation to use the title of “President” for its head of state.
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