America facts: a 5-year FLASHBACK blog!

(Originally posted July 4, 2007)

Okay mofos today is INDEPENDENCE DAY, a day for hot dogs and fireworks and fun but also for appreciating America.  Here are some great America facts!


America was "born" in the late 1700s.  Many important Americans signed a document called the Declaration of Independence.  Those people are now known as the Founding Fathers.

America has a strong army and has participated in many wars.  These include the Gulf War, the Vietnam War, the Civil War, and World War 2.

YOU CANNOT BE U.S. PRESIDENT IF:

- You are too young
- You were not born in the country
- You did something exceptionally bad like murder or wounding a lot of people
- You are camera-shy (that one is more common sense than an actual rule)


The first American flag was sewn by Betsy Ross.  Sexism was rampant back then and sewing was considered to be "women's work" by a lot of men, including George Washington (the President).

America is known as the "great melting pot" because everybody is different here.  Most people in other countries are the same.

If you live in America, you have to pay a lot of TAX.  Money from tax is used to pay for a lot of things including school, the library, the President's salary, roads, the space shuttle, Homeland Security, and parades.

Nearly 1/4 of U.S. Presidents have DIED while in office.  There are several reasons for this.  One, a lot of people want to kill the President.  Two, being President means you will experience tons of stress at almost all times.  That is not good for the body.  and finally, many Presidents have been very old and susceptible to disease, which you can get from shaking hands with a lot of people all the time.

Some things that were invented by Americans:

- Cars
- Planes
- Basketball
- Roller coasters
- Casual Friday
- The I-phone
- Chinese buffet (kind of)
- Dr. Pepper
- Bungee jumping
- Fingerpaints*
- Legos
- Mouthwash
- Jazz

(*unconfirmed)


The population of the United States is over 250 million.  That means if you wanted to meet everybody in the country, it would take at least 300,000 days.  (Note: Impossible, you won't live that long!)

The national mascot is the bald eagle, but they are almost extinct so we might have to pick a new one soon.  If we do have to pick a new one I think a good idea would be a bear.

"Maine" is the only state that rhymes with anything.  Fact.

Most Americans speak English, but a lot of them talk wrong.  (Examples: Brooklyn, Boston, the south)

Every American over the age of 5 has been to the movies at least once.


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Remember that firecrackers do not go in the mouth.


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