USA Facts
How much do you know and your children know about the Land of the Brave and the Home of the Free?
In USA: 101 Amazing Facts about the United States of America, best-selling author of dozens of fact books, Jenny Kellett, shares some of the most interesting and amazing facts about the USA.
Did you know...?
The name ‘America’ was given to the country by the explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
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Cigarette ads were banned from U.S. television in 1971.
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William McKinley was the first President to ride in an automobile. Unfortunately it was because he was taken to hospital in a 1901 Columbia electric ambulance after being shot.
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The only place in the world where you can find Venus Fly Traps in the wild is in the Carolinas.
Whether you want to swat-up for a quiz or trivia competition, or teach your children about the wonderful country they live in, this book will give you just what you need.
