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US is the same size as of Europe with half the population
Did oyu know that US is the same size as the entire continent of Europe with half the population The land area of the contiguous United States is 2,959,064 square miles (7,663,941 km2). Alaska, separated from the contiguous United States by Canada, is the largest state at 663,268 square miles (1,717,856 km2). Hawaii, occupying an […]
A listening device was hanged in US Ambassador office for 7 years
In 1945 a group of Soviet school children presented a US Ambassador with a carved US Seal as a gesture of friendship. It hung in his office for 7 years before discovering it contained a listening device. The Thing, also known as the Great Seal bug, was one of the first covert listening devices (or […]
American schoolgirl received invitation to visit USSR
An American schoolgirl became famous in the USSR after she wrote a letter to the newly appointed Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply which included an invitation to visit the Soviet Union, which she accepted Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American schoolgirl, […]
US Flag Code prohibits using the flag for any advertising purpose
The US Flag Code outlines certain guidelines for the use, display, and disposal of the flag. For example, the flag should never be dipped to any person or thing, unless it is the ensign responding to a salute from a ship of a foreign nation. This tradition may come from the 1908 Summer Olympics in London, […]
John Quincy Adams sworn on book of law
John Quincy Adams served as the sixth President of the United States from March 4, 1825, to March 4, 1829. He took the oath of office on a book of constitutional law, instead of the more traditional Bible. Adams proposed an elaborate program of internal improvements (roads, ports and canals), a national university, and federal […]
In the history of the U.S there is only one unsolved airline hijacking case
There is only one unsolved airline hijacking case in the history of the U.S. The hijacker parachuted out of the plane after receiving his demands, and was described as “thoughtful and polite” by his hostage. D. B. Cooper is a media epithet popularly used to refer to an unidentified man who hijacked a Boeing 727 […]
US spent $15 billion to fight AIDS in africa
The President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR/Emergency Plan) was a commitment of $15 billion over five years (2003–2008) from United States President George W. Bush to fight the global HIV/AIDS pandemic. The program initially aimed to provide antiretroviral treatment (ART) to 2 million HIV-infected people in resource-limited settings, to prevent 7 million new infections, […]