- Although starring in many gangster films, James Cagney started his career as a chorus girl.
- AM and PM stand for "Ante-Meridian" and "Post-Meridian," respectively, and A.D. actually stands for "Anno Domini" rather than "After Death."
- Amazon ants (red ants found in the western U.S.) steal the larvae of other ants to keep as slaves. The slave ants build homes for and feed the Amazon ants, who cannot do anything but fight. They depend completely on their slaves for survival.
- Americans consumed over 3.1 billion pounds of chocolate in 2001, which is almost half of the total world's production.
- Americans eat more bananas than any other fruit: a total of 11 billion a year.
- Americans spend approximately $25 billion each year on beer.
- Americans spent an estimated $267 billion dining out in 1993.
- America's first nudist organization was founded in 1929, by 3 men.
- Ammonia is the active ingredient in smelling salts.
- An adult bedbug can survive up to one year without feeding.
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