- American revolutionary Benjamin Franklin tested the electrical charge of a thunder storm.
- American revolutionary hero Nathan Hale last words were,'I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country'.
- The animal symbol 'elephant' represents the US Republican Party.
- The Softball originated in USA.
- $100 note is the largest note in general circulation in the USA.
- The US state of Florida is nicknamed as ' the Sunshine state'.
- In 1978 the US Open Tennis Championships moved from Forest Hills to Flushing Meadows.
- The purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, for $7,200,000 was known as 'Sewald's Folly'.
- Manhattan cocktail was invented by Lady Randolph Churchill(Winston Churchill's mother).
- John F Kennedy was the thirty fifth president of USA.
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Sunday, 23 October 2011
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