25 facts about United States of America number one the USA has more tornadoes each year than any other country in the world mostly in a region called Tornado Alley number two the American flag's current design with 50 stars was created by a 17-year-old student in 1958 as a school project number three Alaska is the northernmost westernmost and easternmost state in the USA due to the illusion Islands crossing the 180 deer Meridian number four the Library of Congress in Washington DC is the largest library in the world with over 170 million items number five Mount Rushmore was supposed to feature the bodies of the presidents but lack of funding stopped the project number six the USA is one of the only countries where more than 1,000 languages are spoken due to its diverse population number seven the Great Lakes contain about 84% of North America's fresh surface water more than any other group of freshwater lakes number eight the USA's first confirmed UFO sighting was in 1947 leading to the famous Roswell incident and conspiracy theories during World War II the USA experimented with bat bombs bats carrying incendiary bombs to attack Japan but it was never used number 10 the Pentagon has twice as many bathrooms as needed because it was built when segregation laws required separate facilities number 11 the USA bought Alaska from Russia in 1867 for just $7 2 million which was about 2 cents per acre number 12 Americans invented the ice cream Sunday in the late 19th century to bypass the law prohibiting ice cream sodas on Sundays number 13 the USA's highest point Denali is the third highest of the Seven Summits making it taller than kilamanjaro and elbris number 14 in the USA it's illegal to open someone else's mail even if it was mistakenly delivered to your address number 15 the White House has 132 rooms 35 bathrooms and a hidden swimming pool for the president and their family number 16 the USA's interstate highway system requires that one mile in every five must be straight suitable for aircraft Landing for 17 the Hollywood Sign originally read Hollywood land to advertise a real estate development in the 1920s number 18 the USA once planned to build a canal through Nicaragua to compete with the Panama Canal but abandoned the idea number 19 the Statue of Liberty was a gift from France and arrived in 350 pieces requiring 4 months to assemble number 20 the USA's first national Park Yellowstone established in 1872 was the first of its kind in the world for 21 Philadelphia was the USA's first capital before Washington DC was constructed as the new capital city number 22 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco has enough cable to wrap around the earth more than three times number 23 the USA's only Royal Palace iani Palace in Hawaii is the former residents of Hawaii's last two monarchs number 24 the USA has the largest Air Force in the world with over 13,000 aircraft more than the next five countries combined 25 the American Bison is the national mammal of the USA a symbol of strength freedom and resilience in the wild if you love this video don't forget to subscribe and press the Bell icon for more facts videos