Facts About United States #factsnews #shorts (Part 1)

The United States is one of the biggest and most well-known countries on earth! From McDonalds to Hollywood movies, American culture has spread far and wide. Here are some interesting Facts About the United States. The United States has no official language or religion. The US is known as a “melting pot” culture. Different cultures, ethnicities, religions, and people groups all live together. America” was first used on a map in 1507 to refer to what is today South America. The first humans migrated into North America at least 12,000 years ago, or even earlier! These were the ancestors of the Native Americans. Alaska is the largest state in the US, and used to belong to the Russian Empire before the US purchased it. There are over 5,300 universities in the US, More facts are coming in part 2. Americans are the first and only people to walk on the moon. The first traffic light in the US was built in Cleveland, Ohio in 1914. The US is the only country to have all five major climate zones: tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar. The Red and Orange areas of this map have equal populations. Walmart and Amazon are the biggest employers in the US. Protestant Christianity is the largest religious group in the US. The film Dickson Greeting (1891) was the first movie shot in the US–it was only 3 seconds long. The first Christmas tree was set up in the White House in 1856. Lollipops were invented in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1908 by George Smith. California is the US no 1 dairy producer.