Some facts from Stephen Fender's book 50 facts that should change the USA:
- The internet was an American invention for the military designed to withstand a nuclear attack.
- More than 18,000 Americans die each year from a lack of health insurance.
- Americans have the shortest vacation time in the developed world.
- America has its own welfare state - military services.
- 2.9 million Americans claim they were abducted by aliens.
- 1 in 8 Americans live below the official poverty level.
- 65% of Americans are overweight and 30% obese; these proportions are still growing.
- American conservatives hate American actors but backed Ronald Reagan and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Just over half of Americans vote for president and about only 1/3 vote between presidential elections.
