What Happens When Americans Eat What They Tweet
If Americans eat what they tweet, a new series of maps explains why certain U.S. states have a higher percentage of obese people than others. WHAT THE MOST OBESE US STATES TWEET ABOUT MOST Mississippi: cake, eating West Virginia: cookies, watching TV Louisiana: chocolate, eating Arkansas: chocolate, eating Oklahoma: chocolate, running For eight months, University […]
Here’s Where US Women Are Beating Men
A new map shows the American landscape gets pinker and pinker as we age, with women outliving men in most parts of the country. Using data from the U.S. Census, Dadaviz’s Jishai Evers created a map that starts off more blue (for males) than pink (for females). Statistics show the chances of being born male in […]
Bang! Vice President Kills Political Foe in Famous US Duel
MORE ABOUT AMERICA Wild West Ghost Town Emerges from Watery Grave What Happens When Americans Tweet What They Eat Why Small US Towns Embrace Their Weirdness Americans politics can sometimes be a cut-throat business, but modern-day political feuds pale in comparison to the animosity between sitting U.S. Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, one […]
Swimmers Attempt ‘Scary Bridge’ Challenge
In 1990, I joined a masters swimming team in Washington, DC., a group of adults who gathered several times a week to work out. While some on the team were excellent competitive swimmers, others merely swam with the group for fitness and had never swum competitively before. One day, a member of the team suggested […]
What It Takes to be a ‘Real’ American
More than anything, an overwhelming majority of Americans — 89 percent — think speaking English is critical to being “truly” American. “I think it comes down to perceived cultural threat that immigrants present to changing American culture,” said Dan Cox, research director at the Public Religion Research Institute, which conducted a survey on the subject. […]
Americans Think God Made Us Great
Last year at the U.S. Military Academy, President Barack Obama said, “I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being.” A majority of Americans seem to share that belief. Six in 10 agree with the notion that God has granted America a special role in human history. “Fundamentally, if there is one thing […]
America’s Most Exotic Presidential Pets
It is traditional for American presidents to have family pets that often appear in official family photographs. President Barack Obama is no different; he currently has two dogs, Bo and Sunny., But over the centuries, the White House has been home to far more exotic animals. Horses, cows, goats, chickens, dogs, cats, songbirds, parrots, and […]
What You Don’t Know About Fourth of July
On July 4, 1776, the U.S. Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, in which the 13 colonies broke from England and set on the road to freedom as a sovereign nation. The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates from the colonies and became the governing body of the United Stares during the American […]
This Is Who America’s Gun Owners Are
Almost one in three Americans own at least one gun and the owners of these weapons are most likely white, married men over the age of 55. “Firearm violence in the USA continues to be a major public health concern,” according to the report published online in Injury Prevention. “There is little question that the high […]
Here’s Why Minorities Could be US Majority Sooner than Expected
New information released by the U.S. Census Bureau suggests minorities will become the majority in the United States within a generation, possibly sooner than had previously been expected. “What stands out is the aging of the white population,” said demographer William Frey of the Brookings Institute and author of Diversity Explosion. “There’s a white loss […]