Consumption of POPCORN In The U.S.

Americans consume at approximately 16-18 billion quarts of popcorn every YEAR!! Average
American consumes about 69-70 quarts a year. 

If you are confused about Quarts, here's it is: Quarts = 1/4 Gallon or 36 Ounces  or 0.946 Litters 


                                                       

                                                               

                                                          

How Much Pizza Are Being Consumed In USA Each Day?

Like the rest of the world, Americans LOVE pizza. So, I was wondering how much do we actually consume each year; so I did allow myself to do little research and my research shows that Americans eat close to 95 -100 acres of pizza each day, that means 350 slices per second!!!

                                                               

                                                                

How Much Candy Americans Eat Per Year?

Americans eat about 20-24 pounds of candy per person each year. Did you know that dutch People eat 3 times more!!!!

                                     

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How Much American Spent on Pets?

• According to American Pet Products Association, American spent $52 billion on pets! 
• Americans spend $6.2 pet grooming and treats!

Look at this Chart that might surprise you. 

Source: Thompson, D “These 4 Charts Explain Exactly How Americans Spend $52 Billion on Our Pets in a Year”, feb. 23,2013<http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2013/02/these-4-charts-explain-exactly-how-americans-spend-52-billion-on-our-pets-in-a-year/273446/>

Amazon Company

Founder of Amazon.com, Jeff Bezos established is company in 1994 after he left his job as a vice president of the Wall Street firm D.E. Shaw.

 Amazon lists 5 promising products as he thought would a great idea:

• Compact Disk

• Computer Hardware

• Computer Software

• Videos

• Books

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Source: "Amazon.com, Inc." International Directory of Company Histories. Ed. Tina Grant. Vol. 113. Detroit: St. James Press, 2010. Business Insights: Essentials. Web. 12 July 2013

The LONGEST Name of The Place in The World

Taumalawhakalangihanga
koauauotamateaturipukaka
pikimaungahoronukupokaiw
henuakitanatahu

According to the Encyclopedia of New Zealand it means " ‘the place where Tamatea, the man with the big knees, who slid, climbed and swallowed mountains, known as landeater, played his flute to his loved one’. It refers to the renowned explorer Tamatea, who played music to his beloved on the hill in the background."

                                                               

Source: 

Rāwiri Taonui. 'Tapa whenua – naming places - Traditions and place names from Polynesia', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 14-Nov-12  URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/18650/the-longest-place-name-in-the-world

First Pizzeria in The United States?

Pizza actually came from Neapolitan, Italy.

"Pizza came to the U.S. with Italian immigrants; the first U.S. pizzeria opened in 1905, and pizza became one of the nation's favourite foods after World War II."

                                                                    

Source: Pizza (2012). In Britannica Concise Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.credoreference.com/entry/ebconcise/pizza