Today, we reviewed more unusual facts about American life and history. For instance,
Americans eat about 100 acres of pizza each day! That's a lot of carbs! Atlantic City, NJ has the world's longest boardwalk. Built in 1870, it is 4.5 miles long. America's original capitol was Philadelphia. After the Revolution, it was the nation's capitol from 1790-1800. Founded in 1636, Harvard was the first university founded in the U.S. An unbelievably ironic fact: Abraham Lincoln created the Secret Service the day of his assassination on April 14, 1865. We learned much more, but these are just some of the interesting things we focused on today. Kaitlin enjoys learning things that are valid, but not commonly known. Good class!