The U.S. ranks 3rd in Winter Olympic gold medals for mens hockey

According to the Olympic.org, the U.S. has won 2 gold medals in Mens Ice Hockey since 1920. That is enough to make the United States tied for third with Sweden. Canada and the Soviet Union are tied for first with eight gold medals each.

Entry prepared by Henry Cumoletti

The U.S. ranks 1st in airports

According to the most recent data available from CIA World Factbook, the U.S. has 15,079 airports, or 34. 3% of the world’s total airports.  That is enough to make the United States rank first in that category.

Prepared by Michael J. Rooney

The U.S. ranks 55th in Muslim population

According to the Pew Research Center, in 2009 the United States had a Muslim population of 2,454,000. That is enough to make the United States rank fifty-fifth out of one hundred and sixty-nine countries ranked. Indonesia ranked first with a Muslim population of 202,867,000.

Entry Prepared by Dan Witkowski

The U.S. ranks 4th in banana production

According to FAOStat.org  in 2008, the U.S. produced 3% of the worlds bananas.  In addition to Cuba, Cypress, Occupied Palestinian Territory and Israel, the United States  ranks fourth out of ten countries.   Turkey ranks first, with a banana production rate of 6%.

Prepared by L.Wenthe

The U.S. ranks 24th in military expenditures

According to the CIA World Factbook, in 2005 the United States spent 4.1% of their GPD on military expenditures, enough to make the United States rank twenty-fourth out of the 174 countries that were ranked in that category. Oman ranks first, spending 11.4% of their GPD on military expenditures.

Entry prepared by Jamie Lehr

The U.S ranks 3rd in deaths due to road accidents

According to the World Resources Institute in 2005 the United States experienced 43,443 deaths due to road accidents. That is enough to make the United States rank third out of seventy four countries ranked in that category. China ranks first with 98,738 deaths due to road accidents.

Entry prepared by Kiernan Playford

The U.S. ranks 1st in recovered paper

According to data from FAOstat in 2008, the United States recovered 46,835,875 tonnes of paper to later be recycled. That is enough for the United States to rank first in that category.

Prepared by Christopher P. Shand

The U.S. ranks 23rd in February’s chill

According to the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, the United States has a mean February temperature of -1.9 degrees celsius, which makes the United States rank twenty-third in that category. Russia ranks first, with a mean February temperature of -23.1 degrees celsius.

The U.S. ranks 1st in spiny-tailed lizards

According to the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), between 1977 and 2001 the United States imported 149,630 spiny-tailed lizards, which is enough to make the United States rank first in that category.

The U.S. ranks 6th in young adults using social networking

According to the Pew Global Attitudes Projects, 77% of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 use social networking, which is enough to make the United States rank sixth out of twenty-two countries ranked in that category. Germany ranks first, with 86% of young adults using social networking.