Posts tagged USA
How a Wilson leather football is made in Ada, Ohio. Wilson is the only genuine leather football manufacturer in the United States
The staggering growth of Facebook in 2010:
- Facebook ballooned from 337 million to 585 million users in 2010
- That means roughly 7.9 new users signed up every second of the year, on average
- USA and the UK are in the top 3 countries, but Indonesia is second with 32.1 million users
- The top 10 countries make up nearly 60% of all users
- The large majority of users is between 18 and 34 years old
- … but the fastest growing age group is 65+ (+124%)
- Three food brands (Coca-Cola, Starbucks and Oreo) make up the top 3 brands on Facebook
- Michael Jackson may have passed away, but his legacy is strong: 26.2 million fans
For those of you who can’t locate Qatar on a map… I didn’t know either. #WorldCup2022.
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FACT: Qatar has never qualified for a World Cup; 2022 will most likely be their first.
Support the USA to host the FIFA World Cup!
You can help the United States secure the 2022 FIFA World Cup by signing the petition, tweeting and sharing the cause. Voting goes before the FIFA Committee this December 2.
Host cities include: Los Angeles, Boston, Washington D.C., New York plus more can be found and read about here: Host Cities
Members on the bid committee include: US Soccer stars Landon Donavon and Mia Hamm, entertainment greats Spike Lee and Bob Iger, former President Bill Clinton, politicians Arnold Schwarzenegger and Michael Bloomberg, and US Soccer President Sunil Gulati amongst many others: Bid Committee
Finally, the ‘94 FIFA World Cup hosted by the United States still holds the record for the highest attendance in history, with an average draw of 69,000 fans per game and 3.6 million attendees overall. Additionally the US has the second most soccer players in the world with 24.4 million and would stand to benefit greatly both economically and socially.
