US aircraft carriers

The United States Navy possesses 10 operational aircraft carriers as of 2016 and it’s the largest and most powerful fleet in the world by all means. All aircraft carriers are named after important personalities or cities of the US and are chosen by the secretary of the Navy. The names of all ships begin with USS which stands for: "United States Ship". The active carriers are (from the oldest to the latest):

USS Nimitz

1- USS Nimitz

2- USS Dwight D. Eisenhower

3- USS Carl Vinson

4- USS Theodore Roosevelt

5- USS Abraham Lincoln

6- USS George Washington

7- USS John C. Stennis

8- USS Harry S. Truman

9- USS Ronald Reagan

10- USS George H.W. bush

The USS Gerald Ford and the USS John F Kennedy are currently conducting sea tests and will be joining the armed forces respectively by the end of 2016 and 2020.

All of the carriers are of the Nimitz class, the largest type of aircraft carriers in the world, having a water displacement above 100,000 tons, with a nuclear propulsion which gives it an unlimited range of action and therefore the ability to navigate for an indefinite period of time, and each one can carry up to 90 aircraft, mainly F-18 Hornet and F-18 Super-hornet and F-14 Tomcat. The new F-35 joint strike fighter jet will start replacing the F-18 starting from 2018.

9 other aircraft carriers have been decommissioned since 1995, the latest being the USS Enterprise, all of them are at dock and awaiting disposal. 

Aircraft carriers give the US military enormous strategical and tactical advantages over any possible opponent, making the US Navy envied by all armies worldwide. An aircraft carrier provides the ability to intervene practically in any area of the world, in a very efficient and decisive way. Each carrier is accompanied by a number of ships called strike group such as guided missile destroyers, frigates, attack submarines, and other ships for logistical support like refueling ships and floating hospitals. Every carrier with its backup and accompanying ships constitute a fleet in itself and has a huge attack/defense capabilities.The ultra modern 90 fighter aircraft embarked on the flying deck, and the latest sophisticated missiles and electronic defense systems installed on board give the US Navy unrivaled battlefield supremacy. 

Aircraft carriers have contributed decisively to end many recent conflicts in the world such as in Iraq, Syria, Libya and others.

Work, employees and 007

On Mondays, more heart attacks occur than on any other day of the week.

An hour of planning saves normally 10 hours of trial.

For the last 3 years, Singapore has been the easiest country where you can start up a new business.

Statistics show that 80% of employees prefer not to go to work on Monday mornings.

The first touristic destination in the world is France. 60 million tourists come annually, as much as the whole French population.

Around 200 billion emails are exchanged on a daily basis. More than 97% of them are spam.

More than 90% of the people attending conferences tend to sleep or day dream. Less than 5% of the attendance can recall correctly the topics discussed.

The Kuwaiti Dinar is the most expensive currency in the world. 1 KWD is equal to 3.62 US Dollars

More than half of the world’s population have seen at least one James Bond movie! The most famous 007 agent remains Sean Connery.

Chocolate, Champagne and strawberries

Watermelons contain 97% of water, lettuce 97%, tomato 95% and carrots 90%


Chocolate was discovered in the sixteen’s century in Europe, people of that time found it to be “as good as sin”


It's champagne only if it comes from Champagne!
Champagne is an agricultural region in the middle of France famous for its vineyards that produce the legendary sparkling white wine!


Carrots contain zero fat, cucumbers contain zero calorie and zero fat.


Strawberry is the only natural fruit that contains zero fat and zero calorie.


Water is the only necessary element for human life, all others can be replaced or substituted.


Coca-Cola is the most consumed beverage in the world after water.


Daily consumption of red wine is believed to be the main reason behind the high longevity of French people which is the highest in the world.


Americans are the biggest consumers of meat worldwide,
They are also the biggest consumers of fast foods.


Avocado is the natural fruit that contains the most fat.

Ohio, Rome and US oil

There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, all are man-made.


The driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctica near Ross Island.
There has been no rainfall there for two million years.


There are more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy.


There is a city called Rome on every continent.


The volume of water in the Amazon river
is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined and three times the flow of all the rivers in the United States.


Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it),
Antarctica is the driest place on the planet,
with an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.


There are more Jews in New York city than in Tel Aviv, Israel.


The largest country in the world is the Russian Federation. It extends over 11 different time zones;

when the sun rises on Vladivostok in the morning,
It is sunset at Saint Petersburg.


The soil of the USA contains deep oil fields with huge reserves. While the exact quantities are not disclosed, many experts believe that there is enough quantities of oil that would suffice for the consumption of the USA for 100 years, conservatively.

The US, Antarctica and New York City

The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.


The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than one hundred miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean.


The ice formation in Antarctica represents seventy percent of all the reserves of fresh water in the world.


The water of Angel Falls (the world's highest) in Venezuela
drops 3,212 feet (979 meters).
They are 15 times higher than Niagara Falls.


As strange as it sounds, Antarctica is essentially a desert;
the average yearly total precipitation is about two inches.


Canada is an Indian word meaning ' Big Village '.


There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland.


The deepest hole ever drilled by man is the Kola Super deep Borehole, in Russia.
It reached a depth of 12,261 meters (about 40,226 feet or 7.62 miles). It was drilled for scientific research and gave up some unexpected discoveries,
one of which was a huge deposit of hydrogen,
so massive that the mud coming from the hole was boiling.


If New York city had the same population density as Alaska,
only 25 people would be living in it.