20 Mind-Blowing Facts You Never Knew About The United States

10. 1% Owns One Third Of The Nation's Wealth

That means out of America's 314 million people, 3.14 million of them have accumulated about 25 trillion dollars between them. This means the rest of America is trying to achieve the same status of independent wealth with only two thirds of the playing chips on the table and subsequently not getting anywhere fast. It kind of makes you wonder what people are talking about when they refer to the American Dream.