Random Education Facts

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    In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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    2.8 Million One Pennies
    2.8 Million One Pennies
    In 1987, an 18-year-old freshman named Mike Hayes funded his education by asking 2.8 million people for one penny.
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    Science of Batman
    Science of Batman
    The University of Victoria offers a course in the science of Batman.
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    Bad At Maths? You Could Have Math Anxiety
    People with poor mathematical skills aren't necessarily bad at math because they are 'ungifted'. There is a phenomena called 'Math Anxiety' that makes people perform worse, sometimes leading to math avoidance, which leads to lesser knowledge and consequently more math anxiety.
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    Group "brainstorming" makes each individual in the group less creative and doesn't work as efficiently as the same number of people working alone and then later pooling their ideas.
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    Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
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    In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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    An Australian study found that homework is of little to no academic value to students in elementary and junior high schools.
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