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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Students at the John Hopkins University collaboratively decided to opt out of their final since the professor set his curve based on the highest score grading it as 100%. They chose to receive a score of zero, making it the highest grade and thereby getting 100%.
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Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
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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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