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    Self-made millionaire Harris Rosen adopted a Florida neighborhood called Tangelo Park, cut the crime rate in half, and increased the high school graduation rate from 25% to 100% by giving everyone free daycare and all high school graduates scholarships.
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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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    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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    Eminem repeated the 9th grade three times.
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    American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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    Napping After Learning
    Napping After Learning
    Taking a nap after learning something can help your retention of it.
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    The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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    Iceland Has the Most Books Published per Person per Year in the World
    In Iceland, more books are published and sold per person every year than anywhere else in the world. Ten percent of Icelanders become a published author in their lifetime.
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