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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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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The founder of McDonald's has a Bachelor degree in Hamburgerology.
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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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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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