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    Doctoral Sword
    In Finland, you are given a top hat and a sword when you get a PhD diploma.
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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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    In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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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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    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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    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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    Pope Francis has a master’s degree in Chemistry.
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    According to a 2011 poll, 32% of Russians believe that the Sun orbits Earth.
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