Before making Finding Nemo, the animation gurus at Pixar Studios had to take a graduate class in fish biology and oceanography.
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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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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 Brazil, prison inmates can reduce their sentence by 4 days (up to 48 days a year) for every book they read and write a report on.
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In China, teachers allow children to sleep in class for around 20 minutes to help improve their learning.
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There’s a Swedish power metal band called “Sabaton” who teach history through their music, including an album devoted to teaching about World War Two.
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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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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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