In 2014, a college in upstate New York started offering classes on the sociology of Miley Cyrus.
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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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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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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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Japanese schools do not have proms.
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