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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The 409 escalators in the London subway cover a distance every week which is approximately equivalent to several trips around the globe!
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There is a growing sport in Berlin and London called Chess Boxing. Players alternate between a round of chess and a round of boxing until one is declared winner either by checkmate, KO, or technical stoppage.
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Jackie Chan’s mother was an opium smuggler and his father was a spy.
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The province of Alberta, Canada is free of the common rat.
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Every day, plants convert sunlight into energy equivalent to six times the entire power consumption of human civilization.
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Rio de Janeiro was once capital of Portugal, making it the only European capital outside of Europe.
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Close to 110 million roses (mostly red) will be purchased and delivered around Valentine's Day in the U.S.
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