US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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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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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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