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 United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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