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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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