A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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