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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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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