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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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