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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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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