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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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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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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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