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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US eggs would be illegal in a British supermarket because they are washed. British eggs are illegal in US markets because they’re unwashed.
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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 United States does not have an official language.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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