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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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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