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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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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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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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