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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A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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