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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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