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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The United States does not have an official language.
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