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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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