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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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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