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    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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    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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    The United States does not have an official language.
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    The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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    Dinosaur, Colorado
    Dinosaur, Colorado
    In Colorado, USA, there's a small town called Dinosaur. Some of its street names include Brontosaurus Blvd, Brontosaurus Bypass, Stegosaurus Freeway, and Tyrannosaurus Trail.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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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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    According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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