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    Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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    Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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 downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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    In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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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