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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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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