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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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