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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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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In March, 2014, Colorado sold $19 million dollars worth of Cannabis. $1.9 million went to schools and crime fell by 10%.
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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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