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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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In 2008, a 13-year-old boy in Florida was arrested for excessive farting in school.

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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.

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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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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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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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There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.

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Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.

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