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.
14
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.
7
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
75
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
36
In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
28
There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
24
Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
23