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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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