In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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