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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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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