In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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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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The average American spends a third of their overall time online playing games and using social networks.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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