The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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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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
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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