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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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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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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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 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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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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