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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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