In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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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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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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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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