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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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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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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The United States consumes 25% of all the world's energy.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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