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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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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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