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.
14
In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
217
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
6
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.
7
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!
16
The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
53