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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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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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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