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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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 does not have an official language.
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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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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.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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