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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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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Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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The United States does not have an official language.
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