There are 365 steps on the front of the U.S. Capitol Building - one for every day of the year.
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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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Sudbury Valley School allows students to do whatever they want; no curriculum, tests, homework, or even classes unless requested. 82% of students get accepted to college, as opposed to the 63% national public school average.
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A man earned 4 million airline miles for free without breaking any laws by using his credit card to purchase free-delivery $1 coins from the U.S. mint.
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There are over 16,251 full-service restaurants in the vicinity of NYC. You could visit one every day for 40 years and still not have visited them all. This excludes counter service restaurants and cafeterias.
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Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns.
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Diamonds mined in Brazil are harder than those found in Africa.
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Each 5 m.p.h. you drive over 60 m.p.h. is like paying an additional $.10 a gallon for gas!
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