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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There is a 600 year old 240 paged book called the Voynich Manuscript, that’s written language is still completely unknown today.
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A strawberry is not a berry, but a banana is.
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A scorpion can hold its breath for up to 6 days.
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Scientists at the Zhejiang University in China have developed an ultra-light material known as carbon aerogel.
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In 1963, the US Military created an artificial ring around Earth, similar to that of the planet Saturn. The ring was made of copper needles and was used for worldwide communications in the case that the Soviets disabled all other methods of communication.
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‘Old people smell’ is actually caused by a chemical, 2-nonenal, that old people secrete through their skin
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