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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Of all things, Andrew Jackson's tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States!
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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