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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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.
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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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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Sales of the Guy Fawkes mask - used by protesters all over the world as a symbol of their fight against government corruption and corporate power - all go to Time Warner.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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