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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Leonardo Da Vinci loved animals so much that he used to buy caged animals at the market just to set them free.
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Shakespeare invented over 1,700 words that we use today.
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The first chocolate eggs were made in Germany in the 19th century and remain one of the most popular Easter candies today.
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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