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 US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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