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 Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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