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.
10
In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45
In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
5
There is a county in California called Yolo.
11
Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
13
The turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
117
In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
15
Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
259