According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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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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In 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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