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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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The U.S. has 115,000 janitors, 83,000 bartenders, 323,000 restaurant servers, and 80,000 heavy-duty truck drivers with bachelor’s degrees.
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Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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