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
The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
10
The United States does not have an official language.
88
There is a county in California called Yolo.
11
There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
18
One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
45