According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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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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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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