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 US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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Chanel Tapper, a student from California, USA, has the world's longest tongue, measuring 9.75 cm (3.8 inches), from tip to top lip!
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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In 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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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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