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.
11
Wyoming has only 2 sets of escalators in the entire state.
17
Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
259
Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
22
There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
2
A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
225
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
183