There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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Approximately 4 to 5% of the U.S. population has one or more clinically significant phobias in a given year. Specific phobias occur in people of all ages. The average age of onset for social phobia is between 15 and 20 years of age, although it can often begin in childhood.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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