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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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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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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