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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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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There is a basketball court on the top floor of the U.S. Supreme Court Building. It’s known as the “highest court in the land.”
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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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