The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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