On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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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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According to a study by the National Science Foundation, only half of Americans believe in evolution, and one in 4 don't know that the Earth orbits the Sun.
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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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In the US, people can be rejected from joining the police force if they are too intelligent.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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Outside of the bedroom, the most common place for adults in the U.S. to have sex is the car.
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