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 Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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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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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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