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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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In the US, it is legal for women to be publicly topless in 33 states. Male toplessness became legal in 1936.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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