Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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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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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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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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