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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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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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Although African-Americans make up only 13% of the U.S. population, they accounted for one half of the estimated new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2004.
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In Kentucky, US, every citizen is required by law to take a bath at least once a year.
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