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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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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A typical full-time worker in the US with a four-year college degree earns about $50,000. This is 62% more than a worker with only a high-school diploma.
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During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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