The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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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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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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