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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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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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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Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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