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 75% of American households, women manage the money and pay the bills.
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50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
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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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The retail price for the iPad would be $1,140 if it were built by American workers instead of Chinese.
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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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You can't plow a cotton field with an elephant in North Carolina.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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