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 1700s, the deer skin was a common medium of exchange between the trading settlers and the native Red Indians in America. This is how a buck became a slang for a dollar.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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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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There are 189 people named 'Lol' in the U.S.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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