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    No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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    Australian Gambling Syndicate Bought Almost All Lottery Tickets and Won
    In 1992, an Australian gambling syndicate purchased the majority of combinations in a Virginia lottery. They won, turning their $5m investment into $27m winnings.
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    The Statue of Liberty has US women's shoe size 879.
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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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    The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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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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    CDC's Zombie Invasion Plan
    The US national public health institute, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has an actual plan in case of zombie invasion.
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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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