During the Cold War, the US had planned to detonate a nuclear weapon on the moon.
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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 turkey is one of the most famous birds in North America. In fact, Benjamin Franklin wanted to make the wild turkey, not the Bald Eagle, the national bird of the United States!
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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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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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