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 first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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The Canadian province of New Brunswick (which was part of the UK at the time) had a bloodless war with the US state of Maine in 1839
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Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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Each year, around 24,000 Americans are bitten by rats!
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In 2005, 25 percent of Americans over the age of 50 played video games, an increase from nine percent in 1999.
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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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