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 largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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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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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 Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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According to a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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