Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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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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According to some estimates, Americans are sitting on $30 billion worth of unredeemed gift cards.
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Forest growth in the US has exceeded harvest since the 1940’s. Today, we have more trees than any time in the past 100 years.
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In the U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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