Colorado switched mile marker "420" to "419.99" to stop people from stealing it.
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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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Seven U.S. states are named after sovereigns - four kings and three queens.
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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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In the 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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The United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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In Breton, Alabama, there is a law on the town's books against riding down the street in a motorboat.
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91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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