Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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Almost half the newspapers in the world are published in the United States and Canada!
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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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On average, someone in the US suffers a stroke every 40 seconds; someone dies every 3 minutes from stroke.
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Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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