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 a 2014 study, 1 in 10 Americans think HTML is a sexually-transmitted disease.
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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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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 United States has paved enough roads to circle the Earth over 150 times.
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There is a superhero supply store in Brooklyn with a cape fitting room that has a wind tunnel. They also sell oxygen gum, bottled chaos and have an invisibility testing center.
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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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