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    In downtown Churchill, Manitoba, it's illegal to lock your car doors in case someone needs to escape from a polar bear.
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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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    Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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    In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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    Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    91% of Americans eat turkey on Thanksgiving.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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