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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In the US, there are quite a few cities called Gaylord.
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There is a city in New Mexico called Truth or Consequences.
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In Arizona, a solar wind energy tower has been proposed that would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam.
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Forty percent of American adults cannot fill out a bank deposit slip correctly.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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