A Native American tribe in South Dakota collects bottle caps left by campers, using them as currency. Several banks in the area now recognize the caps as legal tender.
225
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.
11
The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
4
203 million dollars is spent on barbed wire each year in the U.S.
65
50% of pizzas in America are pepperoni.
183
