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 1950s, the US government placed beer next to an atomic bomb blast to determine if it was still drinkable. The result: in the event of a nuclear war, beer is safe to drink!
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Every month, about 9 out of 10 American children visit a McDonald’s restaurant.
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One town in Indiana is called Santa Claus. There is also a Santa, Idaho.
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The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Ice cream cones were popularized in America during the 1904 World’s Fair in Saint Louis when an ice cream vendor ran out of cups and asked a nearby waffle vendor to roll up his waffles to hold the ice cream.
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