The first female self-made millionaire in America was a black woman.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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There is a county in California called Yolo.
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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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Americans throw out 4.5 pounds of trash a day - twice that of 40 years ago.
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There are six times as many people of Irish descent living in America than in Ireland.
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In Utah, it is illegal to swear in front of a dead person.
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