The Statue of Liberty is made out of copper. When originally built, it looked like a shiny new penny!
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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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Harvard earns enough money from interest on its endowment that it could offer free tuition to every student and still profit.
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There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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The largest hotel suite in the world is located 22 stories under the surface in the Grand Canyon Caverns. One night for two people in this 65 million year old cave is $700.
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The first semi-permanent settlements appeared in Florida around 5000 B.C.
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In 1958, a nuclear bomb was lost somewhere along the swampy coast of Georgia. Its whereabouts remain a mystery to this day.
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