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    President Coolidge
    President Coolidge
    Former US President Calvin Coolidge (1924-28) enjoyed “buzzing for his bodyguards and then hiding under his desk as they frantically searched for him”.
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    One million Americans, about 3,000 each day, take up smoking each year. Most of them are children.
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    There are two credit cards for every person in the United States.
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    The Internal Revenue Service audits 87 percent of women who claim breast implants as tax deductions.
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    Alaska is the only state that can be typed on one row of keys on a QWERTY keyboard.
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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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    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    Cherry Blossom Diplomacy
    The pink cherry blossoms in Washington D.C. were a gift from Imperial Japan in 1912. They sent more than 3,000 seeds to be planted near the Potomac River as a symbol of friendship between the two nations.
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    Al Capone's armored limousine, after being seized by the feds, was later used to protect Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR), 32nd President of the US, after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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