Teddy bears were named after U.S. President Theodore 'Teddy' Roosevelt.
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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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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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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 U.S. the typical school year is 180 days long. In China, the typical school year is 251 days.
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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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American school children rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries, but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.
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Denver, Colorado, USA now has more marijuana dispensaries than it does Starbucks.
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