Fun Facts

The word “independence” never appears in the Declaration of Independence — rather, it’s titled “The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America.”

There was a second Boston tea party, on March 7, 1774, we forget about it probably because they grabbed only 16 chests of tea.

The general’s dentures weren’t made of wood, as legend has it, but rather of hippopotamus ivory

25,000 Americans died during the American Revolution

8,000 died during battle and 17,000 of sickness