Lauren's List: Fourth Facts You Didn't Know (Or Forgot About)

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MIAMI (CBSMiami) – In honor of Independence Day, today's "Lauren's List" is filled with "Fourth Facts" you probably didn't know about.

We all don our favorite red, white and blue garb to celebrate our country's independence.

But there are a few details about the holiday you didn't learn in your history books, or maybe you simply forgot them!

Here's a crash course in 4th of July facts.

1. The colonies officially declared independence on July 2nd, 1776, not the 4th. The Second Continental Congress approved the motion for independence on the second, and Congress approved the actual Declaration on the 4th. But few, if any of the Declaration's signatories actually signed the document on that day.

2. Three U.S. presidents have died on Independence Day. While it's a time for celebration in our country, Thomas Jefferson (1826), John Adams (1826) and James Monroe (1831) all died on that day. Coincidentally, Jefferson and Adams died on the same day in 1826, the 50th anniversary of Independence Day.

3. Now to the flags and fireworks. Even though this is the quintessential American holiday, your fireworks and American flag were probably made in China. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Americans imported $3.5 million worth of American flags and $247.1 million worth of fireworks from China in 2014.

4. Americans eat more than 150 million hot dogs every Fourth of July! In fact, July is considered "National Hotdog Month."

Tell me how you plan to celebrate the holiday.

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