John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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In 2005, the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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Richard Nixon was so good at poker that most of his first campaign for the House of Representatives was funded by poker winnings from his time in the navy.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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