John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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In 1916, a US amendment was proposed to put all acts of war to a national vote. If you voted yes you would have to register as a volunteer for service in the United States Army.
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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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There was a pre-WWII movement called Technocracy, which held that scientists and engineers should take over the government and economy from politicians and economists. The leader of the movement was known as the Great Engineer.
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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