The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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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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Former U.S. Congressman John Jenrette once had sex with his wife on the steps of the Capitol Building during a break in a late night Congressional session.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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