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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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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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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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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