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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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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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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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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