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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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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Of all things, Andrew Jackson's tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States!
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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