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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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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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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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