J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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Kim Jong-il is only 5' 2'' tall. He wears four-inch lifts in his shoes to compensate for his short stature.
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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 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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