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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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Sales of the Guy Fawkes mask - used by protesters all over the world as a symbol of their fight against government corruption and corporate power - all go to Time Warner.
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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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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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