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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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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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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