George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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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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