George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
114
J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
26
The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
32
No president of the United States was an only child.
10
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.
4
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.
8
No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
51
Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
86