John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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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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