George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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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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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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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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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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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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