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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Daniel Webster, who ran for president and lost three times, declined the Vice Presidency twice, thinking it a worthless office. Both presidents who offered it later died in office, meaning that if he had accepted, he would’ve become president after all.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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