The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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Former U.S. Congressman John Jenrette once had sex with his wife on the steps of the Capitol Building during a break in a late night Congressional session.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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