In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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