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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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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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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