John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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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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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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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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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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