Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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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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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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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John F. Kennedy ordered over 1,000 Cuban cigars for personal use just hours before he made them illegal.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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