In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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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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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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