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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The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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Former U.S. Congressman John Jenrette once had sex with his wife on the steps of the Capitol Building during a break in a late night Congressional session.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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Sales of the Guy Fawkes mask - used by protesters all over the world as a symbol of their fight against government corruption and corporate power - all go to Time Warner.
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