John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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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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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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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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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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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The Queen of England, who once enjoyed extensive powers and authority over almost the whole world, and despite all her present majesty and glory, is not allowed to enter the House of Commons simply because she is not its member!
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