J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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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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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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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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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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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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