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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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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Every U.S. president with a beard has been a Republican.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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Former U.S. President Franklin Pierce was arrested during his term as President for running over an old lady with his horse, but the charges were later dropped.
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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