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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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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In ancient Athens, the worlds first democracy, they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people could vote on the politician they thought was most destructive to the democratic process. The “winner” was banished from Athens for 10 years.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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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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When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
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John F. Kennedy was the first Roman Catholic President of the USA!
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