President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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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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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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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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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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Theodore Roosevelt read at least one book every day.
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