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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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
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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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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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