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.
3
John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
97
The system of democracy was introduced 2,500 years ago in Athens, Greece.
32
No president of the United States was an only child.
10
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.
6
Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
259
In 1789, the total U.S. federal government debt was $190,000.
3
When George W. Bush was 30 years old, he was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.
40