In 2005, the Italian Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, insulted Finnish cuisine and joked that Finns ate “marinated reindeer”. In 2008, Finland won an international pizza contest, beating Italy. The name of the winning pizza was “Pizza Berlusconi” and it was made of smoked reindeer.
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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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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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George Washington grew marijuana in his garden.
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John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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Of all things, Andrew Jackson's tombstone does not mention that he served as the president of the United States!
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Abraham Lincoln was a licensed bartender.
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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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