Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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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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President George W. Bush and Playboy founder Hugh Hefner are cousins!
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No president of the United States was an only child.
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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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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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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