John F. Kennedy was buried without his brain after it was lost during the autopsy!
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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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J. Edgar Hoover liked to fire FBI agents whose palms were sweaty when shaking hands.
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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.
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No president of the United States was an only child for his parents.
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Jimmy Carter is the first U.S. President to have been born in a hospital.
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President Lyndon Johnson smoked at least 3 packs of cigarettes a day.
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George W. Bush was also the head of the cheerleading team in his high school.
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