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Think carefully, theres only one king without a mustache thats the king of hearts, the king of diamonds. This piece was inspired by an episode of the cooler, kqeds weekly pop culture podcast. At the time, he was trailing in the polls, and some critics have suggested that this appearance captured the imagination of the american people and turned the race around. Here are 5 fun facts to help you get in the celebratory mood. Surprisingly, there are tons of random facts about books that are super interesting.
By 1808 a law was set by congress, this law banned the importing of african slaves into the u. Though three presidents adams, jefferson, and monroe have died on the 4th of july, calvin coolidge is the only president to have been born on. This is on the women who made the hearts of the early american presidents beat faster some tragic, some inspiring and some just very human. George washington owned a profitable whiskey distillery. The socalled worm is in mezcal, which is distilled from a different plant. Awesome trivia for kids is a fact book for children containing many universal facts. Audubons the birds of america, published in 1840, is the most valuable book in the world.
John adams died on the same day as thomas jefferson, july 4th, 1826. Jimmy carter, the 39th president, was a peanut farmer. He also refused to accept his presidential salary, which was. Presidential trivia 10 interesting facts america comes alive. Here are some interesting facts about our presidents, from george washington to.
Many people assume abraham lincoln was the fifth president because he. Barack obama collects spiderman and conan the barbarian comic books. The first program nbc broadcast to them was a cartoon of felix the cat. Between these great highs and great lows, the history books seldom have room for the bizarre, the droll.
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