[Politics fact 1] Politician Boss Tweed was brought down by Thomas Nast's cartoons, which painted him as the embodiment of corruption. Tweed said to aides, “Let's stop them damned pictures. I don't care so much what the papers write about—my constituents can't read—but damn it, they can see pictures.”
[Politics fact 2] Egyptian politician Anwar Sadat made peace with Israel in 1979, the first Arab nation to do so. For this, Sadat won the Nobel Peace prize, Egypt was suspended from the Arab League, and Sadat was assassinated.
[Politics fact 3] There's a basketball court above the Supreme Court. It's known as the Highest Court in the Land.
[Politics fact 4] In 2000, an Atlanta area sheriff named Sidney Dorsey ordered a hit on a rival (Derwin Brown) that defeated him in an election. The hit was carried out by two deputies who were promised promotions.
[Politics fact 5] The son of a US Governor is 6,000 times more likely to become a Governor than the average American and the son of a US Senator is 8,500 times more likely to become a senator than the average American.
[Politics fact 6] Antanas Mockus, a former mathematician, and mayor of Bogotá, Columbia, known for his eccentric legislation, hired exactly 420 mimes to mimic jaywalkers in efforts to prevent traffic rule-breakers. Traffic fatalities dropped by over 50% as Mayor Mockus proved people would rather be fined than mocked.
[Politics fact 7] During the Cold War, Nikita Khrushchev said to Mao Zedong that "Berlin is the testicles of the West. Every time I want to make the West scream, I squeeze on Berlin."
[Politics fact 8] George Washington warned the American Public of four things in his Farewell Address: Sectionalism, Political Factions, National Debt and Foreign Influence.
[Politics fact 9] On September 19, 1985, when Frank Zappa famously testified before Congress to protest the PMRC’s attempt to legislate and censor heavy metal music lyrics, Zappa compared the proposed legislation to “treating dandruff by decapitation.”
[Politics fact 10] Voting is mandatory in Belgium. Citizens are automatically registered in the electoral polls and more than 90% of the eligible population takes part in the voting process since you risk a fine if you do not vote either in person or by proxy.
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