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• [President fact 1] A politician and rabid abolitionist named Cassius M. Clay was once shot during a debate. He proceeded to chase down his assassin, stabbing him and throwing him off an embankment. He later fended off 6 men, even though they had guns and he only had a bowie knife. He was a candidate to be Lincoln's Vice President.

  People, Presidentsource

• [President fact 2] In 1948, Lyndon B. Johnson used a helicopter to campaign for office. He would hover over farmers working in their fields, many who had never seen a helicopter, and blare through the loudspeaker: "Hello, down there! This is your friend, Lyndon Johnson, your candidate for the United States Senate."

  Politics, Presidentsource

• [President fact 3] Benazir Bhutto, the only female Pakistani Prime Minister was a Harvard graduate and served as Prime Minister from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 to 1996. After losing the election in 1997, she went into self-exile in Dubai. She returned to Pakistan in 2007 to run again but was assassinated during a rally.

  Death, Presidentsource

• [President fact 4] During the 1943 Bengal genocide in India, Winston Churchill as part of the war effort, diverted food from starving Indians to already well-supplied british soldiers and stores elsewhere in Europe. 3 million Indians starved to death. Churchill's response was to ask why Gandhi hadn't died yet.

  Places, Presidentsource

• [President fact 5] Everyone thought Abraham Lincoln was ugly, including himself. Once when he was accused of being “two-faced,” he replied, “If I had two-faces, would I be wearing this one?”

  Humanbody, Presidentsource

• [President fact 6] In 1980, President Carter and Fidel Castro agreed to allow 125,000 Cubans to immigrate to America during an economic recession. Later, it was discovered that many of the emigrants had been sent directly from Cuban prisons and asylums.

  Countries, History, President, Prisonsource

• [President fact 7] After Abraham Lincoln was called out for refusing to indicate whether or not he wanted to go Heaven or Hell he said "I did not come here with the idea of being singled out, but since you ask, I will reply with equal candor. I intend to go to Congress."

  Presidentsource

• [President fact 8] In 1962, John F. Kennedy wanted to create a nuclear economy which would have made viable massive desalination plants. Getting freshwater from saltwater “would really dwarf any other scientific accomplishments.”

  President, Weaponssource

• [President fact 9] Abraham Lincoln arrested pro-confederate members of Maryland's legislature as they were headed to a vote on whether Maryland would secede from the Union, in order to prevent Maryland from seceding.

  Places, Presidentsource

• [President fact 10] In 1964, Canada honored John F. Kennedy by naming the tallest unclimbed mountain in North America "Mt. Kennedy." In 1965, Robert F. Kennedy, as part of a National Geographic expedition, became the first person ever to reach the summit.

  Places, Presidentsource

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