Gandhi once called Hitler “his sincere friend”. But only because he was trying to stop World War II. It was in a letter written July 23, 1939.
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Who were the deadliest and second deadliest man alive? That would be John Timothy “Count Dante” Keehan and his sidekick Douglas Dwyer. They were arrested on July 22, 1965 in Chicago when they tried to tape dynamite caps to a rival dojo. Both were under the influence of alcohol. Keehan would advertise his skills in comic books.
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The great presidents were not great drinkers. Washington liked dark porter laced with molasses but refrained from the hard stuff. Lincoln drank water. Reagan mostly stuck to wine.
The not-so-great-presidents, well, Franklin Pierce died of cirrhosis of the liver at age 65. He reportedly said “what can an ex-president of the United States do except get drunk?”
Washington liked dark porter — William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 7-21-16
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President Grover Cleveland hanged people. Personally. It was part of his duties when he was sheriff of Erie County, N.Y.
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Herbert Hoover had a great wine collection but his wife dumped it when Prohibition hit. This was before Hoover became president.
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Quito, the capital of Ecuador, is almost directly on the equator but has a spring-like climate throughout the year. It’s the height. The city sits 9,300 feet above sea level.
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The Scythians smoked hashish and got drunk on fermented mare’s milk. Their favorite weapon was the battle axe.
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A postbox in Susami Bay, Japan is 30 feet underwater. Vacationing scuba diving use it.
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Bastille Day did not become an official national holiday in France until 1880 which was 91 years after the prison was stormed.
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The orginal name for the Amazon River was Rio de Orellana coming from Francisco de Orellana, the first guy to sail its length and he did it from west to east mind you.