Strange but true political trivia

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PDP-1: Oct 12, 2004; It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

This thread is for posting and discussing strange but true political trivia. No limits on geography or historical era, just dumb fun factoids. Some starters:

Anti-prohibitionist Al Smith ran for president against the 'dry' laws brought about by the 18th amendment on the slogan �Vote for Al Smith and he�ll make your wet dreams come true.�
Donald Trump has an IMDB credit for appearing in the pornographic film 'Playboy's Video Centerfold: Playmate 2000 Bernaola Twins' as himself. Thankfully he did not get naked for the shoot. During his run for president he signed a pledge to crack down on pornography.
The constitution of Alabama is the longest constitution in the world at 310,296 words. The 892 amendments cover important topics like how to govern bingo players, how to dispose of dead animals, and of course how to keep those pesky black people from voting.
Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair.
In Denmark, citizens have to select baby names from a list of 7,000 government-approved names.
In more than half of U.S. states the highest paid public employee is a football coach.
Millard Fillmore married his high school teacher, later on Newt Gingrich would do the same (first wife).
Pennsylvania is misspelled in the constitution as �Pensylvania.�
Albert Einstein was offered the role of Israel�s second President in 1952, but declined.
Richard Nixon was so good at poker that he partly funded his first congressional campaign off $6000 he won while in the navy.
In 2004 Mikhail Gorbachev won a Grammy in the category of Best Spoken World Album for Children for his voice work on a recording of the Russian folk tale Peter and the Wolf.
Jimmy Carter only has one testicle.
The Parliament of Iceland is the oldest still acting parliament in the world. It was established in 930.
Abraham Lincoln�s secretary was Mrs. Kennedy and John F. Kennedy�s secretary was Mrs. Lincoln. Both men were assassinated in office.
In China, any TV shows and films featuring time travel are censored.
Nicolas Sarkozy's sister-in-law is Mary-Kate Olsen of Full House fame. His brother married her when he was 42 and she was 25.

OK now you post some dumb facts.

# ? Jan 14, 2017 05:47

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# ? May 5, 2024 09:50

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

australian prime minister gough whitlam (L) was ousted at the behest of the CIA and MI6

# ? Jan 14, 2017 05:51

PDP-1: Oct 12, 2004; It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.

Lyndon Johnson had an amphibious car that he liked to use to prank his friends. He'd offer to take them out for a ride and then as they pulled up on a lakeshore he'd start yelling that the brakes were broken as they careened toward the water. Then he'd have a good chuckle at their expense as the car was revealed to be a functioning boat.

I imagine he'd then whip out his huge dick or take a poo poo over the side of the boatcar because he was also kind of known for doing those things too.

# ? Jan 14, 2017 06:14

Yossarian-22: Oct 26, 2014

The United States of America elected Donald Trump president on November 8th, 2016

# ? Jan 14, 2017 06:28

Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

huey long was assassinated by FDR

# ? Jan 14, 2017 07:51

Fallen Hamprince: Nov 12, 2016

consumed by normies posted:

huey long was assassinated by FDR

a successful first strike in the fight against fascism

# ? Jan 14, 2017 07:59

Baloogan: Dec 5, 2004; Fun Shoe

The current canadian prime minister's biological father is fidel castro

# ? Jan 14, 2017 08:06

Fallen Hamprince: Nov 12, 2016

Baloogan posted:

The current canadian prime minister's spiritual father is fidel castro

fixed

# ? Jan 14, 2017 08:08

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

lbj was a giant piece of poo poo

# ? Jan 14, 2017 08:30

exmarx: Feb 18, 2012; The experience over the years
of nothing getting better
only worse.

john mccain's mum is still alive

# ? Jan 15, 2017 11:24

Sheng-Ji Yang: Mar 5, 2014

exmarx posted:

lbj was a giant piece of poo poo

lol lbj ruled

# ? Jan 15, 2017 11:40

Mariana Horchata: Jun 30, 2008; College Slice

exmarx posted:

australian prime minister gough whitlam (L) was ousted at the behest of the CIA and MI6

"His academic achievements were complemented by setting a new world record for beer drinking; he downed 2 1⁄2 imperial pints (1.4 l) � equivalent to a yard of ale � from a sconce pot in 11 seconds as part of a college penalty.[11][12] In his memoirs, Hawke suggested that this single feat may have contributed to his political success more than any other, by endearing him to a voting population with a strong beer culture"

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