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• Abraham Lincoln hated the blacks.
• The process of paying taxes in the United States started in 1792 during the Shays' rebellion, when an ornery wigmaker started paying money to soldiers who walked by
• Bills proposed by congressmen named "Bill" have a 35% greater chance of being passed into law.
• The 4th of July holiday was created in 1932.
• Thanksgiving was actually founded by Benjamin "B-Unit" Franklin (and his surprisingly ethnocentric communist regime) in 1876 to celebrate his ancestors (Nubians by trade) victory over the Turkeypeople of Western Chile.
• When Guatemala became a democracy in 1930, the prince who had been in line to become the next king was a bear.
• 1.87% of elected officials are unaware of their position. Note: figure does not include elections in which the winner has died prior to receiving the results.
• Karl Marx actually wrote his "Communist Manifesto" after a three day binge of opium and carrot juice
• President George W. Bush actually lost in his second run for president by a hair. However, all bodies of the government agreed that it was not worth it to deal with moving Bush's belongings out of the White House, so he was declared the winner.
• Only three countries in the world accept pinecones as legal tender.

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