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Who wrote the book PT-109?
The 1961 book PT-109 about John F. Kennedy’s exploits in World War II was written not by Kennedy but by Robert F. Donovan.
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Leave a commentWhat GM chairman said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”?
No GM chairman ever said, “What’s good for General Motors is good for the country”.
The line actually was, “What’s good for the country, is good for General Motors, and vice-versa,” and it was said by Charles Wilson, a former GM head who was at the time the secretary of defense under President Eisenhower.
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Leave a commentWhen did Oliver Wendell Holmes serve as chief justice of the Supreme Court?
Wendell Holmes never served as chief justice of the Supreme Court.
He was an associate justice from 1902 to 1932, during the terms of four different chief justices.
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Leave a commentWhen was Adlai Stevenson vice-president of the U.S.?
The grandfather and namesake of 1950s Democratic Presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson served as vice-president from 1893 to 1897 under Grover Cleveland.
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Leave a commentWhat ironclad ship fought the Monitor during the Civil War?
The Merrimac was not the ironclad ship fought the Monitor during the Civil War.
The Union ship Merrimac had been renamed the Virginia by the Confederates.
The Virginia fought the Union ironclad Monitor at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862.
The battle ended in a draw.
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Leave a commentFrom what law school did Clarence Darrow graduate?
Clarence Darrow did not graduate from law school.
Darrow (1857-1938), famed for his defense in the Scopes trial of 1925, briefly attended the University of Michigan law school but did not get a degree.
He studied on his own and got most of his legal education in a law office in Youngstown, Ohio.
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Leave a commentHow do you spell the name of the inventor of the Derringer?
The inventor of the Derringer was Henry Deringer, Jr., (1786-1868), spelled with one “r”.
The Philadelphia gunsmith started making pistols in 1825 and came to specialize in the short-barreled, large-caliber pistol that bears his name.
The extra “r” was added to “Derringer” by an imitator making similar pistols, and that became the accepted spelling.
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Leave a commentWho was the first president of the United States?
Technically, the first president of the United States was not George Washington, but John Hanson of Maryland.
In 1781, Hanson began a one-year term as the first “president of the United States in Congress assembled” under the Articles of Confederation.
Seven other men served as president before Washington, technically, the ninth president, took office in 1789 under [...]
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Leave a commentWhat is the number of Supreme Court justices specified in the U.S. Constitution?
No number of Supreme Court justices is specified in the U.S. Constitution.
The Supreme Court began with six justices, rose to a peak of ten during the Lincoln years, and settled at nine in 1869.
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What was the first name of the federal official named Nixon whom the U.S. Senate impeached?