Category Archives: Politics

Oct 23 2016
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Politics, Technology

Fact #1216: Anonymous, the online vigilante group, sent thousands of all-black faxes to the Church of Scientology to deplete all of their ink cartridges.

Source: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/09/08/masked-avengers&

Oct 10 2016
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History, Politics

Fact #1207: At the surrender of the American Civil War, the Union troops began to cheer but Grant silenced them immediately.

He later stated that “The Confederates were now our countrymen, and we did not want to exult over their downfall.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Appomattox_Court_House

Dec 01 2015
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Government, People, Politics

Fact #987: Gerald Ford is the only person to have served as both Vice President and the President of the United States without being elected to either office.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford

Nov 20 2015
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History, Places, Politics

Fact #982: Jacksonville, FL, was the winter filming capital of the early US movie industry but conservative residents objected, a mayor was elected on anti-movie platform, and so the industry moved on to Southern California.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Jacksonville,_Florida#Motion_picture_industry

Sep 28 2015
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Places, Politics

Fact #942: Ohio has voted for the winning president in over 92% of the elections the state has voted in.

Source: http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/articles/kdk2011091502/

Jan 08 2015
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History, Politics

Fact #761: Thomas Jefferson wrote his State of the Union messages, instead of delivering them in a speech like George Washington. All presidents followed Jefferson’s lead until Woodrow Wilson resurrected Washington’s precedent in 1913.

Source: http://blogs.archives.gov/prologue/?p=14786

Dec 31 2014
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History, People, Politics

Fact #756: The US has had a Native American vice president, Charles Curtis, under President Hoover.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Curtis

Nov 06 2012
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Politics

Fact #228: It is theoretically possible to become President of the United States by winning only 22% of the popular vote.

Jump to 4:19 for the math behind it… the whole video is very informative in and of itself too.

Oct 04 2012
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Politics

Fact #205: Maine and Nebraska are the only states that do not have a “winner take all” system of awarding electoral votes for presidential elections.

Those two states use the “Congressional District Method,” where electors are decided by popular vote in each congressional state district, and two electors determined by statewide popular vote.

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