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packman

(16,296 posts) Tue May 12, 2020, 12:05 PM May 2020

Some things about past Presidents

Abraham Lincoln Could Easily Have Wound Up In The Donner Party

Ronald Reagan Applied To Join The Communist Party, But Was Rejected

Teddy Roosevelt Nearly Killed Himself Thanks To Jungle Fever

George Washington Tried To Enlist In The British Navy

JFK May Have Survived His Assassination If Not For A Recent Sex Injury

Interesting reading:

https://www.cracked.com/blog/5-insane-alternate-paths-american-presidents-almost-took/

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