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Which Countries Currently Have a AAA Credit Rating at Moody's?

Earlier today, Moody's announced that they were downgrading the credit rating of the United States to Aa1 from AAA. The reason for the downgrade? Moody's feels as though the "persistent" deficits ...

United States plans massive $45 million military parade in Washington, DC to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
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When Was The Last Major Military Parade in the United States?

Earlier this week, the United States government revealed that a military parade is going to be held in Washington, DC on June 14th. This parade will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Arm...

Abraham Lincoln politely declined King Mongkuts generous but unusual offer of elephants roaming freely throughout the United States during Civil War.
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The Time President Lincoln Was Offered Elephants As a Presidential Gift

It was early 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, had plenty on his mind. After all, the American Civil War had started roughly a year before, and the natio...

The 1884 Presidential election between Cleveland and Blaine was filled with scandal, mudslinging, and shocking accusations that changed political history forever.
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The 1884 Presidential Election Was The Nastiest Ever

People think that political races in this day and age are nasty but nothing will compare to the incredibly dark Presidential race that took place in 1884 between Grover Cleveland and James G. Blaine. ...

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What Was The Biggest Gift Ever Given To a Sitting US President?

Earlier this week it was revealed that the Qatari Royal Family will be gifting a $400 million Boeing 747-8 to the Trump Administration. This plane, which was previously used by the Qatari Royal Fa...

Lyndon B. Johnson’s controversial 1948 Senate victory, secured by the fraudulent Box 13 votes, changed the course of American history.
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The "Box 13 Scandal" And How a Future US President Likely Stole The 1948 Texas Senate Democratic Primary

President Lyndon B. Johnson was the 36th President of the United States. He served in this position following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. President Lyndon B. Johnson was also d...

George Washington secured his 1758 election victory by providing generous amounts of alcohol, successfully buying voter loyalty with rum and punch.
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When George Washington Spent His Entire Election Budget on Alcohol

In 1757, a young George Washington unsuccessfully ran to become a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. The reason he lost? According to Washington, the answer was simple: Not enough alcoh...

One of Warren Buffetts most important investment lessons came from his costly decision to buy Dexter Shoe Company with Berkshire shares.
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The Warren Buffett Investment That Went To Zero

Earlier this week, Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway announced that he will be stepping down as CEO of the company at the end of the year. Since 1965, shares of Berkshire Hathaway have returned...

Despite Elon Musks dismissal of Canada as not a real country, millions of Canadians unknowingly own Tesla shares through pensions.
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How Tens of Millions of Canadians Own Shares in Tesla

Canadians aren't the biggest fans of Elon Musk and Tesla right now. Elon Musk was a key backer of President Donald Trump's successful re-election campaign, donating hundreds of millions of dollars...

Stella Liebeck suffered severe, life-changing injuries from dangerously hot McDonalds coffee, yet became wrongly ridiculed due to misleading corporate PR.
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Stella Liebeck, The Boiling Hot Coffee and the "Frivolous" Lawsuit Against McDonald's

Did you hear about the lady that spilled hot coffee on herself while driving and sued McDonald's for millions? Can you believe that she would sue McDonald's for her clumsiness? Of course coffee is goi...

Experts agree a President likely lacks constitutional power to postpone Presidential elections through executive order, even during a national emergency.
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Has a US Presidential Election Ever Been Postponed Due to a National Emergency?

Does the President have the power to issue an executive order that postpones the date of a Presidential election due to a national emergency? Through the history of the United States, the President...

Franklin D. Roosevelt and Democrats advocated drastic federal spending cuts during the Great Depression, but ended expanding government spending dramatically instead.
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1932: The Year When Democrats Called For a 25% Reduction in Federal Government Costs

In 1932, while the Great Depression was raging across the globe, Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Democratic Party called for a number of changes, including a 25% reduction in federal government costs. ...

Eugene V. Debs, imprisoned for opposing World War I, astonishingly received nearly a million votes running for President from behind bars.
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Eugene V. Debs: The Man Who Received 3.4% of the Popular Vote in the 1920 US Presidential Election - While in Jail

The 1920 US Presidential election saw President Warren G. Harding easily defeat James Cox. The 1920 election also produced an interesting piece of Presidential election trivia, as Eugene V. Debs r...

Gift cards left unused become hidden profits for billion-dollar companies, as forgotten balances quietly transform into easy revenue called breakage.
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"Breakage": How Companies Like Starbucks and Amazon Make Hundreds of Millions of Dollars From Unredeemed Gift Card Balances

Companies like Starbucks, Amazon and Nordstrom push their gift cards so hard for a reason: They make hundreds of millions of dollars per year collectively from something called "breakage". Star...

Some presidents inherit booming economies, while others step into financial disasters.  In photo: Herbert Hoover.
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Which US President Experienced The Worst Stock Market Decline in Their First Year in Office?

It can be argued that some Presidents step into very favorable situations when they first enter the White House, while others step into some massive headaches. President Ronald Reagan, for instanc...



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