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Franklin D. Roosevelt

Before he died, FDR proposed…

May 16, 2020Weirdo

Before he died, FDR proposed a “Second Bill of Rights,” which included the right to food, housing, clothing, education, medical care, and recreation. He considered this vital to American freedom and security.

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FDR asked singer Eddie Cantor…

December 24, 2019Weirdo

FDR asked singer Eddie Cantor if he could get a million people to send in a dollar to support polio research. He replied that it would be easier to ask for dimes. By the end of the month, the White House had received 2.68 million dimes ($268k) and the March of Dimes began.

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Franklin D. Roosevelt’s disability…

December 17, 2018Weirdo

Franklin D. Roosevelt’s disability was largely unknown to the public. He was diagnosed with polio and was mostly paralyzed from the waist down. When photographers tried to catch him in his wheelchair, Secret Service agents reportedly tore the film out of their cameras.

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Franklin D Roosevelt called for a maximum…

January 13, 2017Weirdo

Franklin D Roosevelt called for a maximum wage of $25,000 (about $365,000 in today’s money) and 100% tax on all earnings above that.

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FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed…

November 18, 2015Weirdo

FDR founded an organization to find a cure for polio, and believed that if every American gave only a dime, polio would be eradicated. Because of this motto, after his death in 1945, FDR’s face was put on the dime, and his organization was renamed “The March of Dimes.”

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In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original plans for the United Nations…

June 26, 2015Weirdo

In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s original plans for the United Nations, the Four Policemen (the US, UK, Soviet Union, and China) were the only nations allowed to possess weapons more powerful than a rifle.

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