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On November 22, 1963, an unidentified…

November 24, 2020Weirdo

On November 22, 1963, an unidentified woman placed a phone call to a news station, telling them John F Kennedy was about to be killed. The call was placed about 20 minutes before his assassination, from the vicinity of Oxnard, California, about fifty miles northwest of Los Angeles.

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John F Kennedy Donated his full salary…

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020Weirdo

John F Kennedy donated his full salary both as president and during his 14 years in congress reaching around $500,000.

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Frank Sinatra was friends with JFK…

October 15, 2020Weirdo

Frank Sinatra was friends with JFK. In 1962, in anticipation of a presidential visit, Sinatra had a helipad built at his house in Palm Springs. When JFK snubbed him and ended their friendship (due to Sinatra’s alleged mob ties), Sinatra grabbed a sledge hammer and smashed up the helipad.

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JFK was stranded on a desert island…

October 9, 2020Weirdo

JFK was stranded on a desert island during WWII, and eventually rescued thanks to a coconut he had carved a distress message into. He later displayed this coconut in the Oval Office.

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JFK’s father Joseph Kennedy…

September 22, 2019Weirdo

JFK’s father Joseph Kennedy made much of his fortune through insider trading. FDR later made him chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. When asked why he appointed a crook, FDR replied, “set a thief to catch a thief.” Kennedy proceeded to outlaw the practices that made him rich.

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During WWII JFK was stranded in the…

June 23, 2017Weirdo

During WWII JFK was stranded in the Solomon islands, and ended up carving a message into a coconut, that a native delivered to the nearest US base and saved his life.

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JFK was a superb golfer, but kept his golfing a secret…

September 18, 2016September 18, 2016Weirdo

jfk_golferJFK was a superb golfer, but kept his golfing a secret because he didn’t want to seem out of touch with average Americans. JFK reacted with terror when he nearly hit a hole-in-one while running for President.

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When news of JFK’s assassination was announced in Alabama…

May 6, 2016Weirdo

When news of JFK’s assassination was announced in Alabama public schools (which JFK had forced to desegregate 6 months earlier), many white students cheered.

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John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response…

April 19, 2015Weirdo

John F. Kennedy’s last words were, “No, you certainly can’t” in response to the Governor of Texas’s wife, Nellie Connally saying, “you certainly can’t say that the people of Dallas haven’t given you a nice welcome.” Moments later he was assassinated.

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The Soviet Union and the United States were originally in talks to go to the moon together…

March 23, 2015Weirdo

The Soviet Union and the United States were originally in talks to go to the moon together during the Cold War. Nikita Khruschev was poised to accept the plan but then President Kennedy was assassinated. The Soviets did not trust Vice President Johnson, so Khruschev rejected the plan.

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