Strange American Facts
Here is a compiled list of information that you will not be able to find in any history book. Hopefully these facts can give you a good laugh or help you open your eyes.
- Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of independence on hemp. (http://naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html)
- George Washington grew marijuana in the back yard of the White House. Hemp was used as legal tender to purchase newspapers or even pay taxes. (http://thesecularity.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8355)
- 14 of our presidents were Freemasons; including, George Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Gerald Ford. (http://www.mastermason.com/wilmettepark/pres.html)
- The cornerstones of the White House, the Capitol Building, and the Washington Monument were laid in different years, yet carefully timed to occur underneath the same astrological condition: Caput Draconis in Virgo. (http://watch.pair.com/mason.html)
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on July 4, 1826, forty years after the signing of The Declaration of Independence. They died within an hour of each other. (http://python.net/crew/manus/Presidents/faq/july4.html)
- Abraham Lincoln dreamed he had been killed and his body was in a casket in the east room of the White House. About thirteen days later, he was assassinated, and his body was put on display in the east room. (http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln46.html)
- Theodore Roosevelt was shot in the chest, but the bullet was barely stopped by his 50-page speech and his case holder for his glasses. Instead of going to the hospital, he continued his speech, and the speech lasted 90 minutes. (http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/research/speech%20kill%20moose.htm)
- In 1991, a document was locked in the safe of the director of the CIA. The cryptic document refers to an ancient portal underground in an unknown location. The document also contains the phrase, "It's buried out there somewhere." (http://www.wtop.com/?nid=&sid=1767133)
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Post a CommentWhat? History books don't give us the whole story? Good stuff.
crazy facts, especially the one about Theodore Roosevelt being shot in the chest... I never knew about that...
Interesting, very unknown facts!