July 11, 2006
| Politics
FactID: 568
Rated
4.12 stars
Over half of the illegal immigrants entering America do so through the state of Arizona.
February 7, 2006
| Politics
FactID: 530
Rated
3.86 stars
In 2004, VP Dick Cheney (along with his wife) earned an adjusted gross income of $1,734,373! (see their actual return in PDF )
The Cheneys best year, financially speaking, was 2000, when they earned $36,086,635 (that's 8 figures), mostly from Cheney's Halliburton stock!
Ask Yahoo! and TaxHistory.org
September 22, 2005
| Politics
FactID: 441
Rated
4.09 stars
"The world has changed when the widely despised news media have a far higher approval rating (77 percent) than the President (46 percent) , as measured last week in a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll. "Frank Rich , NY Times columnist
NY Times via Chris Cummings
May 15, 2005
| Politics
FactID: 338
Rated
3.91 stars
In 2000, African Americans made up 23% of the US Army's recruits . Today that number has dropped to only 14%.
However, African Americans still make up only 12.1% of the US total population.
The News Hour with Jim Lehrer & US Census FactFinder
January 23, 2005
| Politics
FactID: 221
Rated
4.11 stars
During his inauguration, President Bush did the "Hook 'em, 'horns" salute to greet the Longhorn marching band.
It turns out this got lost in translation in Norway, where shocked people interpreted his hand gesture (popular among heavy metal groups and their fans in Scandinavia) as a salute to Satan .
Daytona Beach News via Katie Corbyons
December 27, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 170
Rated
3.33 stars
It looks like there may be some competition for my "Fact of the Day" -- The White House has an Iraq Fact of the Day .
No wait, they stopped updating it at the end of June. Either I scared them off from "interesting facts" or Dubya stopped caring about Iraq?
November 5, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 124
Rated
3.67 stars
The capitol has 365 steps, representing each
day of the year.
July 25, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 77
Rated
4.40 stars
"Under God" was added
to the pledge of allegiance by a 1954 law signed by President
Roosevelt.
July 23, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 75
Rated
2.83 stars
In his
John Adams's inaugural address , he delivered a single sentence
containing 727 words .
Thats like a 5 page college paper, without a single period!
Thats also twice as long as George Washington's entire
2nd inaugural address.
July 16, 2004
| Politics
FactID: 69
Rated
3.83 stars
Residents of Washington, D.C. are subject
to federal tax but have no federal representation (House of Representatives
or Senate).
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