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In 1856, Franklin Pierce wanted a second term as president. However his southern sympathies made him extremely unpopular in the north even among his own party. He lost the nomination as the Democratic Party nominee, making it the only time in American political history this is happened to an incumbent president
Pac-Man on the Atari 2600 was the console’s best selling game. Despite selling 7 million copies, Atari considered it a failure because they were hoping to sell 12 million.
During the 2020 presidential debates, Islamophobic right wingers attacked Joe Biden for using the phrase inshalla. It literally means “God willing” but actually is used to mean “yeah, never going to happen.” It’s not uncommon for non-Muslims to use the phrase.
The Anti-Comintern Pact was an anti-communist alliance between Germany and Japan signed in 1936. While Japan didn’t fight much of a communist resistance during World War II, the signing of the pact sent a clear message to the Soviet Union who declared war very late during World War II against Japan.
Despite the claims by Donald Trump, even his own FBI director said that Antifa is an ideology not an organization.