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   "Thomas Jefferson and James Madison had the same vice president: George Clinton. Not _that_ George Clinton.",
   "The first president to be photographed was John Quincy Adams in 1843, so we actually know what he looked like.",
   "Only three presidents have worn glasses in their official portraits.",
-  "Richard Nixon is the only president to resign the office, using a Constitutional provision added in the 25th amendment just seven years before."
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+  "Richard Nixon is the only president to resign the office, using a Constitutional provision added in the 25th amendment just seven years before.",
+  "Victoria Woodhall became the first woman to formally run for president in 1872. Women could only vote in one state (Kentucky, but only if they owned property) and the Wyoming and Utah territories.",
+  "Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman elected to Congress, became the first Black woman to seek the nomination for president of a major political party in 1972.",
+  "Margaret Chase Smith, the first woman to serve in both chambers of Congress, was also the first woman to seek the nomination for president for a major political party in 1964.",
+  "Frederick Douglass ran for president in 1848, the first Black person to seek the office.",
+  "Though he was never president, Charles Curtis, whose mother was Kaw, Osage, Potawatomi, and French, is still recognized as achieving the highest federal office of any enrolled Native American for his service as vice president under Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933.",
+  "Six of the first ten presidents were from Virginia, but the last president was from Virginia was Woodrow Wilson, elected in 1912. Virginia's eight total presidents is still the most of any state.",
+  "Despite being absolutely huge, California has only given us one president: Richard Nixon, elected in 1968 and publicly disgraced in 1974.",
+  "Susan B. Anthony, a model patriot, registered and attempted to cast a ballot in the 1872 presidential election. She was arrested, and after being found guilty, proceeded to <https://history.iowa.gov/sites/default/files/history-education-pss-civilrights-susan-excerpt.pdf.pdf|masterfully explain why the judge was wrong>, despite his demands that she stop speaking."
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