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Topic: History your Teacher did not Teach you!

Olu
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Have a history teacher explain this ---- If he/she can.

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

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Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

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The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

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Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

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Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

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Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

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Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

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John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

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Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

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Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Kennedy.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

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Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre.

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Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

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And here's the kicker.

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A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

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