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- The Phillips-head screwdriver was invented in Oregon.
- At the White House, president John Adams was said to be the first to display fireworks there.
- Ken Charles Barger accidentally shot himself to death when he was awakened by the sound of a ringing telephone beside his bed. When he reached for the phone, he grabbed instead a Smith & Wesson .38 Special, which went off when he held it to his ear.
- Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph without mentioning that he was US President.
- Archeologists report that cannabis was most likely the first plant cultivated by humans. Cannabis was used for linen, paper, and garments.
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