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Entertaining, informative, and fun. Educational, trivial, and profound. Astonishing, amazing, and surprising. That's history! Take a weird and wonderful tour of American history with this treat of stories, trivia, and facts!. From Juan Ponce de León to John Wayne to Jane Doe to the little-known stories hidden inside bigger historical events, The Book of Facts and Trivia: American History combines the educational, profound, and trivial into a rich account of American history facts (and the interesting role Johns - and Juans and Janes - played along the way) ! You'll learn about the United States through hundreds of absorbing stories and interesting tidbits such as ... . Our sixth president, John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) , had a pet alligator while in the White House.