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Has a U.S. President ever flat-out fired a Cabinet member, or have they always just asked them to resign?

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When did the last former American slave (who'd been owned lawfully) die?

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Did the Nazis ever recruit captured Gurkhas to fight for them?

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For 10 days in 1800, the Massachusetts Governor's Council collectively served as acting governor. Is this the only time that an entity other than a natural person was the chief executive of a U.S. state?

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When Ronald Reagan was shot, there wasn't a secure line from Air Force Two to the ground. However, George H. W. Bush had a copy of the nuclear launch codes. Why did the DoD think to take care of something so complex as the latter, but not something so (relatively) simple as the former?

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Has a U.S. President ever flat-out fired a Cabinet member, or have they always just asked them to resign?	232
When did the last former American slave (who'd been owned lawfully) die?	190
Did the Nazis ever recruit captured Gurkhas to fight for them?	72
For 10 days in 1800, the Massachusetts Governor's Council collectively served as acting governor. Is this the only time that an entity other than a natural person was the chief executive of a U.S. state?	19
When Ronald Reagan was shot, there wasn't a secure line from Air Force Two to the ground. However, George H. W. Bush had a copy of the nuclear launch codes. Why did the DoD think to take care of something so complex as the latter, but not something so (relatively) simple as the former?	2