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June 22, 2007

Strange But True!

Q. Ever shake the hand of someone who shook the hand of someone ... who shook FDR's hand?

A. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt no doubt shook hands with all the members of Congress at the time, governors of the states, military leaders, and prominent players in governments around the world, as well as thousands of ordinary citizens, say Edward Burger and Michael Starbird in “Coincidences, Chaos, and All That Math Jazz.” And all these people in turn shook hands with other politicians, activists, religious leaders, who shook hands with their families, neighbors, parishioners, co-workers. By now, essentially everyone has been indirectly touched by FDR.


 
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