TIL that President John F. Kennedy used to keep a note in his pocket with the figure 118,574 - the number of votes he narrowly defeated Richard Nixon by.

http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2000/11/10/Nixon-said-no-to-recount-in-1960-outcome.html



Submitted February 10, 2015 at 01:31PM by SirGuyGrand http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2vecqn/til_that_president_john_f_kennedy_used_to_keep_a/