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Pornographic

It employed a lot of Texans, what can you say

Undeniably made the world a better place

The root of all evil

1 star for entertainment value

Let's play some base ball and hit some home runs

Countless lives could have been saved had this racist and eugenic bill not been passed. I will never forgive Calvin Coolidge for it.

3 stars for Dr. Pepper 5 stars for Diet Dr. Pepper

Very engaging writer and historian, but a lackluster political thinker.

The expert observer of the loneliness and the beauty of America.

One of the few actual real examples of the Imperial Boomerang in U.S. history

Really hard to lay enough superlatives on this one.

Best and cheapest ice cream chain

Home sweet home

So annoying

The GOAT architect (Eero Saarinen close behind) and also a legit anti-fascist. One of the people most responsible not just for modern architecture but also the hope of the Democratic movement from Roosevelt to Johnson.

My favorite literary character. He's like if John Candy was a Maori prince.

The 20th Century renaissance man with the voice of God and the conscience of an angel.