20 Mind-Blowing Facts About JFK
Why did Kennedy use a coconut from the Solomon Islands as his Oval Office paperweight?
The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, remains one of the most iconic and shocking moments of the 20th Century. Kennedy's death - at the age of just 46 - shook America to its core and elevated Lyndon B. Johnson to the presidency. The US had been deprived of a youthful, liberal leader from Boston, Massachusetts, who was attempting to redirect the path of the nation on both a foreign and domestic level. However, another thing which JFK's assassination resulted in was a lasting intrigue with the most recent US President to be killed while in office. Books, TV series, films and any number of conspiracy theories have since arisen, and much has been revealed about the 35th President of the United States. Yet there remain some fascinating facts about JFK that are not widely known. This is a man who served his country militarily despite being deemed physically incapable, who holds a world record, who used a coconut as his Oval Office paperweight, and whose notorious alleged sex life has led to a whole host of rumours about who he did and didn't sleep with. So here are 20 mind-blowing facts about John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States.