It's nearly impossible to live in the United States without learning quite a bit about the infamous Watergate scandal.

5 Watergate Facts You Probably Didn't Know

U.S. History

It's nearly impossible to live in the United States without learning quite a bit about the infamous Watergate scandal. You probably know that Watergate is the name of a Washington, D.C., hotel, that a politically motivated burglary there led to the first presidential resignation in American history, and that it's the scandal that caused the suffix "-gate" to be attached to the end of just about every controversy in politics, sports, or pop culture since. But the Watergate story has so many layers and strangely fascinating details, there is always more to uncover.

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