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10 Things Younger Than Nancy Pelosi

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Did you know that Betty White is older than sliced bread and Mount Rushmore? Did you know that France used the last guillotine to execute a criminal the same year that the first Star Wars movie debuted?

Many famous people are older than some of the most popular household items currently known to man. (RELATED: FLASHBACK: Top Ten Things That Are Younger Than Hillary Clinton)

Nancy Pelosi, the current Speaker of the House, is set to be the oldest speaker in American history.

On February 20, 2020, Pelosi will be the oldest Speaker of the House, beating the last oldest speaker, Sam Rayburn of Texas, who died in office just short of his 80th birthday.

Pelosi was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1940, right before the baby boom that followed World War II.

Her counterpart in Congress, Republican Kentucky Sen. Mitch McConnell, is the oldest Senate majority leader in history.

With this accomplishment, we have compiled a list of ten things younger than Pelosi.