Richard Nixon was elected to Senate in 1950

1. Richard Nixon was elected to Senate in 1950 after gaining quick fame from allegations he made against Alger Hiss for being a Soviet Spy
2. Alger Hiss was an American lawyer, civil servant, businessman, author and lecturer. He was involved in the establishment of the United Nations both as a U.S. State Department and UN official.
3. Irony is a situation in which there is an incongruity, discordance, or unintended connection with truth, that goes strikingly beyond the most simple and evident meaning of words or actions.
4. Japan is the third largest petroleum consumer in the world behind the US and China.