2023-02-19T22:11:00Z
President’s Day fun facts
• Hear the story about George Washington’s wooden choppers? It’s a myth. Throughout his lifetime, the first president was variously fitted with false teeth made from ivory, gold, and even human teeth.
• America’s 10th president, James Tyler, had 15 children – the most of any president. James Buchanan, the 15th US President, was the first unmarried man to be elected president while Ronald Reagen was the first to have been divorced.
• At 5’4", James Madison was our shortest president. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at 6’4".
• William Taft got stuck in the White House bathtub the first time he used it. A larger one was ordered to better fit his hefty 332 pound frame.
• Rutherford B. Hayes banned beer, wine or any other type of alcohol at the White House. At official functions Mrs. Hayes was known as “Lemonade Lucy.”
• Left-handed Presidents? There have only been eight. They includee James Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama.
• Barack Obama, the first African-American president, collected comic books. His favorites were Spider-Man and Conan the Barbarian. (from chiff)
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What do you’ll add in to your pancakes / flap Jacks?
Like water or some kind of milk and or adding fruits?