5/31/2023 0 Comments Facts about us presidents![]() ![]() Keep in mind: The average person’s reading speed is just 300 WPM. Apparently, he could read 1,200 words per minute.Creepy or cautious? He was in charge of the first installation of a secret taping system in the White House.He was the first, and currently the only, president to win a Pulitzer Prize.Because of this, he was actually read his last rites three times before he was even president. He was a sickly man, suffering from diseases like Addison’s, chronic back problems, and experiencing frequent infections.He was the first president who was also a boy scout.He refused to shoot and kill a bear that was restrained to a tree during a hunting trip, saying to do so would be unsportsmanlike. And, of course, he was the inspiration for the teddy bear. ![]() He wrote approximately 35 books in his life.He said, “It takes more than that to kill a bull moose.” What a BADA**!!! He continued until he finished his 50-PAGE speech. He was shot while giving a speech in 1912, but not even an attempted assassination could stop him.That day, he wrote in his journal, “The light has gone out of my life.” His wife and mother both died only hours apart on the same day: Valentine’s Day 1884.He was present during Lincoln’s funeral procession as a child.If only it had been created a week or two prior… He signed legislation to create the Secret Service the same night he died.The Lincoln Bedroom is a sham! Lincoln never actually slept inside the Lincoln Bedroom, making this one hilarious historical misnomer.The literal BROTHER of John Wilkes Booth (the man who assassinated Lincoln) SAVED the life of Lincoln’s son just months before the assassination. Though not technically about Lincoln himself, this one is a bit of insane cosmic comedy.He is, therefore, honored in the Wrestling Hall of Fame. Out of 300 professional wrestling matches during his time, he only lost one.He was straight-up annoyed when Congress called for large-scale revisions to his draft of the Declaration of Independence. ![]() Like your mother-in-law, he wasn’t good at taking criticism.During this time, he imported over 20,000 bottles of wine to his estate solely for his own collection. He was obsessed with wine (aren’t we all)! He was an aficionado, and he owned two vineyards at his estate in Monticello.He was the first American archaeologist.Uneasy lies the a** which sits in the chair… He vandalized a chair owned by Willian Shakespeare, cutting a sizable chunk of wood out of it.He invented the swivel chair! Weeeeeeee!.He was nearly a homewrecker! While married to Martha, he sent love letters to his BEST FRIEND’S FIANCEE, Sally Fairfax.įor some odd reason, Thomas Jefferson fun facts are filled with chairs… Go figure that one out!.He never actually had wooden teeth, but he did wear dentures containing ivory, lead, gold, and even OTHER HUMAN TEETH.His estate also continued to pay for the care of many of his former slaves long after his death. He freed all of his slaves after his wife’s death, making him the only president to do so.He was the very first person to sign the U.S. ![]()
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