- John Tyler, who was President from 1841 to 1845, joined the Confederacy twenty years later and became the only President named a sworn enemy of the United States.
- President James Buchanan was the only bachelor to occupy the Oval Office. His niece, Harriet Lane, played the role of First Lady.
- Thomas Jefferson invented the coat hanger, the hideaway bed, the calendar clock and the dumbwaiter.
- Franklin Roosevelt married Eleanor, his second cousin. A twist? It's been alleged that Eleanor carried on a long term lesbian affair with reporter Lenora Hickock.
- President George Washington was the only president not to attend college. He also raised Hemp and owned slaves.
- President Andrew Jackson’s parrot had to be removed from his funeral because he wouldn’t stop swearing.
- While most presidents kept pet cats or dogs, President William Henry Harrison kept a pet goat in the White House.
- Bill Clinton has won 2 Grammy Awards.
- President Obama collects Spiderman and Conan comic books. He has also read every Harry Potter book.
- President James Harding is the first president to ever speak on a telephone.
- After George Bush Sr. vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister, the Japanese created the word “Bushusuru,” which means “to to the Bush thing” or to "vomit in public."
- President Jimmy Carter is the first president to go on record as having seen a UFO.
- President Ulysses Grant smoked up to 20 cigars a day. He died of throat cancer.
- According to Leland Gregory’s Presidential Indiscretions, President John Kennedy had a reputation as being the most sexually promiscuous president. Allegedly, he slept with: Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, Audrey Hepburn, Angie Dickinson, Marlene Dietrich, White House staffers, secretaries, stewardesses, and strippers.
- President John Tyler had 15 children by 2 wives.
- President George Washington added the term “so help me God” at the end of the oath of office.
Addtional information can be found at the Huffington Post or Random History.
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