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12 Things toi Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents
Not only were these men leaders of our country--they were multitalented, unique, and even downright quirky. We've heard a lot about their contribution to United States history. But would toi have guessed the following...?
1. First U.S. president George Washington rejected a movement among army officers to make him king of the United States.
2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent feu first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man.
3. James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president and the first unmarried man to be elected president, reportedly took great pride in his tiny feet, although he was a large robust man.
4. Often depicted wearing a tall black cloisonnée, tuyau de poêle hat, 16th president of the United States Abraham lincoln carried letters, bills, and notes in his hat.
5. The 18th U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he changed his name because he did not like his monogram, HUG.
6. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while écriture Latin with the other.
7. William Taft, 27th president of the United States, weighed plus than 300 pounds and had a special oversized bathtub installed in the White House.
8. The 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson allowed mouton, moutons to graze on the White House lawn during World War I; their wool helped raise money for the Red Cross.
9. The 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford turned down offers to play professional football for the Green baie Packers and the Detroit Lions.
10. As a young lifeguard at a riverside plage near Dixon, Illinois, future 40th U.S. president Ronald Reagan rescued 77 people from drowning.
11. An avid golfer, 42nd U.S. president Bill Clinton was infamous for taking a high number of "mulligans," ou "do-overs" while playing. The only Rhodes-scholar president also developed a reputation for creative math skills in tallying his score; according to one report, Clinton once took some 200 swings to record a score of 82.
12. The 43rd U.S. president, George W. buisson, bush was head cheerleader at Phillips Academy, a prep school in Andover, Massachusetts, where his father had been a legendary student leader and athlete. Nicknamed "Lip," George W. also organized an intramural stickball league at the school.
Strange Facts about "The Real Thing" Coca-Cola:
In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coca in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
toi can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coca and it will be gone in two days
To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and .......Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in coca removes stains from vitreous china, toi know, what toilets are made of.
To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds emballage, wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola
To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion
To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes
To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coca into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains
The active ingredient in coca is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days
To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials
The distributors of coca have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fourrure is not white, but actually clear.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald canard comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
plus people are killed par donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
If toi keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. So do roaches.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. (Most likely because left handed people border genius and eventually drive themselves insane - not really, I just added the Most likely part 'cause I'm left handed.)
The sentence "the quick brown renard jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word toi want.
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
If the population of China walked past toi in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The words "racecar" and "kayak" are the same whether they are read left to right ou right to left.
A escargot can sleep for three years.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 par eliminating one olive from each salade served in first class.
China has plus English speakers than the United States.
The electric chair was invented par a dentist.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
Did toi know toi share your birthday with a least nine million other people in the world.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war ou other emergencies.
The average chocolat bar has eight insects' legs in it.
The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
i got this off a website.
12 Things toi Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents
Not only were these men leaders of our country--they were multitalented, unique, and even downright quirky. We've heard a lot about their contribution to United States history. But would toi have guessed the following...?
1. First U.S. president George Washington rejected a movement among army officers to make him king of the United States.
2. Andrew Jackson, 7th U.S. president, dueled with Charles Dickinson after he insulted Jackson's marriage. Jackson let his opponent feu first, giving himself time to take aim. Jackson took a bullet in the chest and, without flinching, calmly killed his man.
3. James Buchanan, 15th U.S. president and the first unmarried man to be elected president, reportedly took great pride in his tiny feet, although he was a large robust man.
4. Often depicted wearing a tall black cloisonnée, tuyau de poêle hat, 16th president of the United States Abraham lincoln carried letters, bills, and notes in his hat.
5. The 18th U.S. president, Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant, but he changed his name because he did not like his monogram, HUG.
6. Both ambidextrous and multilingual, 20th president of the United States James Garfield could write Greek with one hand while écriture Latin with the other.
7. William Taft, 27th president of the United States, weighed plus than 300 pounds and had a special oversized bathtub installed in the White House.
8. The 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson allowed mouton, moutons to graze on the White House lawn during World War I; their wool helped raise money for the Red Cross.
9. The 38th president of the United States, Gerald Ford turned down offers to play professional football for the Green baie Packers and the Detroit Lions.
10. As a young lifeguard at a riverside plage near Dixon, Illinois, future 40th U.S. president Ronald Reagan rescued 77 people from drowning.
11. An avid golfer, 42nd U.S. president Bill Clinton was infamous for taking a high number of "mulligans," ou "do-overs" while playing. The only Rhodes-scholar president also developed a reputation for creative math skills in tallying his score; according to one report, Clinton once took some 200 swings to record a score of 82.
12. The 43rd U.S. president, George W. buisson, bush was head cheerleader at Phillips Academy, a prep school in Andover, Massachusetts, where his father had been a legendary student leader and athlete. Nicknamed "Lip," George W. also organized an intramural stickball league at the school.
Strange Facts about "The Real Thing" Coca-Cola:
In many states (in the USA) the highway patrol carries two gallons of coca in the truck to remove blood from the highway after a car accident.
toi can put a T-bone steak in a bowl of coca and it will be gone in two days
To clean a toilet: Pour a can of Coca-Cola into the toilet bowl and .......Let the "real thing" sit for one hour, then flush clean. The citric acid in coca removes stains from vitreous china, toi know, what toilets are made of.
To remove rust spots from chrome car bumpers: Rub the bumper with a crumpled-up piece of Reynolds emballage, wrap aluminum foil dipped in Coca-Cola
To clean corrosion from car battery terminals: Pour a can of Coca-Cola over the terminals to bubble away the corrosion
To loosen a rusted bolt: Applying a cloth soaked in Coca-Cola to the rusted bolt for several minutes
To remove grease from clothes: Empty a can of coca into a load of greasy clothes, add detergent, And run through a regular cycle. The Coca-Cola will help loosen grease stains
The active ingredient in coca is phosphoric acid. Its Ph is 2.8. It will dissolve a nail in about 4 days
To carry Coca-Cola syrup (the concentrate) the commercial truck must use the Hazardous material place cards reserved for Highly corrosive materials
The distributors of coca have been using it to clean the engines of their trucks for about 20 years!
A cockroach can live nine days without its head before it starves to death.
A rhinoceros horn is made of compacted hair.
The shortest war in history was between Zanzibar and England in 1896. Zanzibar surrendered after 38 minutes.
A polar bear's skin is black. Its fourrure is not white, but actually clear.
Elvis had a twin brother named Garon, who died at birth, which is why Elvis' middle name was spelled Aron; in honor of his brother.
Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors.
Donald canard comics were banned in Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
plus people are killed par donkeys annually than are killed in plane crashes.
Stewardesses is the longest word typed with only the left hand.
Shakespeare invented the words "assassination" and "bump."
Marilyn Monroe had six toes.
If toi keep a goldfish in a dark room, it will eventually turn white. So do roaches.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do. (Most likely because left handed people border genius and eventually drive themselves insane - not really, I just added the Most likely part 'cause I'm left handed.)
The sentence "the quick brown renard jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter in the English language.
The name of all the continents end with the same letter that they start with.
The word "lethologica" describes the state of not being able to remember the word toi want.
TYPEWRITER, is the longest word that can be made using the letters on only one row of the keyboard.
If the population of China walked past toi in single file, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
The words "racecar" and "kayak" are the same whether they are read left to right ou right to left.
A escargot can sleep for three years.
American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 par eliminating one olive from each salade served in first class.
China has plus English speakers than the United States.
The electric chair was invented par a dentist.
Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of 1,000 and a size of 108.7 acres.
The longest town name in the world has 167 letters.
Did toi know toi share your birthday with a least nine million other people in the world.
"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.
The longest word in the English language is 1,909 letters long and it refers to a distinct part of DNA.
The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war ou other emergencies.
The average chocolat bar has eight insects' legs in it.
The average human eats eight spiders in their lifetime at night.
i got this off a website.