Happy President’s Day from Winn Technology Group! Here we compiled 10 interesting presidential fun facts to help kickoff your celebration.
1. Washington was an ultra-successful liquor distributor in the new country. He made rye whiskey, apple brandy and peach brandy in his Mount Vernon distillery.
2. James Madison was Princeton University's first graduate student.
3. Lincoln Logs are named after Abraham Lincoln and the log cabin where he was born. John Lloyd Wright, son of famous architect Francis Lloyd Wright, invented them.
4. James Abram Garfield (1831-1881) is the first president to ever talk on the phone. When he spoke to Alexander Graham Bell, who was at the other end 13 miles away, he said: “Please speak a little more slowly.”
5. Despite popular myth, Washington’s dentures weren’t made of wood. They were made of hippopotamus ivory, bone, animal and human teeth, lead, brass screws and gold wire. So where did the wood theory come from? Some historians believe that Washington’s fondness for dark wine stained the fractures in his false teeth, giving off the look of grainy wood.
6. Something you wouldn’t expect from one of the most famous politicians in American history: Jefferson hated public speaking so much that he only gave two speeches in his presidency, one per term. He also started a tradition of sending State of the Union speeches as written documents to be read at Congress by a clerk (Woodrow Wilson reinstated the practice of delivering the speech in person in 1913).
7. Martin Van Buren was the first President born an American citizen - (all before him were born in the British colonies)
8. James Garfield could write with both hands at the same time, in different languages.
9. Andrew Jackson taught his parrot how to curse. He had to be removed from Jackson’s funeral because he wouldn’t stop swearing.
10. Supposedly, President Van Buren popularized one of the most commonly used phrases to date: “OK”, or “Okay”. Van Buren was from Kinderhook, NY which was also called “Old Kinderhook”. His support groups came to be known as “O.K. Clubs” and the term OK came to mean “all right”.
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Sources:
https://mashable.com/2013/07/04/us-presidents-fun-facts/#H9BuK1q93PqZ
https://www.factretriever.com/us-presidents-facts
https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/18/weird-facts-you-never-knew-about-the-u-s-presidents/
