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![George Washington]()
1. George Washington's teeth were made out of wood.
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![John Adams]()
2. John Adams was the first president to live in the White House.
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![William McKinley]()
3. William McKinley was the first president to serve two non-consecutive terms.
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![John F. Kennedy]()
4. John F. Kennedy was the first Catholic president.
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![Grover Cleveland]()
5. Grover Cleveland was the first and only president married in the White House.
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![Herbert Hoover]()
6. Herbert Hoover gambled away a set of White House china.
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![Lyndon B. Johnson]()
7. Lyndon B. Johnson was an auto mechanic before becoming president.
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![Jimmy Carter]()
8. Jimmy Carter held his daughter's high school prom in the White House.
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![Rutherford B. Hayes]()
9. Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to ride in a car while in office.
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![Andrew Johnson]()
10. Andrew Johnson was the first president to use a telephone.
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![George Washington]()
11. Washington demonstrated his honest character after coming clean about chopping down his father's cherry tree.
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![James Monroe]()
12. James Monroe spoke six different languages.
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![William Henry Harrison]()
13. William Henry Harrison was president for only 31 days.
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![John Tyler]()
14. John Tyler had 25 kids.
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![John Quincy Adams]()
15. John Quincy Adams was known for skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning.
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![Franklin Pierce]()
16. Franklin Pierce died after eating cherries with milk.
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![James Madison]()
17. James Madison was the smallest president.
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![Martin Van Buren]()
18. Martin Van Buren is the only president who was born overseas.
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![Zachary Taylor]()
19. Zachary Taylor banned drinking in the White House.
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![Andrew Jackson]()
20. Andrew Jackson took a bullet to the arm in a bar fight with a senator.
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![Ulysses S. Grant]()
21. "There is nothing left to do but get drunk" is a famous quote from Ulysses S. Grant.
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![Harry S. Truman]()
22. Harry S. Truman met his wife in Sunday school when he was six.
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![Theodore Roosevelt]()
23. Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest person to ever become president.
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![Warren G. Harding]()
24. Warren G. Harding was a loyal husband.
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![Herbert Hoover]()
25. Herbert Hoover had two pet raccoons.
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![Franklin Delano Roosevelt]()
26. Franklin Delano Roosevelt's dog, Fala, is the only pet to be immortalized in a presidential memorial alongside his owner.
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![Richard Nixon]()
27. Richard Nixon loved hockey so much he had a mini-rink put in the basement of the White House.
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![Gerald Ford]()
28. Gerald Ford's real name is Leslie Lynch King, Jr.
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![Thomas Jefferson]()
29. Three different presidents died on July 4.
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![John Quincy Adams]()
30. John Quincy Adams and John Adams were cousins.
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![Abraham Lincoln]()
31. Abraham Lincoln was the first president to have a stove and running water in the White House.
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![William McKinley]()
32. Four different presidents were assassinated.
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![Calvin Coolidge]()
33. Calvin Coolidge was the only president born on the 4th of July.
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![Bill Clinton]()
34. Bill Clinton played the saxophone on live television.
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![Dwight D. Eisenhower]()
35. Dwight D. Eisenhower's son had two pet alligators.
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![Franklin Roosevelt]()
36. FDR was very afraid of the number 13.
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![Barack Obama]()
37. Barack Obama was a high school cheerleader.
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![George W. Bush]()
38. George W. Bush survived 4 plane crashes during World War II.
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![Ronald Reagan]()
39. Until Donald Trump took office, Ronald Reagan was the oldest president in history.
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![Barack Obama]()
40. While living in Indonesia, President Obama had a pet ape called Tata.
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