From Washington to Biden: 46 strange facts about the 46 Presidents of the United States

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Richard Nixon played a mean hand​

Tricky Richard won large amounts of money by playing poker during his navy service in the Pacific Theater in WWII. Eventually, he used some of this money to finance his political career in his native California.

 

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Gerald Ford and football​

Ford was a proficient athlete in his college days. He led the University of Michigan to win two national championships in 1932 and 1933 and got offers to play for the Detroit Lions or the Green Bay Packers. He chose to study law instead.

 

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Jimmy Carter, who?​

Jimmy Carter was a celebrity guest in the game show ‘What’s My Line?’ in 1973, three years before he was elected president. No one in the panel knew then he was a former Georgia governor.

 

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Ronald Reagan, labor union leader​

The Gipper, despite being known for his neoliberal economic policies, started his political career as head of a labor union, the Screen Actors Guild. He was also the first US president to visit the New York Stock Exchange while in office.

 

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George H. W. Bush and broccoli​

George Bush disliked broccoli with a passion. In 1990, he was asked about it and stated that “I do not like broccoli. And I haven't liked it since I was a little kid. And my mother made me eat it. And I'm President of the United States. And I'm not gonna eat any more broccoli!”

 

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Bill Clinton had a Forrest Gump-like moment​

A 16-year-old Bill Clinton met John F. Kennedy at The White House in 1963 as one of the two Arkansas delegates of a youth forum organized by the American Legion.

 

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George W. Bush, the tumbling trailblazer​

The eldest son of George Herbert Walker Bush was known as ‘Tumbler’ by the Secret Service when his father was president. Once he got to the White House as president, George W. Bush’s code name was changed to ‘Trailblazer’.

 

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Barack Obama loses his cool​

The first African-American US president dislikes ice cream ever since he worked one summer at an ice cream parlor in Honolulu.

 

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James Buchanan had a different kind of special relationship​

James Buchanan has been the only bachelor president to date, although his intimate friendship with Alabama politician William Rufus King has been a source of speculation for over 150 years.
Pictured: James Buchanan (fourth from the left) and his cabinet in 1856.

So Buchanan was a gay fuck president?

 

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So Buchanan was a gay fuck president?

Who knows?

My sources never mentioned James.

 

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Donald Trump isn't exactly a lifelong Republican​

The Donald has changed political affiliations at least five times. He registered as a Republican in 1989, joined the Independent Party of New York in 1999, switched to Democrat in 2001, returned to be a Republican in 2009, registered as an independent in 2011, and finally settled with the GOP in 2012.

 

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Joe Biden screams for ice cream​

Unlike Barack Obama, Joe Biden really loves ice cream. After accepting the Democratic nomination in 2020, his grandchildren got him a whole pint of ice cream, just for him.