1.
President Taft was so fat, they had to build a special bathtub in the White House for him that could fit three men.
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In his senior year at high school, future astronaut Neil Armstrong was voted “Least Likely to Succeed.”
3.
Albert Einstein usually took a goldfish with him wherever he traveled.
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Einstein never liked to wear socks.
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The Sun is about a thousand times the size of the Earth.
6.
Walt Disney originally wanted to call Mickey Mouse Mortimer Mouse.
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Wilma Rudolph, winner of two gold medals as a sprinter in the 1960 Olympics, was told as a child that she would never be able to walk without the help of crutches.
8.
Famed artist Salvador Dali used to wax his mustache with shoe shine and vinegar.
9.
It takes the Earth 365 days to go around the Sun.
10.
In eighth grade, Derek Jeter was voted “Most Likely to Play Shortstop for the New York Yankees.”
11.
Alexander Graham Bell, who held the patent for the telephone, used to like to answer it by saying, “Ahoy!”
12.
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the 50th Anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1826.
13.
The last thing President Franklin Roosevelt said before he died was, “I have the most terrible headache.”
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A few minutes before being shot, Abraham Lincoln was heard to say, “This is the greatest day.”
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President Andrew Jackson had a bullet lodged in his body for a year.
16.
General William Tecumseh Sherman told President Lincoln that he was giving him the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift.
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When people consulted with him in the Oval Office, President Harry Truman often showed them an X-ray of his heart.
18.
Einstein’s brain was kept in a jar for a number of years after he died.
19.
After winning the Superbowl in 1997, Superbowl MVP Desmond Howard did not thank his parents or his coach, but himself instead.
20.
Sound travels at different speeds, depending on where you are.
21.
George Lucas originally wanted all of the characters in Star Wars to speak “Ookie,” a language of his own invention.
22.
Agatha Christie, the famous mystery writer, has sold close to 500 million books.
23.
SpongeBob Squarepants is based on a comedian named Bob Newhart.
24.
Since the time he was three, President Obama saw his father only one time.
25.
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton was killed in a duel by Aaron Burr, the Vice President at the time.