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"content": "\u003cp>On the campaign trail, the chief anchor of the Spanish-language network Univision, Jorge Ramos, chases three quarries: voters, viewers and relevance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A self-described dinosaur who insists on mastering new tricks, Ramos and his team now reach an audience of millions who are watching not on television, but via video streams on Facebook, captured by an iPhone clutched in a selfie stick.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The videos, long by network standards, sometimes run 45 minutes or an hour. They run on the social media platform's relatively new feature called Facebook Live. And they have achieved surprisingly strong results. On the night of the Iowa caucuses, Ramos' videos were viewed by 2.6 million people. On primary day in New Hampshire, his team posted three videos totaling 75 minutes. Although Univision did no marketing other than tweets and Facebook notifications, those videos from New Hampshire were collectively watched 4 million times. Those figures rival or exceed cable news figures, though they are not perfectly comparable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"We are going where the audience is,\" Ramos told me as I caught up to him on the day of the New Hampshire primaries earlier this month. \"There's a huge migration of eyes.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/jorgeramosnews/videos/504564833062941/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos has three regular outlets for his reporting already; he is the co-anchor of Univision's nightly newscast of record, \u003cem>Noticiero Univision,\u003c/em> and the host of its Sunday public affairs show, \u003cem>Al Punto\u003c/em>. In addition, he is anchor of a weekly newsmagazine, \u003cem>America\u003c/em>, on Fusion, Univision's English-language sister cable channel. In essence, Ramos considers Facebook Live yet another channel, reaching younger viewers more oriented to mobile devices than traditional televisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"For the first time, we are showing them exactly what you and I are doing — which are the basics of reporting: walking, getting the place, talking to people and to voters,\" Ramos said. \"When people see the process at night on the network news, they see the refined product. And I think they're kind of tired of that. They want to see the real thing. And this is the real thing.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The experiment is driven by Ramos' team from Fusion, which is geared toward millennials, with a Latin flavor. Fusion has not been able to draw the audiences it had hoped for on television, but it has created an aggressive digital effort.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"What we've known all the time for Fusion is that if we try to compete with CNN or Fox, and do their ideas for our audience, it won't work, because that model has been tried, tested, and they've perfected it,\" said Dax Tejera, executive producer of \u003cem>America with Jorge Ramos\u003c/em>. \"It was increasingly clear to us that people were coming to see us through Facebook. And when Facebook Live became an option, and there is a lot of live coverage right now, it was a no-brainer.\" (The network has not yet figured out how to derive revenues from the videos: audience first, profits to be determined.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For all that, television has been the source of considerable success, fame and influence for Ramos, a veteran broadcaster of three decades. The Mexican-born anchor has been insistent that politicians and presidential candidates in both parties address thorny questions important to Latinos, especially those on immigration. Last August, Republican front-runner Donald Trump had Ramos thrown out of a press conference. Trump later relented and staffers let Ramos back in, but the incident sparked national attention.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos' network shows continue unabated, as staffers toggle between platforms. Fusion anchor Mariana Atencio said she demanded to leave the network's Miami studios to join Ramos' team in New Hampshire so she could participate in the live-stream broadcasts as well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The equipment is stripped down, almost entirely reliant on technology available to the average consumer. But it requires production vigilance nonetheless. Some footage is grainy, depending on the quality of wireless connections. There's also instant feedback, as viewers watching live can post reactions, emoticons and comments. Producers hover nearby to suggest questions or discussions based on the response on Facebook Live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.facebook.com/jorgeramosnews/videos/504555899730501/\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the data allow Ramos' team to track not just the size of the audience but how viewers use the videos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"Since we're doing kind of raw coverage, and we're going for long periods of time, we're experimenting with throwing some Spanish in,\" Tejera said, estimating the split of Ramos' audience at about 50-50 between English speakers and Spanish speakers. \"What I find remarkable is that when he switches languages ... the live viewing audience doesn't really take a major shift. Jorge will volley between [them] over the 90 minutes and serve those two audiences.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What appears on Facebook Live is extended and often proves thoughtful. Facebook offers its broadcast partners the right to stream up to 90 minutes a day live; the resulting videos are archived on one of the network's pages. The videos are raw in two senses. As they are initially streamed live, there can be no internal edits. And Ramos' celebrity and controversies make him a recognizable character.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At Merrimack High School in New Hampshire, Ramos held a microphone adorned with a symbol for Fusion, Univision's less well-known English-language network. Cars were backed up for an hour to park as voters sought to cast ballots. Despite a very slight Latino population in the state, many voters instantly recognized Ramos as Univision's most prominent journalist.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He pressed one vocal Trump supporter holding a big placard aloft about the openness of the billionaire's campaign: \"Interesting that you say, 'We're not haters,' \" Ramos started. \"Some people might think that Mexicans, Muslims, women might not be welcome.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mike Malzone, owner of a ceramic tile company in Merrimack, said he disagreed. \"We've never looked at people as color until the last seven years in this country,\" Malzone said. \"Really. I mean, let's be honest with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Malzone turned the question back on Ramos: \"I was disappointed with your station for quite some time because I could never SAP your station in English\" — that is, receive translation of Univision's Spanish newscasts into English in real time. \"You made me pay for that station. ... That wasn't cool, man. Right? Right? Is that racism?\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"No — it's not racism,\" Ramos replied, calmly. \"We simply broadcast in Spanish. That's all. Now I am also working for Fusion, so you can watch whatever we do in both.\" The translation service is now available for Univision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos then moved the discussion of Trump and rival Ted Cruz forward. But it all was captured on the video stream. It's highly unlikely that a similar exchange would make ABC News' \u003cem>World News\u003c/em>, or CBS' \u003cem>Face the Nation\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ramos remains unsatisfied with the quality of the iPhone camera, but he thinks it will inevitably improve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, he valued that contentious exchange with Malzone and the rawness of his stream. \"I don't have the prompter or the lights or the set. It's the nature of our business — it's true reporting,\" Ramos said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cdiv class=\"fullattribution\">Copyright 2016 NPR. 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She lived her life the way she wanted to — in private — surrounded by books and the people who loved her,” Michael Morrison, head of HarperCollins U.S. general books group, said in the statement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For most of her life, Lee divided her time between New York City, where she wrote the novel in the 1950s, and her hometown of Monroeville, which inspired the book’s fictional Maycomb.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>To Kill a Mockingbird\u003c/em>, published in 1960, is the story of a girl nicknamed Scout growing up in a Depression-era Southern town. A black man has been wrongly accused of raping a white woman, and Scout’s father, the resolute lawyer Atticus Finch, defends him despite threats and the scorn of many.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The book quickly became a best-seller, won the Pulitzer Prize and was made into a memorable movie in 1962, with Gregory Peck winning an Oscar for his portrayal of Atticus. As the civil rights movement grew, the novel inspired a generation of young lawyers, was assigned in high schools all over the country and was a popular choice for citywide, or nationwide, reading programs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2015, its sales were reported by HarperCollins to be more than 40 million worldwide, making it one of the most widely read American novels of the 20th century. When the Library of Congress did a survey in 1991 on books that have affected people’s lives, \u003cem>To Kill a Mockingbird\u003c/em> was second only to the Bible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee herself became more mysterious as her book became more famous. At first, she dutifully promoted her work. She spoke frequently to the press, wrote about herself and gave speeches, once to a class of cadets at West Point.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But she began declining interviews in the late 1960s and, until late in her life, firmly avoided making any public comment at all about her novel or her career. Other than a few magazine pieces for Vogue and McCall’s in the 1960s and a review of a 19th-century Alabama history book in 1983, she published no other book until stunning the world in 2015 by permitting \u003cem>Go Set a Watchman\u003c/em> to be released.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Watchman” was written before “Mockingbird” but was set 20 years later, using the same location and many of the same characters. Readers and reviewers were disheartened to find an Atticus who seemed nothing like the hero of the earlier book. The man who defied the status quo in “Mockingbird” was now part of the mob in “Watchman,” denouncing the Supreme Court’s ruling that school segregation was unconstitutional and denouncing blacks as unfit to enjoy full equality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite unenthusiastic reviews and questions whether Lee was well enough to approve the publication, “Watchman” jumped to the top of best-seller lists within a day of its announcement and remained there for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Lee’s story is the story of “Mockingbird,” and how she responded to it. She wasn’t a bragger, like Norman Mailer, or a drinker, like William Faulkner, or a recluse or eccentric. By the accounts of friends and Monroeville townsfolk, she was a warm, vibrant and witty woman who enjoyed life, played golf, read voraciously and got about to plays and concerts. She just didn’t want to talk about it before an audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claudia Durst Johnson, author of a book-length critical analysis of Lee’s novel, described her as preferring to guard her privacy “like others in an older generation, who didn’t go out and talk about themselves on Oprah or the Letterman show at the drop of a hat.” According to Johnson, Lee also complained that the news media invariably misquoted her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee emerged more often over the past few years, although not always in ways she preferred. She was involved in numerous legal disputes over the rights to her book and denied she had cooperated with the biography “The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee,” by Marja Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other occasions were happier. She wrote a letter of thanks in 2001 when the Chicago Public Library chose “Mockingbird” for its first One Book, One Chicago program. In 2007, she agreed to attend a White House ceremony at which she received a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Around the same time, she wrote a rare published item — for O, The Oprah Magazine — about how she became a reader as a child in a rural, Depression-era Alabama town, and remained one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cellphones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2014, she had given in to the digital age and allowed her novel to come out as an e-book, calling it “‘Mockingbird’ for a new generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new play adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will land on Broadway during the 2017-18 season under the direction of Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, written by Oscar-winner written by Aaron Sorkin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Monroeville, Alabama, Nelle Harper Lee was known to family and friends as Nelle (pronounced Nell) — the name of a relative, Ellen, spelled backward. Like Atticus Finch, her father was a lawyer and state legislator. One of her childhood friends was Truman Capote, who lived with relatives next door to the Lees for several years. (A book about Lee in 2006 and two films about Capote brought fresh attention to their friendship, including her contributions to Capote’s \u003cem>In Cold Blood\u003c/em>, the classic “nonfiction novel” about the murder of a Kansas farm family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capote became the model for Scout’s creative, impish and loving friend Dill. In the novel, Dill is described as “a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s friendship with Capote was evident later when she traveled frequently with him to Kansas, beginning in 1959, to help him do research for what became his own best-seller, “In Cold Blood.” He dedicated the book to her and his longtime companion, Jack Dunphy, but never acknowledged how vital a role she played in its creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles J. Shields, in the first book-length attempt at a biography of Lee, “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee,” showed how Lee helped Capote gain entrance to key figures in the murder investigation and provided keen observations and myriad notes that Capote wove into his book. (He also debunked a long-standing rumor that Capote had actually written much of “Mockingbird.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 2005 film \u003cem>Capote\u003c/em>, Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Capote struggling with his demons as he works on the book. Catherine Keener was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Lee. The next year, Sandra Bullock took the role of Lee in \u003cem>Infamous\u003c/em>, with Toby Jones as Capote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said in the 1960s that she was working on a second novel, but over time it dropped from view and never reached a publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee researched another book, a non-fiction account of a bizarre murder case in rural east Alabama, but abandoned the project in the 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery as a freshman, transferred the next year to the University of Alabama, where she wrote and became editor of the campus literary magazine. After studying to be a lawyer like her father and older sister, Lee left the university before graduating, heading to New York to become a writer, as Capote already had done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee worked as an airlines reservation clerk in New York City during the early 1950s, writing on the side. Finally, with a Christmas loan from friends, she quit to write full time, and the first draft of “To Kill a Mockingbird” reached its publisher, J.B. Lippincott, in 1957.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manuscript, according to the publishing house, arrived under the title “Atticus.” The title later became \u003cem>To Kill a Mockingbird\u003c/em>, referring to an old saying that it was all right to kill a blue jay but a sin to kill a mockingbird, which gives the world its music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee worked with the editor Tay Hohoff in bringing the book to its final form, a period when Lee was scrimping financially and dealing with the difficulties of rewriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though Miss Lee then had never published even an essay or a short story, this was clearly not the work of an amateur or tyro,” the editor wrote in an account published by Lippincott in 1967. “… She had learned the essential part of her craft, with no so-called professional help, simply by working at it and working at it, endlessly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capote, in a letter to an aunt in July 1959, said that a year earlier Lee “showed me as much of the book as she’d written, and I liked it very much. She has real talent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her novel, while hugely popular, was not ranked by many scholars in the same category as the work of other Southern authors such as Eudora Welty or Flannery O’Connor. Decades after its publication, little was written about it in scholarly journals. Some critics have called the book naive and sentimental, whether dismissing the Ku Klux Klan as a minor nuisance in Maycomb or advocating change through personal persuasion rather than collective action. The novel was also considered patronizing for highlighting the bravery of a white man on behalf of blacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O’Connor, in an October 1960 letter, said, “I think I see what it really is — a child’s book. … I think for a child’s book, it does all right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parallels were drawn between Lee and Margaret Mitchell, another Southern woman whose only novel, “Gone With the Wind,” became a phenomenon and was made into a beloved movie. 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The man who defied the status quo in “Mockingbird” was now part of the mob in “Watchman,” denouncing the Supreme Court’s ruling that school segregation was unconstitutional and denouncing blacks as unfit to enjoy full equality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But despite unenthusiastic reviews and questions whether Lee was well enough to approve the publication, “Watchman” jumped to the top of best-seller lists within a day of its announcement and remained there for months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Much of Lee’s story is the story of “Mockingbird,” and how she responded to it. She wasn’t a bragger, like Norman Mailer, or a drinker, like William Faulkner, or a recluse or eccentric. By the accounts of friends and Monroeville townsfolk, she was a warm, vibrant and witty woman who enjoyed life, played golf, read voraciously and got about to plays and concerts. She just didn’t want to talk about it before an audience.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Claudia Durst Johnson, author of a book-length critical analysis of Lee’s novel, described her as preferring to guard her privacy “like others in an older generation, who didn’t go out and talk about themselves on Oprah or the Letterman show at the drop of a hat.” According to Johnson, Lee also complained that the news media invariably misquoted her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee emerged more often over the past few years, although not always in ways she preferred. She was involved in numerous legal disputes over the rights to her book and denied she had cooperated with the biography “The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee,” by Marja Mills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other occasions were happier. She wrote a letter of thanks in 2001 when the Chicago Public Library chose “Mockingbird” for its first One Book, One Chicago program. In 2007, she agreed to attend a White House ceremony at which she received a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Around the same time, she wrote a rare published item — for O, The Oprah Magazine — about how she became a reader as a child in a rural, Depression-era Alabama town, and remained one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Now, 75 years later in an abundant society where people have laptops, cellphones, iPods, and minds like empty rooms, I still plod along with books,” she wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>By 2014, she had given in to the digital age and allowed her novel to come out as an e-book, calling it “‘Mockingbird’ for a new generation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A new play adaptation of “To Kill a Mockingbird” will land on Broadway during the 2017-18 season under the direction of Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher, written by Oscar-winner written by Aaron Sorkin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Born in Monroeville, Alabama, Nelle Harper Lee was known to family and friends as Nelle (pronounced Nell) — the name of a relative, Ellen, spelled backward. Like Atticus Finch, her father was a lawyer and state legislator. One of her childhood friends was Truman Capote, who lived with relatives next door to the Lees for several years. (A book about Lee in 2006 and two films about Capote brought fresh attention to their friendship, including her contributions to Capote’s \u003cem>In Cold Blood\u003c/em>, the classic “nonfiction novel” about the murder of a Kansas farm family.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capote became the model for Scout’s creative, impish and loving friend Dill. In the novel, Dill is described as “a pocket Merlin, whose head teemed with eccentric plans, strange longings, and quaint fancies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s friendship with Capote was evident later when she traveled frequently with him to Kansas, beginning in 1959, to help him do research for what became his own best-seller, “In Cold Blood.” He dedicated the book to her and his longtime companion, Jack Dunphy, but never acknowledged how vital a role she played in its creation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Charles J. Shields, in the first book-length attempt at a biography of Lee, “Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee,” showed how Lee helped Capote gain entrance to key figures in the murder investigation and provided keen observations and myriad notes that Capote wove into his book. (He also debunked a long-standing rumor that Capote had actually written much of “Mockingbird.”)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 2005 film \u003cem>Capote\u003c/em>, Philip Seymour Hoffman won the best actor Academy Award for his portrayal of Capote struggling with his demons as he works on the book. Catherine Keener was nominated for an Oscar for her portrayal of Lee. The next year, Sandra Bullock took the role of Lee in \u003cem>Infamous\u003c/em>, with Toby Jones as Capote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee said in the 1960s that she was working on a second novel, but over time it dropped from view and never reached a publisher.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee researched another book, a non-fiction account of a bizarre murder case in rural east Alabama, but abandoned the project in the 1980s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee, who attended Huntingdon College in Montgomery as a freshman, transferred the next year to the University of Alabama, where she wrote and became editor of the campus literary magazine. After studying to be a lawyer like her father and older sister, Lee left the university before graduating, heading to New York to become a writer, as Capote already had done.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee worked as an airlines reservation clerk in New York City during the early 1950s, writing on the side. Finally, with a Christmas loan from friends, she quit to write full time, and the first draft of “To Kill a Mockingbird” reached its publisher, J.B. Lippincott, in 1957.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The manuscript, according to the publishing house, arrived under the title “Atticus.” The title later became \u003cem>To Kill a Mockingbird\u003c/em>, referring to an old saying that it was all right to kill a blue jay but a sin to kill a mockingbird, which gives the world its music.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee worked with the editor Tay Hohoff in bringing the book to its final form, a period when Lee was scrimping financially and dealing with the difficulties of rewriting.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Though Miss Lee then had never published even an essay or a short story, this was clearly not the work of an amateur or tyro,” the editor wrote in an account published by Lippincott in 1967. “… She had learned the essential part of her craft, with no so-called professional help, simply by working at it and working at it, endlessly.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Capote, in a letter to an aunt in July 1959, said that a year earlier Lee “showed me as much of the book as she’d written, and I liked it very much. She has real talent.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Her novel, while hugely popular, was not ranked by many scholars in the same category as the work of other Southern authors such as Eudora Welty or Flannery O’Connor. Decades after its publication, little was written about it in scholarly journals. Some critics have called the book naive and sentimental, whether dismissing the Ku Klux Klan as a minor nuisance in Maycomb or advocating change through personal persuasion rather than collective action. The novel was also considered patronizing for highlighting the bravery of a white man on behalf of blacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>O’Connor, in an October 1960 letter, said, “I think I see what it really is — a child’s book. … I think for a child’s book, it does all right.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Parallels were drawn between Lee and Margaret Mitchell, another Southern woman whose only novel, “Gone With the Wind,” became a phenomenon and was made into a beloved movie. But Mitchell’s book romanticized the black-white divide; Lee’s work confronted it, although more gently than novels before and since.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lee’s book features Scout’s often meandering recollection of the people — some eccentric, such as the reclusive Boo Radley — in rural Maycomb County, during the years when her brother Jem reaches adolescence and she enters school. Some critics said it relied at times on stereotypes, such as the mean, trashy whites making false charges against a virtuous black. But the tomboy Scout and the quietly courageous Atticus Finch drew praise as memorable, singular creations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The book’s tension is built around the lynching atmosphere in Maycomb as the black man goes on trial, a scenario reminiscent of the Scottsboro Boys rape case of the same period. Scout, Dill and Jem, whose playful curiosity takes scary turns, witness the drama of an adult world with its own frightening lessons.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Long before \u003ca href=\"http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/marine_biotoxins/da/\" target=\"_blank\">domoic acid\u003c/a> ruined Northern California's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/05/why-is-an-algae-bloom-closing-crab-season-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">2015-16 Dungeness crab season\u003c/a>, it was responsible for a panic along the Santa Cruz County seashore, which in turn informed a classic piece of creepy California cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flashback to August 1961: In Germany, an enduring symbol of the Cold War -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/places/berlin_wall\" target=\"_blank\">the Berlin Wall\u003c/a> -- is under construction. Barack Obama is born in Honolulu. No one but a handful of Japanese researchers has ever heard of domoic acid. And in beachside communities near Santa Cruz, birds are going nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=\"https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249102907\" params=\"color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" iframe=\"true\" /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Great Bird Frenzy took place early the morning of Friday, Aug. 18, 1961. Here's how longtime \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/zz/20120115/NEWS/120117661\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter and columnist Wally Trabing\u003c/a> described the scene that unfolded along the shoreline just east of Santa Cruz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A massive flight of \u003ca href=\"http://currents.ucsc.edu/06-07/08-14/shearwaters.asp\" target=\"_blank\">sooty shearwaters\u003c/a>, fresh from a feast of anchovies, collided with shoreside structures from Pleasure Point to Rio del Mar during the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents, especially in the Pleasure Point and Capitola area, were awakened about 3 a.m. today by the rain of birds slamming against their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dead and stunned seabirds littered the streets and roads in the foggy, early dawn. Startled by the invasion, residents rushed out on their lawns with flashlights, then rushed back inside, as the birds flew toward their light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television aerial supports were severed, and one power line was shorted out about 4 a.m. on Merrill Avenue when the birds hitting the lines slapped them together.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10871218\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10871218\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10871218\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds-400x1042.jpg\" alt=\"Item from the Aug. 21, 1961, edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reporting Alfred Hitchcock's interest in the local bird 'invasion.'\" width=\"300\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds-400x1042.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Item from the Aug. 21, 1961, edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reporting Alfred Hitchcock's interest in the local bird 'invasion.' \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the following days, the Sentinel reported crews picking up truckloads of dead birds from streets and lawns in the area. For an explanation of the avian behavior, the paper turned to \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c84b332g/\" target=\"_blank\">Ward Russell\u003c/a>, a specimen collector and preparator at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. (Russell's \u003ca href=\"http://blogrr.blogspot.com/2009/06/meet-beetles.html\" target=\"_blank\">claim to fame\u003c/a>, it appears, is that he promoted the use of \u003ca href=\"http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/17/flesh-eating-beetles-explained/\" target=\"_blank\">flesh-eating beetles\u003c/a> -- or dermestid beetles -- to clean skeletons.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell opined that the sooty shearwaters, which fly tens of thousands of miles around the Pacific basin each year, became confused by a thick fog and flapped in a blind panic toward lights onshore. Others thought the sound of gunfire from the Army's Fort Ord might have spooked the birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those who took note of the sooty shearwater episode was movie director Alfred Hitchcock, who owned \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/299/\" target=\"_blank\">a 200-acre estate\u003c/a> at the end of a narrow, winding road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Three days after the invasion, the Sentinel buried an item on page 4: Hitchcock had read the paper's account of the invasion and planned to use it in his adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier \u003ca href=\"https://northviewulrich.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/the-birds-full-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">short story\u003c/a> \"The Birds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in fact, the Santa Cruz incident and Ward Russell's theory both made it into Hitchcock's \u003ca href=\"http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Scripts:_The_Birds_(final_draft,_2nd_rev,_02/Mar/1962)\" target=\"_blank\">final script\u003c/a>, set in Bodega Bay. In the film version of \"The Birds,\" Mitch Brenner, the character played by Rod Taylor, is trying to think of a way to drive away flocks of crows and gulls that have begun terrorizing the locals. Brenner has the following exchange with several other characters and a bird sympathizer identified only as Mrs. Bundy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> Mrs. Bundy, you said something about Santa Cruz. About seagulls getting lost in the fog, and heading in for the lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deke:\u003c/strong> We don't have any fog this time of year, Mitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> We'll make our own fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sholes:\u003c/strong> How do you plan to do that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch\u003c/strong>: With smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malone:\u003c/strong> There's an ordinance against burning anything in this town, unless it's...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> We'll use smoke pots. Like the Army uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deke:\u003c/strong> What good'll that do? Smoke's as bad as birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mrs. Bundy:\u003c/strong> Birds are not bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sholes:\u003c/strong> How can we go on living here if we blanket the town with smoke?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> Can we go on living here otherwise?\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For decades, there was no better explanation for the the 1961 Santa Cruz bird mystery than they'd gotten lost in the fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1991, a clue appeared. Hundreds of brown pelicans and cormorants were found sick or dead along the Monterey Bay shoreline. \u003ca href=\"http://www.jstor.org/stable/20460314?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" target=\"_blank\">Veterinary researchers\u003c/a> eliminated viruses, bacteria or heavy-metal poisoning as the cause, then determined the birds had suffered acute poisoning by domoic acid. The toxin was found both in anchovies the birds had fed on and in plankton the fish had consumed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz marine biologist David Garrison studied the 1991 incident and speculated several years later that domoic acid might have been responsible for the 1961 bird invasion. It wasn't until 2012, more than half a century after the episode, that researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography found direct evidence that the sooty shearwaters had indeed suffered domoic acid poisoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Scripps scientists used an archive of biological samples from California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, a marine monitoring program in operation since 1949, to try to investigate the conditions the birds would have encountered in Monterey Bay in the summer of 1961. Specifically, the team was looking for samples that might show the presence of Pseudo-nitzschia, a genus of diatoms that includes species known to produce domoic acid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a summary of the research published in Nature Geoscience, the Scripps oceanographers reported that Monterey Bay zooplankton collected in 1961 showed high levels of the toxin-producing diatoms. Here's the mildly worded conclusion to the Scripps team's findings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Given the similarities between events in 1961 and the domoic acid-induced poisoning of 1991, we suggest that toxic Pseudo-nitzschia were probably responsible for the odd behaviour and death of Sooty shearwaters in August 1961. This brief study therefore supports the contention that domoic acid caused the seabird frenzy ... and strongly suggests that domoic-acid-producing phytoplankton have been an agent of marine animal mortality in the California Current system for at least the past fifty years.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OK -- maybe not quite \u003ca href=\"http://www.metv.com/shows/perry-mason\" target=\"_blank\">Perry Mason\u003c/a> stuff. But case closed.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Long before \u003ca href=\"http://www.nwfsc.noaa.gov/hab/habs_toxins/marine_biotoxins/da/\" target=\"_blank\">domoic acid\u003c/a> ruined Northern California's \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/science/2015/11/05/why-is-an-algae-bloom-closing-crab-season-in-california/\" target=\"_blank\">2015-16 Dungeness crab season\u003c/a>, it was responsible for a panic along the Santa Cruz County seashore, which in turn informed a classic piece of creepy California cinema.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flashback to August 1961: In Germany, an enduring symbol of the Cold War -- \u003ca href=\"http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/places/berlin_wall\" target=\"_blank\">the Berlin Wall\u003c/a> -- is under construction. Barack Obama is born in Honolulu. No one but a handful of Japanese researchers has ever heard of domoic acid. And in beachside communities near Santa Cruz, birds are going nuts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cdiv class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__shortcodes__shortcodeWrapper'>\n \u003ciframe width='100%' height='166'\n scrolling='no' frameborder='no'\n src='https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249102907&visual=true&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false'\n title='https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/249102907'>\n \u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/div>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Great Bird Frenzy took place early the morning of Friday, Aug. 18, 1961. Here's how longtime \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/article/zz/20120115/NEWS/120117661\" target=\"_blank\">Santa Cruz Sentinel reporter and columnist Wally Trabing\u003c/a> described the scene that unfolded along the shoreline just east of Santa Cruz:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>A massive flight of \u003ca href=\"http://currents.ucsc.edu/06-07/08-14/shearwaters.asp\" target=\"_blank\">sooty shearwaters\u003c/a>, fresh from a feast of anchovies, collided with shoreside structures from Pleasure Point to Rio del Mar during the night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents, especially in the Pleasure Point and Capitola area, were awakened about 3 a.m. today by the rain of birds slamming against their homes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dead and stunned seabirds littered the streets and roads in the foggy, early dawn. Startled by the invasion, residents rushed out on their lawns with flashlights, then rushed back inside, as the birds flew toward their light.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Television aerial supports were severed, and one power line was shorted out about 4 a.m. on Merrill Avenue when the birds hitting the lines slapped them together.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_10871218\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10871218\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-10871218\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds-400x1042.jpg\" alt=\"Item from the Aug. 21, 1961, edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reporting Alfred Hitchcock's interest in the local bird 'invasion.'\" width=\"300\" height=\"781\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds-400x1042.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2016/02/hitchcockbirds.jpg 546w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Item from the Aug. 21, 1961, edition of the Santa Cruz Sentinel reporting Alfred Hitchcock's interest in the local bird 'invasion.' \u003ccite>(Newspapers.com)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In the following days, the Sentinel reported crews picking up truckloads of dead birds from streets and lawns in the area. For an explanation of the avian behavior, the paper turned to \u003ca href=\"http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c84b332g/\" target=\"_blank\">Ward Russell\u003c/a>, a specimen collector and preparator at UC Berkeley's Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. (Russell's \u003ca href=\"http://blogrr.blogspot.com/2009/06/meet-beetles.html\" target=\"_blank\">claim to fame\u003c/a>, it appears, is that he promoted the use of \u003ca href=\"http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/01/17/flesh-eating-beetles-explained/\" target=\"_blank\">flesh-eating beetles\u003c/a> -- or dermestid beetles -- to clean skeletons.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Russell opined that the sooty shearwaters, which fly tens of thousands of miles around the Pacific basin each year, became confused by a thick fog and flapped in a blind panic toward lights onshore. Others thought the sound of gunfire from the Army's Fort Ord might have spooked the birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of those who took note of the sooty shearwater episode was movie director Alfred Hitchcock, who owned \u003ca href=\"http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/articles/299/\" target=\"_blank\">a 200-acre estate\u003c/a> at the end of a narrow, winding road in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Three days after the invasion, the Sentinel buried an item on page 4: Hitchcock had read the paper's account of the invasion and planned to use it in his adaptation of the Daphne Du Maurier \u003ca href=\"https://northviewulrich.files.wordpress.com/2014/11/the-birds-full-text.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">short story\u003c/a> \"The Birds.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And in fact, the Santa Cruz incident and Ward Russell's theory both made it into Hitchcock's \u003ca href=\"http://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/Scripts:_The_Birds_(final_draft,_2nd_rev,_02/Mar/1962)\" target=\"_blank\">final script\u003c/a>, set in Bodega Bay. In the film version of \"The Birds,\" Mitch Brenner, the character played by Rod Taylor, is trying to think of a way to drive away flocks of crows and gulls that have begun terrorizing the locals. Brenner has the following exchange with several other characters and a bird sympathizer identified only as Mrs. Bundy:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> Mrs. Bundy, you said something about Santa Cruz. About seagulls getting lost in the fog, and heading in for the lights.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deke:\u003c/strong> We don't have any fog this time of year, Mitch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> We'll make our own fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sholes:\u003c/strong> How do you plan to do that?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch\u003c/strong>: With smoke.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Malone:\u003c/strong> There's an ordinance against burning anything in this town, unless it's...\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> We'll use smoke pots. Like the Army uses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Deke:\u003c/strong> What good'll that do? Smoke's as bad as birds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mrs. Bundy:\u003c/strong> Birds are not bad!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sholes:\u003c/strong> How can we go on living here if we blanket the town with smoke?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Mitch:\u003c/strong> Can we go on living here otherwise?\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>For decades, there was no better explanation for the the 1961 Santa Cruz bird mystery than they'd gotten lost in the fog.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in 1991, a clue appeared. Hundreds of brown pelicans and cormorants were found sick or dead along the Monterey Bay shoreline. \u003ca href=\"http://www.jstor.org/stable/20460314?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents\" target=\"_blank\">Veterinary researchers\u003c/a> eliminated viruses, bacteria or heavy-metal poisoning as the cause, then determined the birds had suffered acute poisoning by domoic acid. The toxin was found both in anchovies the birds had fed on and in plankton the fish had consumed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>UC Santa Cruz marine biologist David Garrison studied the 1991 incident and speculated several years later that domoic acid might have been responsible for the 1961 bird invasion. It wasn't until 2012, more than half a century after the episode, that researchers from UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography found direct evidence that the sooty shearwaters had indeed suffered domoic acid poisoning.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Scripps scientists used an archive of biological samples from California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations, a marine monitoring program in operation since 1949, to try to investigate the conditions the birds would have encountered in Monterey Bay in the summer of 1961. Specifically, the team was looking for samples that might show the presence of Pseudo-nitzschia, a genus of diatoms that includes species known to produce domoic acid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a summary of the research published in Nature Geoscience, the Scripps oceanographers reported that Monterey Bay zooplankton collected in 1961 showed high levels of the toxin-producing diatoms. Here's the mildly worded conclusion to the Scripps team's findings:\u003c/p>\n\u003cblockquote>\u003cp>Given the similarities between events in 1961 and the domoic acid-induced poisoning of 1991, we suggest that toxic Pseudo-nitzschia were probably responsible for the odd behaviour and death of Sooty shearwaters in August 1961. This brief study therefore supports the contention that domoic acid caused the seabird frenzy ... and strongly suggests that domoic-acid-producing phytoplankton have been an agent of marine animal mortality in the California Current system for at least the past fifty years.\u003c/p>\u003c/blockquote>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>OK -- maybe not quite \u003ca href=\"http://www.metv.com/shows/perry-mason\" target=\"_blank\">Perry Mason\u003c/a> stuff. But case closed.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Artificial colors are so last year. Or that’s what the recent \u003ca href=\"http://www.mars.com/global/press-center/press-list/news-releases.aspx?SiteId=94&Id=6984\">announcement from Mars, Inc.\u003c/a>—the maker of colorful candy brands such as M&Ms, LifeSavers, and Skittles—suggests. With it, Mars joined a growing number of large food companies, including \u003ca href=\"http://blog.generalmills.com/2015/06/a-big-commitment-for-big-g-cereal/\">General Mills\u003c/a>, Kellogg’s, \u003ca href=\"http://www.kraftmacandcheese.com/FAQs\">Kraft,\u003c/a> Mondelez, and \u003ca href=\"http://www.nestleusa.com/media/pressreleases/nestl%C3%A9-usa-commits-to-removing-artificial-flavors-and-fda-certified-colors-from-all-nestl%C3%A9-chocolate-candy-by-the-end-of-20\">Nestlé\u003c/a>, which are all in the process of eliminating artificial food coloring.\u003cspan id=\"more-23971\">\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The company says it is making the change, expected to take five years, “to meet evolving consumer preferences,” not for any scientific reason.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Artificial colors pose no known risks to human health or safety, but consumers today are calling on food manufacturers to use more natural ingredients in their products,” said Mars in its announcement. This sentiment echoes the other big food producers that have made the change. In fact, the companies we spoke to echoed much of the same sentiment.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mondelez International—manufacturer of brands that include Oreos and Ritz crackers—told Civil Eats that consumers are asking for “simpler ingredients and no artificial colors or flavors.” Or as Nestlé put it, “we are on a journey to simplify our recipes and ingredient labels and offer more choices to meet consumers’ evolving preferences.” Kellogg’s said, “We know consumers are looking for foods with simpler ingredients and work is well underway to answer that call.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What these companies don’t mention, however, is that these artificial colors have been\u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/FoodAdvisoryCommittee/ucm149740.htm\">under scrutiny since the 1970s\u003c/a> for their potential role in contributing to the rise in rates of \u003ca href=\"http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140673607613063/abstract\">attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children\u003c/a>. They also don’t mention the fact that studies demonstrating such links prompted the European Union to require\u003ca href=\"https://www.food.gov.uk/science/additives/foodcolours\">warning labels on products\u003c/a> containing these dyes beginning in 2010.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor that \u003ca href=\"ews.bbc.co.uk:2:hi:health:7725316.stm\">the U.K. banned\u003c/a> these food additives in 2008—a move that led to the reformulation of many products also sold in the U.S. The companies also fail to mention that \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24764054\">recent studies\u003c/a> suggest many children may be consuming far more dyes via the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21127082\">food\u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24037921\">drinks\u003c/a> they consume than previously thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FDA: ‘Food Coloring is Safe’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are American children eating far more artificially colored food than their European counterparts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, when a company like Mars says “artificial colors pose no known risks to human health or safety,” it is largely reflecting what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. “Color additives are very safe when used properly,” Linda Katz, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics and Colors, said \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm048951.htm\">in a statement\u003c/a> on the FDA website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the FDA considers all substances used to change the color of food “additives,” the colors in the hot seat are nine synthetic dyes derived from petroleum rather than plant-based materials. These dyes show up on ingredient labels with names that include FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 5 and 6, and FD&C Red No. 40. Their approval by the FDA \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm#table1B\">dates back to the 1960s, 70s and 80s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the agency must “certify” each “batch” of one of these dyes before it’s approved for use. In addition, the FDA must approve any new food coloring additives before they go on the market. That said, all but two artificial food dyes now in use can essentially be added to any and all food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids Are Eating Much More Food Dye Than You’d Think\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on experiments done with lab animals, the FDA set what it calls “\u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/FoodAdvisoryCommittee/UCM248549.pdf\">acceptable daily intakes\u003c/a>” in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, based on how many milligrams of a dye is safe to eat in a day based on human body weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the average 65-pound child would have to eat 150 mg of Yellow No. 5, to exceed this recommended limit. This probably isn’t a problem if they eat only one serving of a food that contains the dye. But even if that child stays away from brightly colored foods like popsicles and candy, the milligrams can add up quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24764054\">data compiled\u003c/a> by Perdue University Department of Foods & Nutrition researcher, Laura J. Stevens and colleagues, a serving of Apple Jacks (10 mg), a packet of peanut butter cheese crackers (15) and a cup of cherry Kool Aid (52), a serving of Hamburger Helper (8), a couple tablespoons of colored salad dressing (5), two cups of orange drink (41), and three strawberry Twizzlers (13), plus a few Vlasic pickle slices would put the child over the 100 mg mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart.jpg\" alt=\"Chart\" width=\"997\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107001\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart.jpg 997w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-400x156.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-800x312.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-768x300.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-960x375.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really know for sure exactly how many children are being affected,” says Stevens, referring to hyperactivity caused by food coloring. But the numbers are not insignificant. Studies looking at this connection have found that, \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21127082\">nearly 90 percent\u003c/a> of children tested had adverse reactions when they ate 100 mg or more of these colors. And around 8 percent of all U.S. children—or almost \u003ca href=\"http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/data.html\">6.4 million as of 2011\u003c/a>—are estimated to suffer from ADHD symptoms that Stevens says may be exacerbated by food dyes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2011, the last time the FDA convened a formal committee to review the science on these colors, it concluded that for “certain susceptible children,” behavior problems might be exacerbated by synthetic colors. In other words, explains \u003ca href=\"https://www.cspinet.org/\">Center for Science in the Public Interest\u003c/a> (CSPI) senior scientist Lisa Lefferts, “Even the FDA concedes that some children are sensitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because the agency couldn’t prove a definitive causal link—absolute cause and effect—between these dyes and behavioral impacts, it recommended more study rather than precautionary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSPI recently released a report called “\u003ca href=\"http://cspinet.org/new/201601191.html\">Seeing Red\u003c/a>,” which takes the FDA to task for failing to take decisive and precautionary action on food dyes and for failing to set protective enough safety limits. “The underlying science has not been critically re-examined with reference to health outcomes that include behavioral impacts,” says CSPI director of regulatory affairs Laura MacCleery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s come to light in the past 15 years, CSPI points out—including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17825405\">studies that prompted regulatory action\u003c/a> in Europe—has not changed regulations created here several decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, whether they acknowledge the links to behavior problems explicitly or not, food manufacturers worldwide are responding to consumers who are voicing their preference for food without artificial colors. In fact, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsenglobal/eu/nielseninsights/pdfs/Nielsen%20Global%20Health%20and%20Wellness%20Report%20-%20January%202015.pdf\">2014 Nielsen global survey\u003c/a> found artificial color to be the third highest consumer concern when it came to food and health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s a parent to do? “[Food coloring] is hard to avoid entirely so it’s a matter of minimizing,” says MacCleery. “Kids are getting way too much,” she says so “anything you can do to reduce this, they’ll be better off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key to doing this is reading labels, since even the food manufacturers who have decided to eliminate these FD&C colors, are still in the midst of changing their ingredients. “You have to read every label,” said Stevens. And for those tempted by “red velvet” cupcake recipes? Try one made with \u003ca href=\"http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016333-beet-red-velvet-cake\">beets\u003c/a> instead of Red No. 40. Or \u003ca href=\"http://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/recipes/desserts-cakes/red-wine-velvet-cake-smitten-kitchen\">this one\u003c/a> MacCleery recommends, which calls for red wine.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>About the Writer\u003c/strong>\u003cbr>\nElizabeth Grossman is a senior reporter for Civil Eats focused on environmental and science issues. She is the author of \u003cem>Chasing Molecules\u003c/em>, \u003cem>High Tech Trash\u003c/em>,\u003cem>Watershed\u003c/em> and other books. Her work has appeared in a variety of publications, including \u003cem>Scientific American\u003c/em>, \u003cem>Environmental Health Perspectives\u003c/em>, Yale e360, Ensia,\u003cem>High Country News\u003c/em>, The Pump Handle, Chemical Watch, \u003cem>The Washington Post\u003c/em>,\u003ca href=\"http://theatlantic.com/\">TheAtlantic.com\u003c/a>, Salon, \u003cem>The Nation\u003c/em>, and \u003cem>Mother Jones\u003c/em>.\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nor that \u003ca href=\"ews.bbc.co.uk:2:hi:health:7725316.stm\">the U.K. banned\u003c/a> these food additives in 2008—a move that led to the reformulation of many products also sold in the U.S. The companies also fail to mention that \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24764054\">recent studies\u003c/a> suggest many children may be consuming far more dyes via the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21127082\">food\u003c/a>and \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24037921\">drinks\u003c/a> they consume than previously thought.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>FDA: ‘Food Coloring is Safe’\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So why are American children eating far more artificially colored food than their European counterparts?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>First, when a company like Mars says “artificial colors pose no known risks to human health or safety,” it is largely reflecting what the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. “Color additives are very safe when used properly,” Linda Katz, director of the FDA’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition Office of Cosmetics and Colors, said \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm048951.htm\">in a statement\u003c/a> on the FDA website.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the FDA considers all substances used to change the color of food “additives,” the colors in the hot seat are nine synthetic dyes derived from petroleum rather than plant-based materials. These dyes show up on ingredient labels with names that include FD&C Blue No. 1, FD&C Yellow No. 5 and 6, and FD&C Red No. 40. Their approval by the FDA \u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/ForIndustry/ColorAdditives/ColorAdditiveInventories/ucm115641.htm#table1B\">dates back to the 1960s, 70s and 80s\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And the agency must “certify” each “batch” of one of these dyes before it’s approved for use. In addition, the FDA must approve any new food coloring additives before they go on the market. That said, all but two artificial food dyes now in use can essentially be added to any and all food.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Kids Are Eating Much More Food Dye Than You’d Think\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Based on experiments done with lab animals, the FDA set what it calls “\u003ca href=\"http://www.fda.gov/downloads/AdvisoryCommittees/CommitteesMeetingMaterials/FoodAdvisoryCommittee/UCM248549.pdf\">acceptable daily intakes\u003c/a>” in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, based on how many milligrams of a dye is safe to eat in a day based on human body weight.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For example, the average 65-pound child would have to eat 150 mg of Yellow No. 5, to exceed this recommended limit. This probably isn’t a problem if they eat only one serving of a food that contains the dye. But even if that child stays away from brightly colored foods like popsicles and candy, the milligrams can add up quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24764054\">data compiled\u003c/a> by Perdue University Department of Foods & Nutrition researcher, Laura J. Stevens and colleagues, a serving of Apple Jacks (10 mg), a packet of peanut butter cheese crackers (15) and a cup of cherry Kool Aid (52), a serving of Hamburger Helper (8), a couple tablespoons of colored salad dressing (5), two cups of orange drink (41), and three strawberry Twizzlers (13), plus a few Vlasic pickle slices would put the child over the 100 mg mark.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cimg src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/bayareabites/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart.jpg\" alt=\"Chart\" width=\"997\" height=\"389\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107001\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart.jpg 997w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-400x156.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-800x312.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-768x300.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/24/2016/02/updatedcolorchart-960x375.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 997px) 100vw, 997px\">\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t really know for sure exactly how many children are being affected,” says Stevens, referring to hyperactivity caused by food coloring. 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In other words, explains \u003ca href=\"https://www.cspinet.org/\">Center for Science in the Public Interest\u003c/a> (CSPI) senior scientist Lisa Lefferts, “Even the FDA concedes that some children are sensitive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But because the agency couldn’t prove a definitive causal link—absolute cause and effect—between these dyes and behavioral impacts, it recommended more study rather than precautionary action.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>CSPI recently released a report called “\u003ca href=\"http://cspinet.org/new/201601191.html\">Seeing Red\u003c/a>,” which takes the FDA to task for failing to take decisive and precautionary action on food dyes and for failing to set protective enough safety limits. “The underlying science has not been critically re-examined with reference to health outcomes that include behavioral impacts,” says CSPI director of regulatory affairs Laura MacCleery.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s come to light in the past 15 years, CSPI points out—including the \u003ca href=\"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17825405\">studies that prompted regulatory action\u003c/a> in Europe—has not changed regulations created here several decades ago.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, whether they acknowledge the links to behavior problems explicitly or not, food manufacturers worldwide are responding to consumers who are voicing their preference for food without artificial colors. In fact, a \u003ca href=\"http://www.nielsen.com/content/dam/nielsenglobal/eu/nielseninsights/pdfs/Nielsen%20Global%20Health%20and%20Wellness%20Report%20-%20January%202015.pdf\">2014 Nielsen global survey\u003c/a> found artificial color to be the third highest consumer concern when it came to food and health.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So what’s a parent to do? “[Food coloring] is hard to avoid entirely so it’s a matter of minimizing,” says MacCleery. “Kids are getting way too much,” she says so “anything you can do to reduce this, they’ll be better off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Key to doing this is reading labels, since even the food manufacturers who have decided to eliminate these FD&C colors, are still in the midst of changing their ingredients. “You have to read every label,” said Stevens. And for those tempted by “red velvet” cupcake recipes? Try one made with \u003ca href=\"http://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1016333-beet-red-velvet-cake\">beets\u003c/a> instead of Red No. 40. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/series/participate/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-11316580 noopener\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11316580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400.jpg\" alt=\"pARTicipate-button-400x400\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400-32x32.jpg 32w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400-64x64.jpg 64w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400-96x96.jpg 96w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400-128x128.jpg 128w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/pARTicipate-button-400x400-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\">\u003c/a> On nights when many of us are watching TV on the couch, hundreds of amateur musicians are showing up at churches and rec rooms to participate in community orchestras. Why? For the love of it, says George Yefchak, a member of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.novavista.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nova Vista Symphony\u003c/a>, one of the oldest amateur orchestras in Silicon Valley. The orchestra is celebrating its 50\u003csup>th\u003c/sup> anniversary this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think we have way more fun than people who do it because it’s their job,” says Yefchak, who works as a research scientist and programmer for Agilent Technologies, a maker of scientific instruments, by day. By night, he’s a musical jack-of-all-trades, filling a wide variety of roles for orchestras all over the Bay Area. For Nova Vista, Yefchak’s an oboist, board member, and occasional rehearsal conductor.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yefchak is part of a vibrant scene that compels thousands of passionate musicians to dedicate most of their free time to rehearsals in churches and multi-purpose rooms rented on the cheap from local schools.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247923932″ params=”color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=’166′ iframe=”true” /]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In truth, the terms “amateur” and “professional” as they’re generally understood today don’t really describe this world effectively. There’s a spectrum of talent that runs between those two points. And while many of the musicians who play for Nova Vista, like Yefchak, do have full-time jobs that are not music-related, they take their hobby seriously.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Nobody’s paid, except for me and the concert master and a few professionals we once in awhile bring in,” says Nova Vista music director, Anthony Quartuccio. “But everybody here treats this like a professional orchestra. There’s a very high standard of preparation. There’s a high standard for the way we run board meetings and our financials, and the way we go into the community. So it’s a professionally run orchestra by people who do it for the love of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping musicians challenged and coffers filled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent evening at Lakewood Elementary School in Sunnyvale, many Nova Vista musicians arrived at rehearsal directly from work, wearing nurses scrubs, or jackets emblazoned with tech company logos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are people who love a challenge, and Quartuccio is happy to oblige. “Every season, we pick a piece or two that will be a rite of passage, which is something we’re not sure we can do, but we’re going to take it on anyway,” Quartuccio says. This season’s big musical challenge comes in the form of Tchaikovsky’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.classicfm.com/composers/tchaikovsky/music/symphony-no5-e-minor/#W2K00Z8r2IyxrX1T.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Fifth\u003c/em>\u003cem> Symphony\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, one of the 19th century Russian composer’s most well-known pieces. Though perhaps not as difficult to perform as Tchaikovsky’s famously unplayable \u003cem>Violin Concerto in D Major\u003c/em>, the masterwork isn’t exactly a breeze either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even without the heavy overhead professional orchestras labor under, many amateur orchestras struggle for money. “Artistic expenses aside, it still costs money to put on a show,” says Kris Sinclair, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acso.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of California Symphony Orchestras\u003c/a>. “And those ticket prices, if they charge admission, will be much lower than at a professional orchestra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nova Vista typically charges $15 a ticket. Even so, the organization’s board members say money is not a problem. Nova Vista has an annual budget of $50,000. It doesn’t charge musicians annual dues, but they do donate and fund raise. “Everybody here treats this like a professional orchestra, sheerly for the love of it,” Quartuccio says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"callout alignright\">\u003cstrong>pARTicipate with us! \u003c/strong>We need your help to make this project bloom. If you have an artistic hobby that you’re passionate about, or know about an artist or organization involved in community art-making, we want to hear from you in any or all of the following ways:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Share an image or video of you (and your friends) participating in your activity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tell us the story of how you got involved in your practice, what it is you do and why it means so much to you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Send us information about arts organizations or individual coaches who are helping to bring creativity to your community\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can reach us in the following ways:\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Email: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"mailto:cveltman@kqed.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">cveltman@kqed.org\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter: @KQEDarts and #KQEDparticipate\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook: KQED Arts\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram: @KQEDofficial and #KQEDparticipate\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Plus, this being Silicon Valley, there’s no shortage of corporate donors, including Google, NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Apple, Texas Instruments, VMWare and Cisco Systems.\u003cb> \u003c/b>Firms often get behind local orchestras in part because their own employees play in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding community…and love\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many musicians join these orchestras as a way to find community. Software engineer and cellist Harris Karsch came out from the East Coast to work at Google about a year and a half ago. “I just love playing with an ensemble,” Karsch says. “It also keeps me practicing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Playing cello as an undergrad at Cornell, Karsch similarly found music a great way to integrate into the student body. “A lot of my best friends were from orchestra, not from my classes,” Karsch says. “Not the ones I ended up with in the dorms and living with but from orchestra and music.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s proved true for many amateur musicians, some of whom date and even marry each other. Carl and Eva Ching of Sunnyvale met sitting next to each other at an orchestra rehearsal one night.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I guess we took a liking to each other,” says Carl. “And so we’ve been married, I guess, 35 years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eva’s family is full of musicians. Carl’s, not so much. For the past 25 years, Nova Vista has effectively been the couple’s third family; it’s a group where the Chings feel at home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That, and they get to geek out performing some of classical music’s greatest hits. Last year, Quartuccio’s “rite of passage” piece was Beethoven’s \u003cem>Ninth Symphony\u003c/em>. “It’s been on our bucket list for years,” Eva says. “Both of us were sitting there in the middle of the second violin section during the concert, going ‘I can’t believe we’re playing this. Listen to how beautiful it sounds.’ And it just makes so much difference to share it with someone who enjoys it as much as you do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Sharing the music\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nova Vista often shares its performances with local students, professionals and musical organizations. Here are a few moments from a rehearsal of John Rutter’s \u003cem>Gloria\u003c/em> with Nova Vista Symphony and the San Jose Symphonic Choir conducted by Leroy Kromm. (Courtesy George Yefchak.)\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44_n3RMdsDc\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the people in Nova Vista are so deep into making music that they find the time to play for more than one orchestra. This phenomenon is quite common, according to Michael Zwiebach, senior editor of the online classical music journal \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcv.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Classical Voice\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. “Every church, every temple has a choir, right?” Zweibach says. “There are tons of musicians out there and they’re all looking for something to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11316324\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 325px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11316324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/RS18401_IMG_2710.JPG-qut-400x626.jpg\" alt=\""We all know people within our own families who’ve been great musicians," regardless of whether they're pro, says Michael Zwiebach of San Francisco Classical Voice. Here's his great aunt, Birdie Engle, playing the piano on her 90th birthday. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1910s, before she got married.\" width=\"325\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/RS18401_IMG_2710.JPG-qut-400x626.jpg 400w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/RS18401_IMG_2710.JPG-qut-383x600.jpg 383w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/RS18401_IMG_2710.JPG-qut.jpg 511w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">“We all know people within our own families who’ve been great musicians,” regardless of whether they’re pro, says Michael Zwiebach of San Francisco Classical Voice. Here’s his great aunt, Birdie Engle, playing the piano on her 90th birthday. She sang at the Metropolitan Opera in the 1910s, before she got married. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Michael Zwiebach)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By Zwiebach’s estimation, the San Francisco Bay Area alone is home to more than 60 community orchestras, like the \u003ca href=\"http://www.redwoodsymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Redwood Symphony\u003c/a>, the \u003ca href=\"http://peninsulasymphony.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peninsula Symphony\u003c/a>, and the \u003ca href=\"http://southbayphilharmonic.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">South Bay Philharmonic\u003c/a> (originally the Hewlett-Packard Symphony Orchestra).\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Is the Bay Area typical for density of community orchestras?It’s impossible to tell. There’s nobody keeping a running tally. Celeste Wroblewski of the\u003ca href=\"http://www.americanorchestras.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> League of American Orchestras\u003c/a> explains that definitions of community orchestras vary, making such a task nigh on impossible. What she can say is that of 1,224 orchestras in the US, 845 run on annual budgets of less than $300,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Zwiebach says he’s heard fabulous music from all sorts of ensembles, large and small, semi-professional, and nowhere near it. And how does he feel about the prevailing pejorative attitude about amateurs? “That’s something that we really have to get over,” Zwiebach says. “That’s something that is built into an industrial society where professionalization and specialization is everything.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>\u003cem>The Nova Vista Symphony performs Elmahmoudi, Grieg, Sarasate and Ravel\u003c/em>\u003cem> at the De Anza Visual and Performing Arts Center on April 23. More information \u003ca href=\"http://www.novavista.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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So it’s a professionally run orchestra by people who do it for the love of it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Keeping musicians challenged and coffers filled\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On a recent evening at Lakewood Elementary School in Sunnyvale, many Nova Vista musicians arrived at rehearsal directly from work, wearing nurses scrubs, or jackets emblazoned with tech company logos.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are people who love a challenge, and Quartuccio is happy to oblige. “Every season, we pick a piece or two that will be a rite of passage, which is something we’re not sure we can do, but we’re going to take it on anyway,” Quartuccio says. This season’s big musical challenge comes in the form of Tchaikovsky’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.classicfm.com/composers/tchaikovsky/music/symphony-no5-e-minor/#W2K00Z8r2IyxrX1T.97\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cem>Fifth\u003c/em>\u003cem> Symphony\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, one of the 19th century Russian composer’s most well-known pieces. Though perhaps not as difficult to perform as Tchaikovsky’s famously unplayable \u003cem>Violin Concerto in D Major\u003c/em>, the masterwork isn’t exactly a breeze either.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Even without the heavy overhead professional orchestras labor under, many amateur orchestras struggle for money. “Artistic expenses aside, it still costs money to put on a show,” says Kris Sinclair, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"http://www.acso.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Association of California Symphony Orchestras\u003c/a>. “And those ticket prices, if they charge admission, will be much lower than at a professional orchestra.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nova Vista typically charges $15 a ticket. Even so, the organization’s board members say money is not a problem. Nova Vista has an annual budget of $50,000. It doesn’t charge musicians annual dues, but they do donate and fund raise. “Everybody here treats this like a professional orchestra, sheerly for the love of it,” Quartuccio says.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"callout alignright\">\u003cstrong>pARTicipate with us! \u003c/strong>We need your help to make this project bloom. If you have an artistic hobby that you’re passionate about, or know about an artist or organization involved in community art-making, we want to hear from you in any or all of the following ways:\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Share an image or video of you (and your friends) participating in your activity\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Tell us the story of how you got involved in your practice, what it is you do and why it means so much to you\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Send us information about arts organizations or individual coaches who are helping to bring creativity to your community\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You can reach us in the following ways:\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Email: \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"mailto:cveltman@kqed.org\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">cveltman@kqed.org\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Twitter: @KQEDarts and #KQEDparticipate\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Facebook: KQED Arts\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Instagram: @KQEDofficial and #KQEDparticipate\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>Plus, this being Silicon Valley, there’s no shortage of corporate donors, including Google, NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Apple, Texas Instruments, VMWare and Cisco Systems.\u003cb> \u003c/b>Firms often get behind local orchestras in part because their own employees play in them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Finding community…and love\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many musicians join these orchestras as a way to find community. 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This phenomenon is quite common, according to Michael Zwiebach, senior editor of the online classical music journal \u003cem>\u003ca href=\"https://www.sfcv.org/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">San Francisco Classical Voice\u003c/a>\u003c/em>. “Every church, every temple has a choir, right?” Zweibach says. “There are tons of musicians out there and they’re all looking for something to do.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11316324\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 325px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11316324\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/arts/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/02/RS18401_IMG_2710.JPG-qut-400x626.jpg\" alt=\""We all know people within our own families who’ve been great musicians," regardless of whether they're pro, says Michael Zwiebach of San Francisco Classical Voice. Here's his great aunt, Birdie Engle, playing the piano on her 90th birthday. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>This piece was inspired by an episode of \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">The Cooler\u003c/a>, KQED’s weekly pop culture podcast. Give it a listen!\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[audio src=\"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thecooler/2016/02/prez.mp3\" title=\"God Bless Beyoncé (and America Too)\" program=\"The Cooler\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2017/03/clo.jpg\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"aligncenter\">\n\u003cdiv>\u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/DownloadOniTunes_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://play.google.com/music/m/Ig3hk6qa4fzcgjp2kagptfgu4u4?t=The_Cooler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/11/Google_Play_100x100.png\" width=\"75px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/div>\n\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=”jxysB6mZu4wlZiOFe3bsI8hoiG3wtFPr”]Back in high school, U.S. History was not my thing. A bunch of white dudes in powdered wigs bickering? No thanks. But behind every boring textbook page is a treasure trove of super interesting facts. Did you know one of our presidents was murdered…by cherries? Or that another vandalized Shakespeare’s property? Or that a president’s cursing parrot was kicked out of a funeral? Believe it! Here are all the weird facts your history teacher really should have taught:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>George Washington (1789-1797)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20529\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_Washington_1776.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20529\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20529\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_Washington_1776.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"932\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_Washington_1776.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_Washington_1776-400x466.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_Washington_1776-768x895.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Washington#/media/File:George_Washington,_1776.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Despite popular myth, his 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.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Adams (1797-1801)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20530\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20530\" src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2398\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg 2398w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-800x1001.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-768x961.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1440x1802.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1920x2402.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-960x1201.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2398px) 100vw, 2398px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams#/media/File:Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_(by_John_Trumbull,_circa_1792).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Adams visited Shakespeare’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon with Thomas Jefferson, before they hated each other’s guts. 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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).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Madison (1809-1817)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2465px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20532\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20532\" src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2465\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg 2465w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-800x974.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-768x935.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1440x1753.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1920x2337.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1180x1436.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2465px) 100vw, 2465px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison#/media/File:James_Madison.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our smallest president stood at 5’4″ and weighed around 100 pounds. Aw!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Monroe (1817-1825)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2491px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20533\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20533\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2491\" height=\"3000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe#/media/File:James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Due to his penchant for outdated Revolutionary War era dress, Monroe’s nickname was “The Last Cocked Hat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first term was called the Era of Good Feelings because of the national unity that followed the end of the War of 1812. He ran unopposed for his re-election, something that has only happened one other time in U.S. history (George Washington).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last surviving Founding Father, Monroe died on July 4th, 1831, five years after both Jefferson and Adams died and 55 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20534\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20534\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_-400x523.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_-768x1003.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams#/media/File:JQA_Photo.tif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The son of our Jefferson-hating second president, John Quincy Adams was known for skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning. A reporter took advantage of this information and sat on his clothes until he would grant her an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 610px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20535\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20535\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"610\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg 610w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson-400x485.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson#/media/File:Andrew_Jackson.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One popular rumor is that Jackson taught his pet parrot how to curse. It was all fun and games, until the parrot had to allegedly be removed from Jackson’s funeral because it wouldn’t stop cursing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson had a thing for taking it outside. He was involved in an estimated 100 duels, usually because someone said something negative about his wife. In 1806, he was shot in the chest during one of these duels. And in 1813, he took a bullet to the arm in a bar fight with a Senator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2988px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20536\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20536\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2988\" height=\"3742\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg 2988w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-400x501.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-800x1002.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-768x962.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1440x1803.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1920x2404.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1180x1478.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-960x1202.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2988px) 100vw, 2988px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren#/media/File:Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Van Buren holds the title of the first president to be born in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had a lot of nicknames: “Sly Fox” because of his political prowess, “Little Magician” because he was only 5’6″ and “Red Fox of Kinderhook” because he had reddish hair and was from a town in upstate New York called Kinderhook. But the most long-lasting nickname goes to “Old Kinderhook,” which was used during his 1840 election campaign in the form of supporters carrying around signs marked OK. The abbreviation became popular around this time and we use it to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William Henry Harrison (1841)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 6165px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20537\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20537\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"6165\" height=\"7498\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 6165w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-400x486.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-800x973.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-768x934.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1440x1751.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1920x2335.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1180x1435.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6165px) 100vw, 6165px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#/media/File:Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his campaign, the opposition tried to cast him as someone who’d rather “sit in his log cabin, drinking hard cider.” Harrison took the criticism and made (spiked) lemonade; he handed out whiskey in bottles shaped like log cabins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrison gave the longest inauguration speech ever (8,445 words over 90 minutes) on a wet, cold day in 1841. He fell ill soon thereafter and died 33 days into his presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Tyler (1841-1845)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1410px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20538\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20538\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1410\" height=\"1989\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg 1410w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-400x564.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-800x1129.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-768x1083.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-1180x1665.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-960x1354.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1410px) 100vw, 1410px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler#/media/File:Tyler_Daguerreotype_(restoration).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Harrison’s untimely death, there was disagreement over what power Tyler had as the surviving Vice President. He managed to convince everyone that he should just become president, paving the way for the 25th Amendment, which made the line of succession official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13931210]Everyone pretty much hated him. He was expelled from his own party during his presidency, his entire cabinet (minus one person) resigned over his policies, and he was the first president who faced impeachment. One newspaper editor called him a “poor, miserable, despised imbecile” and \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> called him “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States” in his own obituary! Upon his death, Lincoln didn’t issue a mourning proclamation and flags were not placed at half-mast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James K. Polk (1845-1849)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2079px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20539\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20539\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2079\" height=\"2500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg 2079w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-400x481.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-800x962.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-768x924.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1440x1732.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1920x2309.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1180x1419.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-960x1154.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2079px) 100vw, 2079px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk#/media/File:James_Polk_restored.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every party has a pooper and that pooper was Polk. He banned booze, card playing and dancing from the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20540\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20540\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"780\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png 780w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped-400x526.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped-768x1010.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor#/media/File:Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While celebrating the Fourth of July on the grounds where the Washington Monument would later stand, Taylor snacked on a bunch of cherries and washed it all down with iced milk (ew). Bacteria was present in either the cherries or the milk, leading to his death a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1052px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20541\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20541\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1052\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg 1052w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-400x477.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-800x954.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-768x915.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-960x1144.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1052px) 100vw, 1052px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore#/media/File:Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fillmore married his schoolteacher (oo la la!). Other than that, most historians don’t really have much to say about him. Even the White House website calls him “an uninspiring man.” Ouch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4562px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20542\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20542\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"4562\" height=\"5678\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg 4562w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-400x498.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-800x996.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-768x956.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1440x1792.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1920x2390.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1180x1469.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-960x1195.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4562px) 100vw, 4562px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce#/media/File:Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another president most people don’t remember, Pierce was pretty unpopular while in office, leading to his own party refusing to renominate him. His reply to being cast out: “There is nothing left to do but get drunk.” His penchant for the hooch might explain his alleged arrest for running over an old lady with his horse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Buchanan (1857-1861)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20543\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20543\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"750\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop-400x500.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#/media/File:Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Buchanan holds the record of being the only bachelor to be president, although he may not have been truly single. There was a lot of speculation about his sexuality and close relationship with Alabama Senator William Rufus King. The two lived together for more than 10 years, despite being rich enough to have their own homes. Andrew Jackson called them “Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy” behind their backs. When King left for France in 1844, Buchanan wrote: “I am now ‘solitary and alone,’ having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 931px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20544\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20544\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"931\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg 931w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-400x528.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-800x1057.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-768x1015.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#/media/File:Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers,_1858_-_crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to being a tall drink of water, Lincoln also serves tall drinks as a bartender. He was also a really good wrestler. He won all but one of approximately 300 matches. *fans self*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1617px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20545\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20545\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1617\" height=\"2156\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg 1617w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1617px) 100vw, 1617px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson#/media/File:President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first president to be impeached, Johnson didn’t have an easy time in childhood either. After his father died, his mother sent him and his brother out as indentured servants to a tailor. Johnson and his brother ran away two years later. The tailor put out a reward of $10 for their capture, but they were never apprehended. Using what he learned during his time with the tailor, he made all of his own suits as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1828px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20546\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20546\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1828\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png 1828w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-400x373.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-800x746.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-768x716.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-1440x1342.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-1180x1100.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-960x895.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1828px) 100vw, 1828px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant#/media/File:Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant was supposed to be in Lincoln’s theater box on the night of his assassination, but changed plans at the last minute. He regretted not being there for the rest of his life because he believed he could have stopped it from happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fun facts about Grant: he couldn’t stand the sight of blood, which is ironic considering his Civil War history. And he dismantled the Ku Klux Klan during his presidency (they unfortunately regrouped decades later).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3031px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20547\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20547\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3031\" height=\"3688\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg 3031w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-800x973.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-768x934.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1440x1752.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1920x2336.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1180x1436.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3031px) 100vw, 3031px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes#/media/File:President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The victor of one of the most disputed elections ever; he lost the popular vote by 250,000, but eked out an electoral college win by a single vote, earning him the nicknames “Rutherfraud” and “His Fraudulency.” Was also called “Granny Hayes” because he didn’t drink, smoke or gamble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James A. Garfield (1881)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3182px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20548\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20548\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3182\" height=\"4034\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg 3182w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-400x507.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-800x1014.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-768x974.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1440x1826.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1920x2434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1180x1496.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-960x1217.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3182px) 100vw, 3182px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield#/media/File:James_Abram_Garfield,_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Garfield was ambidextrous and could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was shot a few months into his presidency by an assassin and died 11 weeks later. Doctors tried using a newly invented metal detector by Andrew Graham Bell to locate the bullet, but the metal bedsprings kept messing up the results, leading the doctors to cut in the wrong places. On top of this, the doctors also introduced bacteria into Garfield’s body with their unsterilized, prying fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1908px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20549\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20549\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1908\" height=\"2544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg 1908w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur#/media/File:20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arthur wanted the White House completely redecorated, but needed money to pay for all the new furniture. His solution: sell off 24 wagon loads of historical relics, including a pair of Lincoln’s pants and one of John Quincy Adams’ hats. The redecoration wasn’t the only luxury he took; he also owned elaborate clothing, including 80 different pairs of pants, earning him the nickname”Elegant Arthur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 788px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20550\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20550\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"788\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-400x520.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-768x999.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland#/media/File:StephenGroverCleveland.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Upon the death of his law partner, Cleveland became the legal guardian to his friend’s 11-year-old orphaned daughter. 10 years later, they were married at the White House, making her the youngest First Lady ever at the age of 21 and making him the Woody Allen of the 19th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2638px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20551\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20551\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2638\" height=\"3765\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg 2638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-400x571.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-800x1142.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-768x1096.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1440x2055.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1920x2740.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1180x1684.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-960x1370.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2638px) 100vw, 2638px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison#/media/File:Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The grandson of President William Henry Harrison, he was called the “human iceberg” by some for how stiff he was with people. Maybe people misread anxiety for stiffness though: He was the first president to have electricity in the White House and was so scared of being electrocuted that he refused to touch the light switches and was known to go to bed with all the lights on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 788px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20550\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20550\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"788\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-400x520.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-768x999.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland#/media/File:StephenGroverCleveland.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No, this isn’t a typo. Cleveland is the only president to hold the office for two non-consecutive terms. Here’s a fact that isn’t as creepy as the first. Part of Cleveland’s jaw was made of vulcanized rubber, as a result of a secret surgery on a friend’s yacht.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William McKinley (1897-1901)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 488px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20552\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20552\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"488\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg 488w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896-400x560.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley#/media/File:William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio,_1896.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McKinley considered carnations his good luck charm and wore them everywhere. On September 6, 1901, he gave a little girl the carnation from his lapel and was shot by an assassin a short time later. He died the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 476px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20553\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20553\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"476\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg 476w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife-400x501.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt#/media/File:TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Valentine’s Day in 1884, both his first wife and mother died. A page from his journal from that day:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/HistoryInPics/status/698937389348163585\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Unrelated to that super depressing diary entry: While delivering a speech, Roosevelt was shot and had this to say about it: “I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot. I give you my word, I do not care a rap about being shot; not a rap!” He finished his hour and a half speech with a bullet lodged in his chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the dude was pretty great and worthy of having said greatness commemorated. A toy maker did just that by producing “Teddy Bears” in his honor, after news got out that Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub on a hunting trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William H. Taft (1909-1913)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3705px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20554\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20554\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3705\" height=\"4545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg 3705w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-768x942.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1920x2355.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1180x1448.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3705px) 100vw, 3705px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft#/media/File:Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taft is most known for his waist line and supposedly getting stuck in a bathtub (historians say this didn’t really happen), but what people don’t talk about enough is his stuffed animal. Toy manufacturers believed Teddy Bears would fade out and wanted a replacement. They came up with Billy Possum. Unfortunately, the origin tale has nothing to do with Taft sparing a baby possum and everything to do with him scarfing down a huge possum dinner one night. Despite rude anti-Teddy Bear postcards like the one below, Billy Possum did not catch on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20524\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20524\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg\" alt=\"billy possum poster\" width=\"620\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster-400x249.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2976px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20555\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20555\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2976\" height=\"3623\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg 2976w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-800x974.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-768x935.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1440x1753.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1920x2337.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1180x1437.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-960x1169.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2976px) 100vw, 2976px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson#/media/File:President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1919, incredible stress led to Wilson experiencing a series of strokes. He was left partially paralyzed and almost blind, but stayed in office until 1921. He relied heavily on his wife Edith Bolling Galt, a descendant of Pocahontas (!!!), for help, leading to her nickname as the “Presidentress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3165px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20563\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20563\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3165\" height=\"4302\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg 3165w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-400x544.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-800x1087.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-768x1044.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1440x1957.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1920x2610.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1180x1604.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-960x1305.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3165px) 100vw, 3165px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding#/media/File:Warren_G_Harding-Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harding had quite the wandering eye. He had an affair with his wife’s close friend, Carrie Fulton Phillips, which was revealed through a series of love letters. He also messed around with a woman named Nan Britton, who wrote a book called “The President’s Daughter” about how her daughter was Harding’s. In 2005, thanks to DNA testing, it was proven that he was in fact the baby daddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20564\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3112px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20564\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20564\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3112\" height=\"3836\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg 3112w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-400x493.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-800x986.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-768x947.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1440x1775.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1920x2367.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1180x1455.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-960x1183.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3112px) 100vw, 3112px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge#/media/File:Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coolidge had a morning ritual of having someone rub Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast. The unusual also extended to his choice of pets: two raccoons named Reuben and Rebecca, who would sometimes run around the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3623px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20565\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20565\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3623\" height=\"5023\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg 3623w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-400x555.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-800x1109.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-768x1065.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1440x1996.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1920x2662.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1180x1636.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-960x1331.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3623px) 100vw, 3623px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover#/media/File:Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone by Coolidge’s odd choice in pets, Hoover’s son had two pet alligators, who also ran around the White House grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoover and his wife lived in China for a time and would speak Mandarin in the White House when they wanted to have a private conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rumor has it that Hoover requested his servants be “invisible.” Their choices: jump into closets to hide when Hoover entered a room or be fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2040px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20566\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg 2040w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-400x333.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-800x667.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-768x640.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1440x1200.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1920x1600.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1180x983.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-960x800.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fala_(dog)#/media/File:FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FDR was obsessed with his dog, Fala. He insisted on being the only one who was allowed to feed him and even made Fala an honorary Army private during WWII. Fala was so popular with the press and the American public that he became the subject of a comic strip and MGM even made two movies about him. Fala is the only pet to be\u003ca href=\"http://barkpost-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Monument.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> immortalized in a presidential memorial \u003c/a>alongside his owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleanor Roosevelt didn’t have to change her last name when she married FDR because they’re cousins. Her uncle and his cousin “Teddy” Roosevelt walked her down the aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13919589]But that’s not the only president he was related to! Also distant relatives: Washington, both Adams, Madison, Van Buren, both Harrisons, Taylor, Grant and Taft. Also: Winston Churchill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FDR was really afraid of the number 13 and refused to have dinner with that number of people or leave for a trip on the 13th of any month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His battle with what was then thought to be polio (new research suggests he actually suffered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome) is now widespread, but back then the public didn’t really know much about it or how bad his paralysis was. The media rarely mentioned it and the Secret Service allegedly yanked out the film from any photographers who tried grabbing a photo of him in his wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1871px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20567\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20567\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1871\" height=\"2251\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg 1871w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-400x481.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-800x962.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-768x924.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-1440x1732.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-1180x1420.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-960x1155.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1871px) 100vw, 1871px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#/media/File:Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_(2).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He met his wife, Bess, in Sunday school when he was six. Talk about locking it down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1663px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20568\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20568\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1663\" height=\"2100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg 1663w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-400x505.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-800x1010.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-768x970.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-1440x1818.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-1180x1490.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-960x1212.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1663px) 100vw, 1663px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower#/media/File:Eisenhower_official.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ike changed the name of FDR’s presidential Maryland retreat from Shangri-la to Camp David. His reason: Shangri-la was “just a little too fancy for a Kansas farm boy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 760px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20569\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20569\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"760\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected-400x511.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#/media/File:JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>JFK received $1 million on his 21st birthday (all nine brothers and sisters got the same), but that generosity did not extend to the Harvard recommendation letter his father wrote for him. He wrote that Jack was “careless and lacks application.” He got in anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2071px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20570\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20570\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2071\" height=\"3293\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg 2071w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-400x636.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-800x1272.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-768x1221.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1440x2290.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1920x3053.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1180x1876.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-960x1526.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2071px) 100vw, 2071px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#/media/File:Lyndon_B._Johnson,_photo_portrait,_leaning_on_chair,_color_cropped.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>JFK’s unexpected assassination led to Johnson becoming president, but another factor that made his presidency possible was a fateful trip to the bathroom. Let me explain: While enlisted in the military during WWII, Johnson boarded a plane called the Wabash Cannonball for his one and only bombing mission in the South Pacific. But he had to use the bathroom really badly so he got off and took care of business. By the time he got back, the Wabash Cannonball had left. The plane ended up crashing and everyone on it perished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20573\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20573\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_-400x473.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_-768x907.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#/media/File:Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nixon loved to bowl so much that he had a one-lane alley put in the basement of the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3978px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20574\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20574\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3978\" height=\"5838\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg 3978w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-400x587.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-800x1174.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-768x1127.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1440x2113.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1920x2818.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1180x1732.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-960x1409.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3978px) 100vw, 3978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford#/media/File:Gerald_Ford.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His real name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember this for the next trivia night at your local bar: Ford is the only president to never be elected by the voting public to president or vice president (first Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, followed shortly thereafter by Nixon).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford’s daughter Susan hosted her senior prom at the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two different assassins tried to take Ford’s life within over a span of 17 days. Both were women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20575\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1650px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20575\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20575\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1650\" height=\"2027\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg 1650w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-800x983.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-768x943.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-1440x1769.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-1180x1450.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JimmyCarterPortrait2-960x1179.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter#/media/File:JimmyCarterPortrait2.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Carter appeared in an unlikely publication: \u003cem>Playboy\u003c/em>. And he got a lot of grief for it because of the following remarks: “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do—and I have done it—and God forgives me for it.” It was during a presidential campaign too, which made the outcry even more pronounced. Carter refused to apologize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2399px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20576\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20576\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2399\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg 2399w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-768x960.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1440x1801.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1920x2401.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-960x1201.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2399px) 100vw, 2399px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan#/media/File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reagan regularly consulted with an astrologer, Joan Quigley, before making decisions and scheduling big events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20577\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1439px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20577\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20577\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1439\" height=\"1809\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait.jpg 1439w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait-400x503.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait-800x1006.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait-768x965.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait-1180x1483.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George_H._W._Bush_President_of_the_United_States_official_portrait-960x1207.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1439px) 100vw, 1439px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._W._Bush#/media/File:George_H._W._Bush,_President_of_the_United_States,_official_portrait.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">Bush inspired a Japanese word, “Bushusuru,” which means “to do the Bush thing.” What thing, you ask? Vomiting in public, as Bush did all over the Japanese Prime Minister in 1992.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnOnDatqENo\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> William J. Clinton (1993-2001)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20578\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2103px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20578\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20578\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2103\" height=\"2804\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4.jpg 2103w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-1920x2560.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/44_Bill_Clinton_3x4-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2103px) 100vw, 2103px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton#/media/File:44_Bill_Clinton_3x4.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Bill has two Grammys (one for Best Spoken Word Album and another for Best Spoken Word Album for Children). Future EGOT?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> George W. Bush (2001-2009)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20579\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2267px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20579\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20579\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush.jpeg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2267\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush.jpeg 2267w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-400x529.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-800x1059.jpeg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-768x1016.jpeg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-1440x1906.jpeg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-1920x2541.jpeg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-1180x1562.jpeg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/George-W-Bush-960x1270.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2267px) 100vw, 2267px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush#/media/File:George-W-Bush.jpeg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left\">W. was his high school’s head cheerleader.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Barack Obama (2009-2017)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20580\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2687px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20580\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20580\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2687\" height=\"3356\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama.jpg 2687w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-800x999.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-768x959.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-1440x1799.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-1920x2398.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-1180x1474.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Barack_Obama-960x1199.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2687px) 100vw, 2687px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama#/media/File:President_Barack_Obama.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While living in Indonesia, Obama had a pet ape called Tata.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13927137]His experience working at a Baskin-Robbins as a teen has made him hate ice cream.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In high school, he used to be called “O’Bomber” for his basketball skills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While studying at Harvard, he applied to be featured in a black pin-up calendar. The all-female committee declined (and probably regret it every single day).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp> \u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>For even more presidential facts, get a load of this episode of \u003ca href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cooler/id1041117499?mt=2\">The Cooler\u003c/a>:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"//w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/247832051&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>And for a hint as to who will be the next president on this list, read up on what YouTube astrologers are predicting:\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/06/21/will-our-next-president-be-hillary-or-trump-astrologers-think-they-know/\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Adams (1797-1801)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20530\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2398px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20530\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20530\" src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2398\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792.jpg 2398w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-800x1001.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-768x961.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1440x1802.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1920x2402.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_by_John_Trumbull_circa_1792-960x1201.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2398px) 100vw, 2398px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams#/media/File:Official_Presidential_portrait_of_John_Adams_(by_John_Trumbull,_circa_1792).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>John Adams visited Shakespeare’s home in Stratford-upon-Avon with Thomas Jefferson, before they hated each other’s guts. While there, they chipped off a piece of one of Shakespeare’s chairs as a souvenir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Years later, Adams was embroiled in an election battle against his Vice President Jefferson. Adams called him “a mean-spirited, low-lived fellow, the son of a half-breed Indian squaw, sired by a Virginia mulatto father” and, in an attack ad, warned of the consequences of a potential Jefferson presidency: “Murder, robbery, rape, adultery, and incest will be openly taught and practiced, the air will be rent with the cries of the distressed, the soil will be soaked with blood and the nation black with crimes.” And we thought the 2016 election cycle was out of control!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As Fate would have it, both Adams and Jefferson died on the same day, July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. You can’t make this stuff up.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Thomas Jefferson (1801-1817)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20531\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2512px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20531\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20531\" src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2512\" height=\"2996\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800.jpg 2512w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-400x477.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-800x954.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-768x916.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-1440x1717.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-1920x2290.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-1180x1407.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_by_Rembrandt_Peale_1800-960x1145.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2512px) 100vw, 2512px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson#/media/File:Official_Presidential_portrait_of_Thomas_Jefferson_(by_Rembrandt_Peale,_1800).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Vandalizing Shakespeare’s chair isn’t the only chair-related Jefferson trivia: he invented the swivel chair!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>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).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Madison (1809-1817)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20532\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2465px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20532\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20532\" src=\"//ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2465\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison.jpg 2465w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-800x974.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-768x935.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1440x1753.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1920x2337.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-1180x1436.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Madison-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2465px) 100vw, 2465px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Madison#/media/File:James_Madison.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our smallest president stood at 5’4″ and weighed around 100 pounds. Aw!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Monroe (1817-1825)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20533\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2491px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20533\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20533\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2491\" height=\"3000\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Monroe#/media/File:James_Monroe_White_House_portrait_1819.gif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Due to his penchant for outdated Revolutionary War era dress, Monroe’s nickname was “The Last Cocked Hat.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His first term was called the Era of Good Feelings because of the national unity that followed the end of the War of 1812. He ran unopposed for his re-election, something that has only happened one other time in U.S. history (George Washington).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The last surviving Founding Father, Monroe died on July 4th, 1831, five years after both Jefferson and Adams died and 55 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20534\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20534\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20534\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_-400x523.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JQA_Photo.tif_-768x1003.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Quincy_Adams#/media/File:JQA_Photo.tif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The son of our Jefferson-hating second president, John Quincy Adams was known for skinny dipping in the Potomac River every morning. A reporter took advantage of this information and sat on his clothes until he would grant her an interview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20535\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 610px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20535\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20535\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"610\" height=\"739\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson.jpg 610w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Andrew_Jackson-400x485.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jackson#/media/File:Andrew_Jackson.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>One popular rumor is that Jackson taught his pet parrot how to curse. It was all fun and games, until the parrot had to allegedly be removed from Jackson’s funeral because it wouldn’t stop cursing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jackson had a thing for taking it outside. He was involved in an estimated 100 duels, usually because someone said something negative about his wife. In 1806, he was shot in the chest during one of these duels. And in 1813, he took a bullet to the arm in a bar fight with a Senator.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20536\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2988px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20536\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20536\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2988\" height=\"3742\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg 2988w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-400x501.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-800x1002.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-768x962.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1440x1803.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1920x2404.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-1180x1478.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58-960x1202.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2988px) 100vw, 2988px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Van_Buren#/media/File:Martin_Van_Buren_by_Mathew_Brady_c1855-58.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Van Buren holds the title of the first president to be born in the U.S.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He had a lot of nicknames: “Sly Fox” because of his political prowess, “Little Magician” because he was only 5’6″ and “Red Fox of Kinderhook” because he had reddish hair and was from a town in upstate New York called Kinderhook. But the most long-lasting nickname goes to “Old Kinderhook,” which was used during his 1840 election campaign in the form of supporters carrying around signs marked OK. The abbreviation became popular around this time and we use it to this day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William Henry Harrison (1841)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20537\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 6165px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20537\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20537\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"6165\" height=\"7498\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg 6165w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-400x486.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-800x973.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-768x934.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1440x1751.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1920x2335.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-1180x1435.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 6165px) 100vw, 6165px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#/media/File:Rembrandt_Peale_-_William_Henry_Harrison_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>During his campaign, the opposition tried to cast him as someone who’d rather “sit in his log cabin, drinking hard cider.” Harrison took the criticism and made (spiked) lemonade; he handed out whiskey in bottles shaped like log cabins.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harrison gave the longest inauguration speech ever (8,445 words over 90 minutes) on a wet, cold day in 1841. He fell ill soon thereafter and died 33 days into his presidency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John Tyler (1841-1845)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20538\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1410px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20538\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20538\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1410\" height=\"1989\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration.jpg 1410w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-400x564.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-800x1129.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-768x1083.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-1180x1665.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Tyler_Daguerreotype_restoration-960x1354.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1410px) 100vw, 1410px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Tyler#/media/File:Tyler_Daguerreotype_(restoration).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>After Harrison’s untimely death, there was disagreement over what power Tyler had as the surviving Vice President. He managed to convince everyone that he should just become president, paving the way for the 25th Amendment, which made the line of succession official.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Everyone pretty much hated him. He was expelled from his own party during his presidency, his entire cabinet (minus one person) resigned over his policies, and he was the first president who faced impeachment. One newspaper editor called him a “poor, miserable, despised imbecile” and \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em> called him “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States” in his own obituary! Upon his death, Lincoln didn’t issue a mourning proclamation and flags were not placed at half-mast.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James K. Polk (1845-1849)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20539\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2079px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20539\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20539\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2079\" height=\"2500\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored.jpg 2079w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-400x481.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-800x962.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-768x924.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1440x1732.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1920x2309.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-1180x1419.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Polk_restored-960x1154.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2079px) 100vw, 2079px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_K._Polk#/media/File:James_Polk_restored.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Every party has a pooper and that pooper was Polk. He banned booze, card playing and dancing from the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20540\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 780px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20540\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20540\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"780\" height=\"1026\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png 780w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped-400x526.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped-768x1010.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachary_Taylor#/media/File:Zachary_Taylor_restored_and_cropped.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>While celebrating the Fourth of July on the grounds where the Washington Monument would later stand, Taylor snacked on a bunch of cherries and washed it all down with iced milk (ew). Bacteria was present in either the cherries or the milk, leading to his death a few days later.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20541\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1052px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20541\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20541\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1052\" height=\"1254\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg 1052w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-400x477.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-800x954.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-768x915.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849-960x1144.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1052px) 100vw, 1052px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millard_Fillmore#/media/File:Millard_Fillmore_daguerreotype_by_Mathew_Brady_1849.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Fillmore married his schoolteacher (oo la la!). Other than that, most historians don’t really have much to say about him. Even the White House website calls him “an uninspiring man.” Ouch.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20542\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 4562px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20542\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20542\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"4562\" height=\"5678\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg 4562w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-400x498.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-800x996.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-768x956.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1440x1792.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1920x2390.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-1180x1469.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop-960x1195.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4562px) 100vw, 4562px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce#/media/File:Mathew_Brady_-_Franklin_Pierce_-_alternate_crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Another president most people don’t remember, Pierce was pretty unpopular while in office, leading to his own party refusing to renominate him. His reply to being cast out: “There is nothing left to do but get drunk.” His penchant for the hooch might explain his alleged arrest for running over an old lady with his horse.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James Buchanan (1857-1861)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20543\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 750px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20543\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20543\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"750\" height=\"938\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg 750w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop-400x500.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan#/media/File:Hon._James_Buchanan_-_NARA_-_528318-crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Buchanan holds the record of being the only bachelor to be president, although he may not have been truly single. There was a lot of speculation about his sexuality and close relationship with Alabama Senator William Rufus King. The two lived together for more than 10 years, despite being rich enough to have their own homes. Andrew Jackson called them “Miss Nancy and Aunt Fancy” behind their backs. When King left for France in 1844, Buchanan wrote: “I am now ‘solitary and alone,’ having no companion in the house with me. I have gone a wooing several gentlemen, but have not succeeded with any one of them.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20544\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 931px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20544\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20544\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"931\" height=\"1230\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop.jpg 931w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-400x528.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-800x1057.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers_1858_-_crop-768x1015.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 931px) 100vw, 931px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln#/media/File:Abraham_Lincoln_by_Byers,_1858_-_crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In addition to being a tall drink of water, Lincoln also serves tall drinks as a bartender. He was also a really good wrestler. He won all but one of approximately 300 matches. *fans self*\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20545\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1617px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20545\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20545\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1617\" height=\"2156\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg 1617w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Andrew_Johnson-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1617px) 100vw, 1617px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Johnson#/media/File:President_Andrew_Johnson.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The first president to be impeached, Johnson didn’t have an easy time in childhood either. After his father died, his mother sent him and his brother out as indentured servants to a tailor. Johnson and his brother ran away two years later. The tailor put out a reward of $10 for their capture, but they were never apprehended. Using what he learned during his time with the tailor, he made all of his own suits as president.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20546\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1828px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20546\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20546\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1828\" height=\"1704\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png 1828w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-400x373.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-800x746.png 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-768x716.png 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-1440x1342.png 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-1180x1100.png 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo-960x895.png 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1828px) 100vw, 1828px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant#/media/File:Grant_crop_of_Cold_Harbor_photo.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Grant was supposed to be in Lincoln’s theater box on the night of his assassination, but changed plans at the last minute. He regretted not being there for the rest of his life because he believed he could have stopped it from happening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other fun facts about Grant: he couldn’t stand the sight of blood, which is ironic considering his Civil War history. And he dismantled the Ku Klux Klan during his presidency (they unfortunately regrouped decades later).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20547\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3031px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20547\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20547\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3031\" height=\"3688\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg 3031w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-800x973.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-768x934.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1440x1752.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1920x2336.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-1180x1436.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored-960x1168.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3031px) 100vw, 3031px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes#/media/File:President_Rutherford_Hayes_1870_-_1880_Restored.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The victor of one of the most disputed elections ever; he lost the popular vote by 250,000, but eked out an electoral college win by a single vote, earning him the nicknames “Rutherfraud” and “His Fraudulency.” Was also called “Granny Hayes” because he didn’t drink, smoke or gamble.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>James A. Garfield (1881)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20548\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3182px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20548\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20548\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3182\" height=\"4034\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated.jpg 3182w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-400x507.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-800x1014.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-768x974.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1440x1826.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1920x2434.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-1180x1496.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/James_Abram_Garfield_photo_portrait_seated-960x1217.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3182px) 100vw, 3182px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_A._Garfield#/media/File:James_Abram_Garfield,_photo_portrait_seated.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Garfield was ambidextrous and could write in Greek with one hand and in Latin with the other at the same time!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He was shot a few months into his presidency by an assassin and died 11 weeks later. Doctors tried using a newly invented metal detector by Andrew Graham Bell to locate the bullet, but the metal bedsprings kept messing up the results, leading the doctors to cut in the wrong places. On top of this, the doctors also introduced bacteria into Garfield’s body with their unsterilized, prying fingers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20549\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1908px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20549\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20549\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1908\" height=\"2544\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg 1908w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-400x533.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-800x1067.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-768x1024.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-1440x1920.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-1180x1573.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/20_Chester_Arthur_3x4-960x1280.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1908px) 100vw, 1908px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chester_A._Arthur#/media/File:20_Chester_Arthur_3x4.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Arthur wanted the White House completely redecorated, but needed money to pay for all the new furniture. His solution: sell off 24 wagon loads of historical relics, including a pair of Lincoln’s pants and one of John Quincy Adams’ hats. The redecoration wasn’t the only luxury he took; he also owned elaborate clothing, including 80 different pairs of pants, earning him the nickname”Elegant Arthur.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 788px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20550\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20550\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"788\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-400x520.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-768x999.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland#/media/File:StephenGroverCleveland.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Upon the death of his law partner, Cleveland became the legal guardian to his friend’s 11-year-old orphaned daughter. 10 years later, they were married at the White House, making her the youngest First Lady ever at the age of 21 and making him the Woody Allen of the 19th century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20551\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2638px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20551\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20551\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2638\" height=\"3765\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg 2638w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-400x571.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-800x1142.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-768x1096.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1440x2055.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1920x2740.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-1180x1684.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison-960x1370.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2638px) 100vw, 2638px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Harrison#/media/File:Pach_Brothers_-_Benjamin_Harrison.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The grandson of President William Henry Harrison, he was called the “human iceberg” by some for how stiff he was with people. Maybe people misread anxiety for stiffness though: He was the first president to have electricity in the White House and was so scared of being electrocuted that he refused to touch the light switches and was known to go to bed with all the lights on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20550\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 788px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20550\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20550\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"788\" height=\"1025\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland.png 788w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-400x520.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/StephenGroverCleveland-768x999.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 788px) 100vw, 788px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grover_Cleveland#/media/File:StephenGroverCleveland.png\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>No, this isn’t a typo. Cleveland is the only president to hold the office for two non-consecutive terms. Here’s a fact that isn’t as creepy as the first. Part of Cleveland’s jaw was made of vulcanized rubber, as a result of a secret surgery on a friend’s yacht.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William McKinley (1897-1901)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20552\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 488px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20552\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20552\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"488\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896.jpg 488w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio_1896-400x560.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 488px) 100vw, 488px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_McKinley#/media/File:William_McKinley_by_Courtney_Art_Studio,_1896.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>McKinley considered carnations his good luck charm and wore them everywhere. On September 6, 1901, he gave a little girl the carnation from his lapel and was shot by an assassin a short time later. He died the following week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20553\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 476px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20553\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20553\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"476\" height=\"596\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg 476w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife-400x501.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt#/media/File:TR_Buckskin_Tiffany_Knife.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>On Valentine’s Day in 1884, both his first wife and mother died. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\n\u003cp>Unrelated to that super depressing diary entry: While delivering a speech, Roosevelt was shot and had this to say about it: “I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot. I give you my word, I do not care a rap about being shot; not a rap!” He finished his hour and a half speech with a bullet lodged in his chest.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In short, the dude was pretty great and worthy of having said greatness commemorated. A toy maker did just that by producing “Teddy Bears” in his honor, after news got out that Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear cub on a hunting trip.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>William H. Taft (1909-1913)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20554\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3705px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20554\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20554\" src=\"/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3705\" height=\"4545\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg 3705w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-400x491.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-800x981.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-768x942.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1440x1766.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1920x2355.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-1180x1448.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908-960x1178.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3705px) 100vw, 3705px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Howard_Taft#/media/File:Wm_H_Taft_smiling_1908.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Taft is most known for his waist line and supposedly getting stuck in a bathtub (historians say this didn’t really happen), but what people don’t talk about enough is his stuffed animal. Toy manufacturers believed Teddy Bears would fade out and wanted a replacement. They came up with Billy Possum. Unfortunately, the origin tale has nothing to do with Taft sparing a baby possum and everything to do with him scarfing down a huge possum dinner one night. Despite rude anti-Teddy Bear postcards like the one below, Billy Possum did not catch on.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20524\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20524\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg\" alt=\"billy possum poster\" width=\"620\" height=\"386\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster.jpg 620w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/billy_poster-400x249.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20555\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2976px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20555\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20555\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2976\" height=\"3623\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg 2976w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-400x487.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-800x974.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-768x935.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1440x1753.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1920x2337.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-1180x1437.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912-960x1169.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2976px) 100vw, 2976px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodrow_Wilson#/media/File:President_Woodrow_Wilson_portrait_December_2_1912.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In 1919, incredible stress led to Wilson experiencing a series of strokes. He was left partially paralyzed and almost blind, but stayed in office until 1921. He relied heavily on his wife Edith Bolling Galt, a descendant of Pocahontas (!!!), for help, leading to her nickname as the “Presidentress.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20563\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3165px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20563\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20563\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3165\" height=\"4302\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing.jpg 3165w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-400x544.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-800x1087.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-768x1044.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1440x1957.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1920x2610.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-1180x1604.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Warren_G_Harding-Harris__Ewing-960x1305.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3165px) 100vw, 3165px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding#/media/File:Warren_G_Harding-Harris_%26_Ewing.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Harding had quite the wandering eye. He had an affair with his wife’s close friend, Carrie Fulton Phillips, which was revealed through a series of love letters. He also messed around with a woman named Nan Britton, who wrote a book called “The President’s Daughter” about how her daughter was Harding’s. In 2005, thanks to DNA testing, it was proven that he was in fact the baby daddy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20564\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3112px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20564\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20564\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3112\" height=\"3836\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg 3112w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-400x493.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-800x986.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-768x947.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1440x1775.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1920x2367.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-1180x1455.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777-960x1183.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3112px) 100vw, 3112px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge#/media/File:Calvin_Coolidge_cph.3g10777.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Coolidge had a morning ritual of having someone rub Vaseline on his head while he ate breakfast. The unusual also extended to his choice of pets: two raccoons named Reuben and Rebecca, who would sometimes run around the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20565\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3623px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20565\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20565\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3623\" height=\"5023\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg 3623w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-400x555.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-800x1109.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-768x1065.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1440x1996.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1920x2662.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-1180x1636.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut-960x1331.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3623px) 100vw, 3623px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover#/media/File:Herbert_Hoover_and_King_Tut.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Not to be outdone by Coolidge’s odd choice in pets, Hoover’s son had two pet alligators, who also ran around the White House grounds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hoover and his wife lived in China for a time and would speak Mandarin in the White House when they wanted to have a private conversation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rumor has it that Hoover requested his servants be “invisible.” Their choices: jump into closets to hide when Hoover entered a room or be fired.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20566\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2040px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20566\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20566\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2040\" height=\"1700\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg 2040w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-400x333.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-800x667.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-768x640.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1440x1200.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1920x1600.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-1180x983.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop-960x800.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2040px) 100vw, 2040px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fala_(dog)#/media/File:FDR-Fala-White-House-1941-crop.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>FDR was obsessed with his dog, Fala. He insisted on being the only one who was allowed to feed him and even made Fala an honorary Army private during WWII. Fala was so popular with the press and the American public that he became the subject of a comic strip and MGM even made two movies about him. Fala is the only pet to be\u003ca href=\"http://barkpost-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Monument.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> immortalized in a presidential memorial \u003c/a>alongside his owner.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eleanor Roosevelt didn’t have to change her last name when she married FDR because they’re cousins. Her uncle and his cousin “Teddy” Roosevelt walked her down the aisle.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But that’s not the only president he was related to! Also distant relatives: Washington, both Adams, Madison, Van Buren, both Harrisons, Taylor, Grant and Taft. Also: Winston Churchill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FDR was really afraid of the number 13 and refused to have dinner with that number of people or leave for a trip on the 13th of any month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His battle with what was then thought to be polio (new research suggests he actually suffered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome) is now widespread, but back then the public didn’t really know much about it or how bad his paralysis was. The media rarely mentioned it and the Secret Service allegedly yanked out the film from any photographers who tried grabbing a photo of him in his wheelchair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Harry S. Truman (1945-1953)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20567\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1871px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20567\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20567\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1871\" height=\"2251\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2.jpg 1871w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-400x481.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-800x962.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-768x924.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-1440x1732.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-1180x1420.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_2-960x1155.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1871px) 100vw, 1871px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman#/media/File:Harry_S_Truman_-_NARA_-_530677_(2).jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>He met his wife, Bess, in Sunday school when he was six. Talk about locking it down!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20568\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1663px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20568\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20568\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"1663\" height=\"2100\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official.jpg 1663w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-400x505.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-800x1010.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-768x970.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-1440x1818.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-1180x1490.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Eisenhower_official-960x1212.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1663px) 100vw, 1663px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower#/media/File:Eisenhower_official.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Ike changed the name of FDR’s presidential Maryland retreat from Shangri-la to Camp David. His reason: Shangri-la was “just a little too fancy for a Kansas farm boy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20569\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 760px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20569\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20569\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"760\" height=\"970\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg 760w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected-400x511.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 760px) 100vw, 760px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy#/media/File:JFK_White_House_portrait_looking_up_lighting_corrected.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>JFK received $1 million on his 21st birthday (all nine brothers and sisters got the same), but that generosity did not extend to the Harvard recommendation letter his father wrote for him. He wrote that Jack was “careless and lacks application.” He got in anyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20570\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2071px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20570\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20570\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2071\" height=\"3293\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped.jpg 2071w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-400x636.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-800x1272.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-768x1221.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1440x2290.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1920x3053.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-1180x1876.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Lyndon_B._Johnson_photo_portrait_leaning_on_chair_color_cropped-960x1526.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2071px) 100vw, 2071px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson#/media/File:Lyndon_B._Johnson,_photo_portrait,_leaning_on_chair,_color_cropped.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>JFK’s unexpected assassination led to Johnson becoming president, but another factor that made his presidency possible was a fateful trip to the bathroom. Let me explain: While enlisted in the military during WWII, Johnson boarded a plane called the Wabash Cannonball for his one and only bombing mission in the South Pacific. But he had to use the bathroom really badly so he got off and took care of business. By the time he got back, the Wabash Cannonball had left. The plane ended up crashing and everyone on it perished.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20573\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20573\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20573\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"800\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_-400x473.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Richard_M._Nixon_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif_-768x907.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon#/media/File:Richard_M._Nixon,_ca._1935_-_1982_-_NARA_-_530679.tif\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Nixon loved to bowl so much that he had a one-lane alley put in the basement of the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20574\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 3978px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20574\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20574\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"3978\" height=\"5838\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford.jpg 3978w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-400x587.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-800x1174.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-768x1127.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1440x2113.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1920x2818.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-1180x1732.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Gerald_Ford-960x1409.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3978px) 100vw, 3978px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford#/media/File:Gerald_Ford.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>His real name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Remember this for the next trivia night at your local bar: Ford is the only president to never be elected by the voting public to president or vice president (first Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned, followed shortly thereafter by Nixon).\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ford’s daughter Susan hosted her senior prom at the White House.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Two different assassins tried to take Ford’s life within over a span of 17 days. 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And he got a lot of grief for it because of the following remarks: “I’ve looked on a lot of women with lust. I’ve committed adultery in my heart many times. This is something that God recognizes I will do—and I have done it—and God forgives me for it.” It was during a presidential campaign too, which made the outcry even more pronounced. Carter refused to apologize.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_20576\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2399px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20576\">\u003cimg decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20576\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\" alt=\"Photo: Wiki Commons\" width=\"2399\" height=\"3000\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg 2399w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-400x500.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-800x1000.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-768x960.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1440x1801.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1920x2401.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-1180x1476.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981-960x1201.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2399px) 100vw, 2399px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan#/media/File:Official_Portrait_of_President_Reagan_1981.jpg\">Wiki Commons\u003c/a>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Reagan regularly consulted with an astrologer, Joan Quigley, before making decisions and scheduling big events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> George H. 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Vomiting in public, as Bush did all over the Japanese Prime Minister in 1992.\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutube'>\n \u003cspan class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__embedYoutubeInside'>\n \u003ciframe\n loading='lazy'\n class='utils-parseShortcode-shortcodes-__youtubeShortcode__youtubePlayer'\n type='text/html'\n src='//www.youtube.com/embed/XnOnDatqENo'\n title='//www.youtube.com/embed/XnOnDatqENo'\n allowfullscreen='true'\n style='border:0;'>\u003c/iframe>\n \u003c/span>\n \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong> William J. 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