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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://od1.kqed.org/anon.kqed/radio/thecooler/2016/06/CelebCouples.mp3\" title=\"Meet Walburga, the Married Woman Who Hid a Secret Lover in Her Attic for a Decade\" program=\"The Cooler\" image=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Background.png\"]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We 21st century dwellers have become numb to scandal (shout out to all the magazine covers in the grocery checkout line for making this possible). \u003cem>So-and-so did what to whom?\u003c/em> Not surprised. Eyelash: not batted. So you might be surprised by how scandalized you'll be after getting a load of this early 20th century tale, brought to my attention by the fine people at \u003ca href=\"http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-married-woman-who-kept-her-lover-in-the-attic\">Atlas Obscura\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27665\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27665\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-1.jpg\" alt=\"Walburga's favorite things: hats and men.\" width=\"287\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walburga's favorite things: hats and men.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our story begins in 1880 in Germany. A mother thinks it's a good idea to name her new baby girl Walburga (no relation to Mark or Donny, as far as I know). Things don't get easier for dear Walburga either; she emigrates to America, but ends up on a poor farm in the Midwest. One silver lining: she starts going by \"Dolly,\" so that's something, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walburga eventually turns things around for herself in her early 20s by marrying Fred Oesterreich, a rich owner of...an apron factory (aprons were that lucrative back then? I guess more people cooked at home back in the day, but still: really??). Unfortunately, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEDvlSAMhQU\">money can't buy you class\u003c/a> or happiness because Moneybags was a drunk. Dolly soon becomes lonely and sexually unsatisfied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27667\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 275px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/fred-oesterreich-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-27667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/fred-oesterreich-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fred a.k.a. MoneyBags\" width=\"275\" height=\"312\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred a.k.a. MoneyBags\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because she isn't a particularly musical person, producing a series of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/04/23/beyonces-lemonade-isnt-the-first-time-shes-used-divorce-to-play-with-our-emotions/\">\u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>\u003c/a>-style diss tracks is off the table, so Dolly comes up with a different plan. In 1913, she complains to her husband about a broken sewing machine. He promises to send one of his apron factory workers over to fix it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worker turns out to be a 17-year-old by the name of Otto, who has no idea what he's about to get into. Dolly allegedly answers the door in \"a silk robe, stockings, heavy perfume and nothing else\" (not unlike \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/05/19/bette-davis-vs-joan-crawford-the-shadiest-hollywood-feud-of-all-time/\">what Joan Crawford did\u003c/a> in her solarium to seduce Franchot Tone). Otto comes inside and doesn't fix the sewing machine, but fixes something else, if you know what I mean (and I think you do).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27668\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-27668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-1.jpg\" alt='Otto, \"sewing machine\" fixer-upper' width=\"250\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto, \"sewing machine\" fixer-upper\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An affair that would scandalize a nation is born. They meet in hotels at first, but that can get expensive and is inconvenient in general, so they think \u003cem>Aw, screw it!\u003c/em> and start rendezvous-ing in her marital bed. That's when the neighbors start talking, as they are wont to do. Dolly tries to get them off the scent by claiming Otto is her \"vagabond half-brother\" (ew). This convinces no one, so Dolly approaches Otto with a proposition. It probably goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hey, boo! Want to live in my attic? My ball and chain never goes up there. We can have sex whenevs and my neighbors can go back to talking about some other lady on the street. Oh, by the way, you won't ever be able to leave the house and I'll be the only one you ever see or talk to for the foreseeable future. Cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For whatever reason, Otto says \u003cem>Cool. \u003c/em>He moves in, essentially becoming her sex slave. In his non-boning time, Otto works on his writing and makes bathtub gin. This goes on for FIVE YEARS, until Dolly's husband starts getting paranoid, not about her cheating, but about ghosts and/or his sanity. How else could you explain the weird noises at night, the shadows under his door, the missing cigars?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monsieur Walburga is creeped out enough to want to relocate to Los Angeles. Dolly is open to this with one caveat: the new house must have an attic. Moneybags is like \u003cem>Uh, you're weird, but OK. A\u003c/em>lways one step ahead, Dolly sends Otto to LA in advance. By the time she and her husband move into their new home, he's already kicking it in the attic!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the move, Dolly's husband starts drinking even more. Their marriage suffers and they fight a lot. One of these brawls occurs on August 22, 1922. It turns physical. Hearing the scuffle from the attic and fearing for Dolly's life, Otto comes out of hiding, grabs two of her husband's weapons and shoots him dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-2.jpg\" alt=\"Walburga and Moneybags at a house party the day of the murder.\" width=\"356\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walburga and Moneybags at a house party the day of the murder.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because Dolly is never without a plan, the two decide to stage a home invasion. They swipe one of the husband's diamond watches and Otto locks Dolly in a closet. Once he's tucked away in the attic, Dolly screams until the police show up. The cops buy the story and don't even bother checking every room of the house because apparently no one was perceptive or had common sense back then. Dolly inherits every cent, some of which she uses to buy an even bigger house, with an even bigger attic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because this story isn't weird enough, Otto continues unnecessarily living in the attic in secret, while Dolly dates around. They've cultivated a nice sub-dom situation here; why fix it if it isn't broken?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Dolly starts to get sloppy. She starts dating her estate attorney, who knows all aspects of the murder. That's bad enough, but she takes it even further by gifting him the allegedly stolen diamond watch! Lawyer Boyfriend immediately recognizes it and calls her out. She says she found it under a cushion and didn't think it was a big enough deal to involve the cops. If animated gifs had been invented, he would have sent her this one with a quickness:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"sure jan gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolly also gives one of the murder weapons to \u003cem>a different\u003c/em> boyfriend (this woman basically invented hustle!). She tells him that the gun looks an awful lot like the one used to kill her husband and she doesn't want the cops getting the wrong impression. Could he chuck it into the La Brea Tar Pits for her? Again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"sure jan gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, she gives the same little speech to a neighbor and asks him to bury the remaining murder weapon. He obliges because men evidently stand zero chance against her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tar Pits Boo and Dolly eventually break up and he rats her out (a tale as old as time). The cops find the gun. Upon seeing the headlines, Neighbor Who Really Shouldn't Have Gotten Involved brings the other gun to the police station. The jig is up, right? Not quite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27673\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-4.jpg\" alt=\"walburga-oesterreich-4\" width=\"301\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>She goes to jail, but isn't there for long. The guns are too rusted to determine if they had fired the bullets. And there is one small riddle the cops can't answer: How would Dolly have been able to lock herself in that closet from the outside?? The charges are eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she's briefly in jail, Dolly asks Lawyer Boyfriend to bring food to a man living in her attic. Otto is super jazzed to talk to someone after being cooped up for all those years and regales Lawyer Boyfriend with all the details about his sexual exploits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyer Boyfriend's response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg\" alt=\"gtfo meme\" width=\"552\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg 552w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499-400x260.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otto flees to Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not thoroughly creeped out by the diamond watch and the two murder weapon witnesses and the strange attic dweller, Lawyer Boyfriend decides to not only keep dating Dolly, but move into her house!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven rocky years later, Lawyer Boyfriend finally has enough and tells the cops everything. Because Otto has the worst luck ever, he has recently moved back to town and is promptly arrested, along with Dolly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The papers have a field day, branding Otto \"the Bat Man of Los Angeles\" and a \"perjurer of his own soul.\" Otto is found guilty of manslaughter, but catches a lucky break (his first ever?) when it's announced that the statute of limitation has run out. Now 43 years old, he is a free man. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We 21st century dwellers have become numb to scandal (shout out to all the magazine covers in the grocery checkout line for making this possible). \u003cem>So-and-so did what to whom?\u003c/em> Not surprised. Eyelash: not batted. So you might be surprised by how scandalized you'll be after getting a load of this early 20th century tale, brought to my attention by the fine people at \u003ca href=\"http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-married-woman-who-kept-her-lover-in-the-attic\">Atlas Obscura\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27665\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 287px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27665\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-1.jpg\" alt=\"Walburga's favorite things: hats and men.\" width=\"287\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walburga's favorite things: hats and men.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Our story begins in 1880 in Germany. A mother thinks it's a good idea to name her new baby girl Walburga (no relation to Mark or Donny, as far as I know). Things don't get easier for dear Walburga either; she emigrates to America, but ends up on a poor farm in the Midwest. One silver lining: she starts going by \"Dolly,\" so that's something, I guess.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walburga eventually turns things around for herself in her early 20s by marrying Fred Oesterreich, a rich owner of...an apron factory (aprons were that lucrative back then? I guess more people cooked at home back in the day, but still: really??). Unfortunately, \u003ca href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEDvlSAMhQU\">money can't buy you class\u003c/a> or happiness because Moneybags was a drunk. Dolly soon becomes lonely and sexually unsatisfied.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27667\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 275px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/fred-oesterreich-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-27667\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/fred-oesterreich-1.jpg\" alt=\"Fred a.k.a. MoneyBags\" width=\"275\" height=\"312\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fred a.k.a. MoneyBags\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because she isn't a particularly musical person, producing a series of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/04/23/beyonces-lemonade-isnt-the-first-time-shes-used-divorce-to-play-with-our-emotions/\">\u003cem>Lemonade\u003c/em>\u003c/a>-style diss tracks is off the table, so Dolly comes up with a different plan. In 1913, she complains to her husband about a broken sewing machine. He promises to send one of his apron factory workers over to fix it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That worker turns out to be a 17-year-old by the name of Otto, who has no idea what he's about to get into. Dolly allegedly answers the door in \"a silk robe, stockings, heavy perfume and nothing else\" (not unlike \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/05/19/bette-davis-vs-joan-crawford-the-shadiest-hollywood-feud-of-all-time/\">what Joan Crawford did\u003c/a> in her solarium to seduce Franchot Tone). Otto comes inside and doesn't fix the sewing machine, but fixes something else, if you know what I mean (and I think you do).\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27668\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 250px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-1.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-27668\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-1.jpg\" alt='Otto, \"sewing machine\" fixer-upper' width=\"250\" height=\"337\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto, \"sewing machine\" fixer-upper\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>An affair that would scandalize a nation is born. They meet in hotels at first, but that can get expensive and is inconvenient in general, so they think \u003cem>Aw, screw it!\u003c/em> and start rendezvous-ing in her marital bed. That's when the neighbors start talking, as they are wont to do. Dolly tries to get them off the scent by claiming Otto is her \"vagabond half-brother\" (ew). This convinces no one, so Dolly approaches Otto with a proposition. It probably goes a little something like this:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Hey, boo! Want to live in my attic? My ball and chain never goes up there. We can have sex whenevs and my neighbors can go back to talking about some other lady on the street. Oh, by the way, you won't ever be able to leave the house and I'll be the only one you ever see or talk to for the foreseeable future. Cool?\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For whatever reason, Otto says \u003cem>Cool. \u003c/em>He moves in, essentially becoming her sex slave. In his non-boning time, Otto works on his writing and makes bathtub gin. This goes on for FIVE YEARS, until Dolly's husband starts getting paranoid, not about her cheating, but about ghosts and/or his sanity. How else could you explain the weird noises at night, the shadows under his door, the missing cigars?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Monsieur Walburga is creeped out enough to want to relocate to Los Angeles. Dolly is open to this with one caveat: the new house must have an attic. Moneybags is like \u003cem>Uh, you're weird, but OK. A\u003c/em>lways one step ahead, Dolly sends Otto to LA in advance. By the time she and her husband move into their new home, he's already kicking it in the attic!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After the move, Dolly's husband starts drinking even more. Their marriage suffers and they fight a lot. One of these brawls occurs on August 22, 1922. It turns physical. Hearing the scuffle from the attic and fearing for Dolly's life, Otto comes out of hiding, grabs two of her husband's weapons and shoots him dead.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27669\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 356px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-2.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27669\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-2.jpg\" alt=\"Walburga and Moneybags at a house party the day of the murder.\" width=\"356\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Walburga and Moneybags at a house party the day of the murder.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Because Dolly is never without a plan, the two decide to stage a home invasion. They swipe one of the husband's diamond watches and Otto locks Dolly in a closet. Once he's tucked away in the attic, Dolly screams until the police show up. The cops buy the story and don't even bother checking every room of the house because apparently no one was perceptive or had common sense back then. Dolly inherits every cent, some of which she uses to buy an even bigger house, with an even bigger attic.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because this story isn't weird enough, Otto continues unnecessarily living in the attic in secret, while Dolly dates around. They've cultivated a nice sub-dom situation here; why fix it if it isn't broken?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then Dolly starts to get sloppy. She starts dating her estate attorney, who knows all aspects of the murder. That's bad enough, but she takes it even further by gifting him the allegedly stolen diamond watch! Lawyer Boyfriend immediately recognizes it and calls her out. She says she found it under a cushion and didn't think it was a big enough deal to involve the cops. If animated gifs had been invented, he would have sent her this one with a quickness:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"sure jan gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Dolly also gives one of the murder weapons to \u003cem>a different\u003c/em> boyfriend (this woman basically invented hustle!). She tells him that the gun looks an awful lot like the one used to kill her husband and she doesn't want the cops getting the wrong impression. Could he chuck it into the La Brea Tar Pits for her? Again:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27656\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/giphy.gif\" alt=\"sure jan gif\" width=\"450\" height=\"254\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then, she gives the same little speech to a neighbor and asks him to bury the remaining murder weapon. He obliges because men evidently stand zero chance against her.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tar Pits Boo and Dolly eventually break up and he rats her out (a tale as old as time). The cops find the gun. Upon seeing the headlines, Neighbor Who Really Shouldn't Have Gotten Involved brings the other gun to the police station. The jig is up, right? Not quite.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-4.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-27673\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/walburga-oesterreich-4.jpg\" alt=\"walburga-oesterreich-4\" width=\"301\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>She goes to jail, but isn't there for long. The guns are too rusted to determine if they had fired the bullets. And there is one small riddle the cops can't answer: How would Dolly have been able to lock herself in that closet from the outside?? The charges are eventually dropped.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While she's briefly in jail, Dolly asks Lawyer Boyfriend to bring food to a man living in her attic. Otto is super jazzed to talk to someone after being cooped up for all those years and regales Lawyer Boyfriend with all the details about his sexual exploits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lawyer Boyfriend's response:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27662\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg\" alt=\"gtfo meme\" width=\"552\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499.jpg 552w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/706499-400x260.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\">\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Otto flees to Canada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Not thoroughly creeped out by the diamond watch and the two murder weapon witnesses and the strange attic dweller, Lawyer Boyfriend decides to not only keep dating Dolly, but move into her house!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seven rocky years later, Lawyer Boyfriend finally has enough and tells the cops everything. Because Otto has the worst luck ever, he has recently moved back to town and is promptly arrested, along with Dolly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The papers have a field day, branding Otto \"the Bat Man of Los Angeles\" and a \"perjurer of his own soul.\" Otto is found guilty of manslaughter, but catches a lucky break (his first ever?) when it's announced that the statute of limitation has run out. Now 43 years old, he is a free man. Here's a photo of him reveling in the victory and some much-needed vitamin D (something he sorely lacked all those years in the attic):\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_27671\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 313px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-7.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-27671\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/otto-sanhuber-7.jpg\" alt=\"Otto enjoying freedom and sunlight.\" width=\"313\" height=\"400\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Otto enjoying freedom and sunlight.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As for Dolly, her fancy attorney manages to get a hung jury and she is also set free. She goes on to meet a brand new man, and spends the next 30 years with him. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>FYI: This piece is drawn from the latest episode of The Cooler podcast, which you can listen to here!\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/268267481&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>Is there anyone with access to a cameraphone and a WiFi connection who can honestly say they've never taken a photo of their own face? \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our brave digital age where selfies seem to constitute a staggering portion of all posts on social media (at the moment of writing, there are 301 million posts tagged \"#selfie\" on Instagram), it’s hard to imagine a time when people didn’t compulsively record what they looked like -- or at least care about it deeply. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mirrors: The Original Front-Facing Cameras\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 536px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Detail from an Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos depicting a Seated woman holding a mirror, c. 470–460 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens \" width=\"536\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM.png 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM-400x236.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from an Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos depicting a seated woman holding a mirror, c. 470–460 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before it was possible to immortalize one's own images on screen or on canvas, people had to make do with mirrors, right? 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Well, try imagining that feeling being your reality every day for the rest of your short, indentured, antibiotic-free life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The question of how lacking any concrete impression of one’s own features must have affected 99% of the population’s sense of identity -- not to mention self-worth and place in the world -- is a mammoth one for another time; let’s instead ask what your regular peasant \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">could\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> do about that spinach. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The earliest Average Joes were left to improvise with assessing their own reflections in dark pools of water or, if they were lucky, polished stones like obsidian (a naturally occurring volcanic glass). Polished precious metals also worked well, but were decidedly less wallet-friendly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2190px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26291\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus.jpg\" alt=\"Echo and Narcissus, 1903 by John William Waterhouse\" width=\"2190\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus.jpg 2190w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-400x233.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-800x465.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-768x447.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1440x838.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1920x1117.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1180x686.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-960x558.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2190px) 100vw, 2190px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What's a guy without a mirror to do? Echo and Narcissus, 1903 by John William Waterhouse\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Metal-coated glass mirrors are said to have been invented in modern-day Lebanon in the first century AD, and glass mirrors backed with gold leaf were apparently kicking around Ancient Rome. But even if you had one of these prized items, the low reflectivity of polished metal resulted in a frustratingly dark image, especially when used indoors. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In China, people began making mirrors with the use of silver-mercury amalgams as early as 500 AD, but it wasn’t until the early Renaissance that European manufacturers got their act together and discovered a superior method of coating glass with a tin-mercury amalgam. In the 16th century, the Italian city of Venice -- already famed as a hub of glass-making know-how -- became a center of mirror production and used this new technique to produce a near-perfect and undistorted reflection for the first time. (Think of it as the iPhone 6 of mirrors: shiny, coveted and super-spendy.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite these innovations -- which really only impacted the wealthy -- it wasn’t until centuries later, in 1835, that true mass manufacture of mirrors came about with the invention of the silvered-glass mirror, credited to a German chemist, that was swiftly adapted for the masses. Hello, greater availability of affordable mirrors! Goodbye, spinach!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Rise of Self-Portraits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 865px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26298\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian.jpg\" alt=\"Titian's Venus With a Mirror, 1555.\" width=\"865\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian.jpg 865w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-400x249.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-800x498.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titian's Venus With a Mirror, 1555.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We don’t know when the very first bona fide self-portrait was created, but images of artists at work are encountered in Ancient Egyptian paintings and sculpture and also on Ancient Greek vases. Ancient Greek sculptor Phidias also apparently sneaked a number of selfies onto the “Battle of the Amazons” on the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon\">Parthenon\u003c/a>, which is an act of artistic license so brazen that it rivals \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/robwhisman/status/670868975291645953\">that guy who confessed to enlarging Missouri on the United States’ Wikipedia page every time he gets tipsy\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The traditional self-portrait as we know it didn’t come around until relatively recently. The first painted selfies were super-practical. Artists would use themselves as models in historical, Biblical or mythical scenes, which presumably also had the pleasant effect of saving a few pennies on actual models. Artists also playfully sneaked themselves into paintings in a kind of pre-Enlightenment \u003ci>Where’s Waldo\u003c/i>: in the margins of illuminated manuscripts, or in a reflection on a knight’s armor, or in a crowd of onlookers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 736px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26293\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi.jpg\" alt=\"Crafty (or cheap?) old Botticelli, sneaking himself into his Adoration of the Magi (ca.1475), far left\" width=\"736\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi.jpg 736w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi-400x326.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crafty (or cheap?) old Botticelli, sneaking himself into his Adoration of the Magi (ca.1475), far left\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we’re in the business of picking favorites here, then all hail the selfie king of the 15th century:\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">German painter, printmaker and certified hottie \u003ca href=\"http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/durr/hd_durr.htm\">Albrecht Dürer\u003c/a>. Something of an artistic superstar by contemporary standards, the hard-hustling Dürer was highly conscious of his public image and reputation, and is thought to have depicted his own image more often than any artist before him. (Think: your teenage cousin on \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/03/03/are-you-too-old-for-snapchat/\">a Snap streak\u003c/a>.) His \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:Self-portrait_at_13_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer.jpg\">first selfie\u003c/a> was at at the tender age of 13 in 1484. Once of age, Dürer indulged in what official selfie experts now recognize as “thirst traps”: at 22, he painted \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_the_Artist_Holding_a_Thistle\">a longing self-portrait\u003c/a> that was almost certainly intended for his new fiancée.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another specimen we’d today file under “#feelingmylook #blessed”, the \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:Selbstportr%C3%A4t,_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg\">Madrid self-portrait (1498) \u003c/a>depicts Dürer, then at the top of his art game, as a dandy in fashionable Italian dress. And of course, let’s not forget his \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:Nude_self-portrait_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer.jpg\">nude selfies\u003c/a> or his \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:D%C3%BCrer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg\">last-ever self-portrait\u003c/a> depicting him as -- who else? -- Jesus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26296\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-26296 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/D%C3%BCrer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg\" alt=\"Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek\" width=\"800\" height=\"1107\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek-400x554.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek-768x1063.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albrecht Dürer's Self-portrait with Fur-trimmed Robe, ca 1500.No Messiah complex here, right?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As self-portraiture became increasingly common in the art world over the ensuing centuries, it's not until the 19th century that a new reigning prolific selfie addict truly emerged: Vincent van Gogh, who drew and painted himself more than 43 times in just three years between 1886 and 1889.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Photographic Selfie Emerges\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even with a vague awareness of the invention and explosion of photography during the 19th century, it’s still always jolting to remember that the first photographic self-portrait was taken in \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">1839\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. For context, that was a mere year after\u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2014/11/05/first-photograph-of-a-human/#9Tp9LS3IZkq2\"> the first photograph taken of a human\u003c/a> (by Louis Daguerre), and only a decade after \u003ca href=\"http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/permanent/firstphotograph/\">the first photograph taken in a camera, ever \u003c/a>-- which is to say, it didn’t take long for the human desire for self-capture to elbow its way into a shockingly new medium.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26301\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 457px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26301\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/457px-RobertCornelius.jpg\" alt=\"Self-Portrait by Robert Cornelius, 1839\" width=\"457\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/457px-RobertCornelius.jpg 457w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/457px-RobertCornelius-400x525.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 457px) 100vw, 457px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Self-Portrait by Robert Cornelius, 1839\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The face of \u003ca href=\"http://mashable.com/2014/11/07/first-selfie/\">the first selfie\u003c/a> was \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cornelius\">Robert Cornelius\u003c/a> (1809-1983), a son of Dutch immigrants to Philadelphia who became a photography pioneer. He immortalized himself in daguerreotype -- one of the very first forms of photography, wherein a sheet of silver-plated copper was polished to a mirror finish, treated with fumes that made its surface light-sensitive and then exposed in a camera, making the resulting latent image on it visible by fuming it with mercury vapor. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If this all sounds incredibly time-consuming, it was, but this is what allowed Cornelius to make selfie history in the first place. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cstrong>FYI: This piece is drawn from the latest episode of The Cooler podcast, which you can listen to here!\u003c/strong>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/268267481&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>Is there anyone with access to a cameraphone and a WiFi connection who can honestly say they've never taken a photo of their own face? \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In our brave digital age where selfies seem to constitute a staggering portion of all posts on social media (at the moment of writing, there are 301 million posts tagged \"#selfie\" on Instagram), it’s hard to imagine a time when people didn’t compulsively record what they looked like -- or at least care about it deeply. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>Mirrors: The Original Front-Facing Cameras\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26241\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 536px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26241\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM.png\" alt=\"Detail from an Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos depicting a Seated woman holding a mirror, c. 470–460 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens \" width=\"536\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM.png 536w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Screenshot-2016-06-08-at-9.40.34-PM-400x236.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Detail from an Ancient Greek Attic red-figure lekythos depicting a seated woman holding a mirror, c. 470–460 BC, National Archaeological Museum, Athens\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Before it was possible to immortalize one's own images on screen or on canvas, people had to make do with mirrors, right? Not exactly, or at least not everyone. \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">As inconceivable as it seems today, had you been born in the 12th century rather than the 20th, you probably wouldn’t have known exactly what your own face looked like unless you were wealthy. Mirrors -- those ever-present reflectors of our faces and ourselves, on our walls and in our pockets (and now, in our front-facing cameras) -- didn’t become mass-produced or remotely affordable until the Renaissance. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">You know that feeling of undignified horror when you discover you’ve had a piece of spinach between your teeth or mascara coating your under-eyes all day because you had no access to a mirror? Well, try imagining that feeling being your reality every day for the rest of your short, indentured, antibiotic-free life.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The question of how lacking any concrete impression of one’s own features must have affected 99% of the population’s sense of identity -- not to mention self-worth and place in the world -- is a mammoth one for another time; let’s instead ask what your regular peasant \u003c/span>\u003ci>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">could\u003c/span>\u003c/i>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> do about that spinach. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The earliest Average Joes were left to improvise with assessing their own reflections in dark pools of water or, if they were lucky, polished stones like obsidian (a naturally occurring volcanic glass). Polished precious metals also worked well, but were decidedly less wallet-friendly.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26291\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2190px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26291\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus.jpg\" alt=\"Echo and Narcissus, 1903 by John William Waterhouse\" width=\"2190\" height=\"1274\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus.jpg 2190w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-400x233.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-800x465.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-768x447.jpg 768w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1440x838.jpg 1440w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1920x1117.jpg 1920w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-1180x686.jpg 1180w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/narcissus-960x558.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2190px) 100vw, 2190px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">What's a guy without a mirror to do? Echo and Narcissus, 1903 by John William Waterhouse\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Metal-coated glass mirrors are said to have been invented in modern-day Lebanon in the first century AD, and glass mirrors backed with gold leaf were apparently kicking around Ancient Rome. But even if you had one of these prized items, the low reflectivity of polished metal resulted in a frustratingly dark image, especially when used indoors. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">In China, people began making mirrors with the use of silver-mercury amalgams as early as 500 AD, but it wasn’t until the early Renaissance that European manufacturers got their act together and discovered a superior method of coating glass with a tin-mercury amalgam. In the 16th century, the Italian city of Venice -- already famed as a hub of glass-making know-how -- became a center of mirror production and used this new technique to produce a near-perfect and undistorted reflection for the first time. (Think of it as the iPhone 6 of mirrors: shiny, coveted and super-spendy.) \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Despite these innovations -- which really only impacted the wealthy -- it wasn’t until centuries later, in 1835, that true mass manufacture of mirrors came about with the invention of the silvered-glass mirror, credited to a German chemist, that was swiftly adapted for the masses. Hello, greater availability of affordable mirrors! Goodbye, spinach!\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Rise of Self-Portraits\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26298\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 865px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26298\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian.jpg\" alt=\"Titian's Venus With a Mirror, 1555.\" width=\"865\" height=\"538\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian.jpg 865w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-400x249.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-800x498.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/titian-768x478.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 865px) 100vw, 865px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Titian's Venus With a Mirror, 1555.\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">We don’t know when the very first bona fide self-portrait was created, but images of artists at work are encountered in Ancient Egyptian paintings and sculpture and also on Ancient Greek vases. Ancient Greek sculptor Phidias also apparently sneaked a number of selfies onto the “Battle of the Amazons” on the \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon\">Parthenon\u003c/a>, which is an act of artistic license so brazen that it rivals \u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/robwhisman/status/670868975291645953\">that guy who confessed to enlarging Missouri on the United States’ Wikipedia page every time he gets tipsy\u003c/a>.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The traditional self-portrait as we know it didn’t come around until relatively recently. The first painted selfies were super-practical. Artists would use themselves as models in historical, Biblical or mythical scenes, which presumably also had the pleasant effect of saving a few pennies on actual models. Artists also playfully sneaked themselves into paintings in a kind of pre-Enlightenment \u003ci>Where’s Waldo\u003c/i>: in the margins of illuminated manuscripts, or in a reflection on a knight’s armor, or in a crowd of onlookers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26293\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 736px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-26293\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi.jpg\" alt=\"Crafty (or cheap?) old Botticelli, sneaking himself into his Adoration of the Magi (ca.1475), far left\" width=\"736\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi.jpg 736w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Botticelli_-_Adoration_of_the_Magi_Zanobi_Altar_-_Uffizi-400x326.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crafty (or cheap?) old Botticelli, sneaking himself into his Adoration of the Magi (ca.1475), far left\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">If we’re in the business of picking favorites here, then all hail the selfie king of the 15th century:\u003c/span> \u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">German painter, printmaker and certified hottie \u003ca href=\"http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/durr/hd_durr.htm\">Albrecht Dürer\u003c/a>. 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Once of age, Dürer indulged in what official selfie experts now recognize as “thirst traps”: at 22, he painted \u003ca href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_the_Artist_Holding_a_Thistle\">a longing self-portrait\u003c/a> that was almost certainly intended for his new fiancée.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In another specimen we’d today file under “#feelingmylook #blessed”, the \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:Selbstportr%C3%A4t,_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer,_from_Prado_in_Google_Earth.jpg\">Madrid self-portrait (1498) \u003c/a>depicts Dürer, then at the top of his art game, as a dandy in fashionable Italian dress. And of course, let’s not forget his \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:Nude_self-portrait_by_Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer.jpg\">nude selfies\u003c/a> or his \u003ca href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Albrecht_D%C3%BCrer#/media/File:D%C3%BCrer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg\">last-ever self-portrait\u003c/a> depicting him as -- who else? -- Jesus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_26296\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg class=\"wp-image-26296 size-full\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/D%C3%BCrer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg\" alt=\"Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek\" width=\"800\" height=\"1107\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek.jpg 800w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek-400x554.jpg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/06/Dürer_-_Selbstbildnis_im_Pelzrock_-_Alte_Pinakothek-768x1063.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Albrecht Dürer's Self-portrait with Fur-trimmed Robe, ca 1500.No Messiah complex here, right?\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>As self-portraiture became increasingly common in the art world over the ensuing centuries, it's not until the 19th century that a new reigning prolific selfie addict truly emerged: Vincent van Gogh, who drew and painted himself more than 43 times in just three years between 1886 and 1889.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center\">\u003cstrong>The Photographic Selfie Emerges\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Even with a vague awareness of the invention and explosion of photography during the 19th century, it’s still always jolting to remember that the first photographic self-portrait was taken in \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">1839\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. 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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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">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/2016/05/Cinco.mp3\" title=\"Think You Know What Cinco de Mayo Means? 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That momentous event is celebrated on September 16. And, despite what the inside of most bars on May 5 might lead one to believe, Cinco de Mayo isn't a holiday in honor of the margarita. They're delicious and probably deserve their own day; this just happens to not be the one. Another thing Cinco de Mayo is not: an excuse for non-Mexicans to don ill-advised sombreros or ponchos. Keep it cute, people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now that we know what the holiday isn’t, let’s talk about what it really signifies:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13912474']Before we get to May 5, 1862, we should lay down some foundational knowledge because everything is connected and historical events don't occur in a vacuum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After Mexico declared its independence from bugaboo Spain in 1821, there was a lot of instability. Now that the colonial presence was gone, what should replace it? A Catholic monarchy or a republic? It took some time to figure this all out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Then in 1836, some Americans and Mexicans revolted against the Mexican government in what is now called the Texas Revolution and created a separate republic because they felt like it. This did not go over well.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[contextly_sidebar id=\"FIjF4aeeujluRsO0hhrxKjOA8oGpvTZ4\"]To assuage the Mexican government, U.S. President Polk was like, \u003cem>Ok, guys, calm down. We’ll buy this territory from you.\u003c/em> Mexico was like \u003cem>Um, you don’t even go here. F*ck off.\u003c/em> Polk, who \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/02/18/weird-facts-you-never-knew-about-the-u-s-presidents/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">was famous for banning booze, card playing and dancing\u003c/a> from the White House, continued his streak of being the worst and ordered troops into Mexican territory, against the protestations of people like Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass and Henry David Thoreau. This resulted in what our textbooks call the Mexican-American War and what the Mexicans call Primera intervención estadounidense en México (First Intervention of the United States in Mexico). Did you catch that \"first\"? Mexico, telling it like it is!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>After that fiasco, which resulted in Mexico losing two-thirds of its territory, including land we now call Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California, there was something called the Reform War, which was a civil dispute over how involved the church should be in government. All of these wars left Mexico bankrupt. They didn't have the money to pay their foreign debts so France, Britain and Spain sent naval forces to proclaim, loud and clear, in person: \u003ca href=\"http://www.vevo.com/watch/rihanna/bitch-better-have-my-money-(explicit)/QM5FT1590005\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bitch better have my money\u003c/a>!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Britain and Spain eventually negotiated and went home, but France, under the leadership of Napoleon III (the nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte) saw an opportunity to establish an empire in Latin America that would benefit French interests. And because that wasn't enough of a buttinsky move, he also wanted to meddle in the U.S. Civil War in support of the Confederacy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So the French attacked, confident that they would handily conquer because they hadn't been defeated in the past 50 years and the Mexican forces were outnumbered and undersupplied. Initially, the Mexican government retreated and Napoleon III's plan was going swimmingly...until the two sides met near a town called Puebla.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='arts_13910723']Despite being the premiere army in the world, the French were crushed by the poorly equipped group of Mexicans. David and Goliath realness! The war didn’t end for another 6 years, but the victory at Puebla came to symbolize Mexican unity and patriotism.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since the Battle of Puebla, no country in the Americas has been invaded by a European military force. And if Mexico hadn’t won, France would have supported the Confederates and our own history could have turned out a lot differently.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The battle's anniversary has been celebrated in California since 1863, while—plot twist—the day is \"virtually ignored\" in Mexico. The holiday gained more prominence in California during the Chicano movement in the 1960s and crossed over to the rest of the country in the 1980s, when beer companies used the holiday as a way to market their products.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If you didn't know, now you know.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This educational moment is brought to you by the More You Know star, in conjunction with Human Beings Against Donald Trump Ruining Taco Bowls. 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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. While there, they chipped off a piece of one of Shakespeare’s chairs as a souvenir.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid=arts_13882779]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>[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\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>\u003c/p>\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003cp>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>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. A page from his journal from that day:\u003c/p>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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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. 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. 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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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"content": "\u003cp>When \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/tag/valentines-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Valentine's Day \u003c/a>rolls around, it's inevitable that you'll hear someone exclaim, \"It's just a holiday created by Hallmark!\" Sure, card and chocolate companies have come to define the holiday, but are they truly responsible for all the canoodling that goes on every February 14th? Short answer: nope! Here are some historical facts you might not know about Valentine's Day:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There are many origin stories floating around and no one is really sure which one, if any, are true. But one of the most popular legends is that, back in third century Rome, Emperor Claudius II outlawed marriage because he believed single men made better soldiers than those who were pining for lovers back home. Despite the decree, a man named Valentine performed secret marriages and was jailed for doing so. While awaiting his execution, some say he wrote a love letter—arguably the first valentine—to his crush (who may or may not have been the jailer's daughter). He allegedly signed his note \"from your Valentine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So now we have a figurehead for the holiday, but why February 14th? Some say that this goes back to an ancient Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia, which was celebrated from February 13th to the 15th. The event involved wine, nudity and slapping women with strips of goat hide drenched in sacrificial blood. Yes, you read that right. Ancient people do the darnedest things. Anyway, the women allegedly welcomed this because being marked in this way was thought to make them more fertile. The female festival goers would also put their names in an urn for the town's single men to choose from. The matches would then, um, \"get to know\" each other for the rest of the festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20472\">\u003cimg class=\"alignright wp-image-20472 size-thumbnail\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177-400x280.png\" alt=\"1329233306972_268177\" width=\"400\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177-400x280.png 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/1329233306972_268177.png 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>The Christian church didn't exactly love all this naked blood-soaked hide slapping, so, in the fifth century, Pope Gelasius outlawed Lupercalia and made up a new family friendlier event to take its place: a day in honor of St. Valentine on February 14th, the day he was martyred.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The secret weddings and the weird blood slaps are sort of romantic, but the love aspect associated with the holiday was turned way up in the Middle Ages. During that time period, people in England and France were said to associate February 14th with the beginning of birds' mating season. This belief is reflected in Chaucer's \"Parliament of the Foules\": \"\u003ci>For this was sent on Seynt Valentyne’s day w\u003c/i>\u003ci>han every foul cometh ther to choose his mate.\u003c/i>\" This avian focus led to the superstition that a woman could tell what kind of man she would marry by the type of bird she spotted on Valentine's Day. A blackbird signified a priest, a bluebird meant a funny dude, a dove equaled a kind man, a goldfinch meant a super rich one and a woodpecker signified no man at all!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postid='pop_109337']This loaded bird-watching wasn't the only weird superstition women took part in around the holiday. Medieval women would eat bizarre foods to bring on dreams of their future husbands. They also believed these dreams would come, if they pinned sage to their pillows or placed a slice of wedding cake underneath them.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In France, there was a custom called \"une loterie d'amour,\" which translates to \"drawing for love\" and involved single people hollering at each other from windows across a street. They would eventually pair up, but, if the man didn't particularly like the woman he ended up with, he would ditch her for someone else. The women left behind would then make a bonfire and burn pictures of the ungrateful men, while cursing them. The French government eventually banned the custom because, if history has taught us anything, there's nothing scarier to men in power than single women who have opinions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the 1800s, the first box of chocolates was invented by Richard Cadbury, heir to the Cadbury chocolate fortune, who gave chocolates arranged in a heart-shaped box to his lover. Interestingly, physicians around this time often prescribed chocolate to calm patients' pining for lost love. You never have to feel bad about devouring a whole King Size Kit Kat bar again; it's medicine!\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy.jpeg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-20469\">\u003cimg class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-20469 alignleft\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/pop/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy-400x555.jpeg\" alt=\"loverboy\" width=\"400\" height=\"555\" srcset=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy-400x555.jpeg 400w, https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/12/2016/02/loverboy.jpeg 706w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\">\u003c/a>Passing around handmade cards and small tokens as symbols of affection became popular in the 1700s. A century later, Esther A. Howland, also known as \"Mother of the Valentine,\" began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Around this time, a new trend called \u003ca href=\"http://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/happy-valentines-day-i-hate-you/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vinegar Valentines\u003c/a> became popular. They were rude cards sent anonymously to either spurn advances or just to stick it to someone you didn't like. The YouTube comments of yore, if you will. It wasn't until 1913 that Hallmark got in on the action. Fast forward to present day, and over 1 billion cards are sent every Valentine's Day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So there you have it: the bizarre historical twists and turns that have led us to this point. Next time you hear someone say Hallmark created Valentine's Day, enjoy the look on their face as you tell them all about how naked dudes used to run around with bloody lamb skin whips.\u003c/p>\n\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. 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For those of you who aren’t as woke as you’d like to be, the term refers to depictions of black women as lustful, promiscuous, insatiable and immoral, a characterization that was used by white slave owners to justify forcing female slaves to procreate and as a legal defense when raping these women.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We like to think we’re far removed from America's dark past, as if printing (some of) the facts into textbooks absolved us and negated the impact of all of that history, but situations like the treatment of Janet after the Halftime Show prove that the struggle for civil rights for women and people of color is an ongoing negotiation. The oppression is still all around us; it has simply evolved and learned how to camouflage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The anti-Janet uproar wasn't just confined to talk shows, radio stations and op-eds, thanks to the efforts of Michael Powell, who was the chairman of the FCC at the time. 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