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-President Grover Cleveland's nickname was "Uncle Jumbo."
-Geroge Washington had size 13 feet.
-Thomas Jefferson was the first president to shake hands in greeting. Earlier
presidents bowed.
-The president of the U.S. recieves on average 20,000 letters per day.
-General Dwight Eisenhower owned a pair of pajamas with 5 stars on the lapels.
-Theodore Rosevelts boyhood friends called him Teedie, not Teddy.
-Ronald Regan was the only U.S. president to head the labor union.
-The memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant was the first national bestselling book
in the U.S.
-President McKinley's pet parrot was named Washington Post.
-Birth of a Nation was the first movie ever shown in the white house in 1916.
-Washington D.C. has more psychiatrists per capita than any other city in
the country.
-Frances Cleveland was the youngest first lady at the age of 21.
-Abraham Lincoln was the first president born outside the original 13 states.
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