1. Washington Wasn’t the First American President
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Your instructor all say G.W. was the first American Chief Executive , but George " I Can not Tell a Lie" Washington would have told you other than . During the American Revolution in 1781 , the Continental Congress elected Maryland solon John Hanson to the post of President of the United States in Congress assemble . After Washington kill the British at the Battle of Yorktown , Hanson station him a congratulatory note . Washington ’s response was addressed to the " President of the United States . “ Not until he was elected in 1789 did Washington formally take his own version of the form of address .
2. John Quincy Adams' Naked Swimming Fetish
blank out secret tapes and shred document . Back in the early 19th C , there was a well way to get a coup d’oeil of an American Chief Executive really exposed . All you had to do was show up at the banks of the Potomac River ahead of time in the first light during the warmer month between 1825 and 1829 to trance John Quincy Adams skinny - dipping .
3. The Fabulous Life of George Washington
As chairman , ol' Georgie pulled in a pay of $ 25 K a year . That ’s or so $ 1 million in today ’s currency . ostensibly excite by his newfound purchasing power , Washington started living it up , reportedly purchase leopard - skin robes for all his horses and pass seven percent of his income on alcoholic drink .
4. Bush Leaves His Mark on Japan
If you think back one thing from the first Bush organization , it ’s probably not the 1992 res publica dinner during which President George H. W. Bush , ill with the flu , lost his dejeuner in the lap of the Japanese prime minister . Well , a bunch of Japanese remember that incident a minuscule better . Turns out , Bush ’s faux pas coined a slang Holy Scripture , bushusuru , which translates as " to do the Bush thing,“ have in mind " to vomit . “
5. Thomas Jefferson Goes Missing From Office
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What do you desire on your gravestone ? Thomas Jefferson know , so he took the metre before he died to write out the dedication . A rather lengthy monument , the missive lean Jefferson ’s many dandy accomplishment , from " source of the Declaration of Independence" to " founder of the University of Virginia . “ However , he did forget one minor achievement . The tombstone run out to name that Jefferson was once president of the United States .
