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At Andrew Jackson's funeral in 1845, his pet parrot had to be removed due
to it's swearing.
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George Washington's dentures were made from walrus, hippopotamus, part
cows teeth and a touch of elephant tusk.
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President Theodore Roosevelt was keen on Animals, and had various 'pets'
including Sailor Boy, a Chesapeake Bay retriever, Manchu, a Pekingese, Skip,
a mutt, cats named Tom Quartz and Slippers, Josiah the badger, Algonquin
the pony, Eli the macaw, Jonathan the rat, Emily Spinach the snake, 12 horses,
5 bears, 5 guinea pigs, and an owl, squirrel, lion, hyena amongst others...
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The President with the most children was Tyler, with 14.
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In 1587 Virginia Dare became the first person born in America to English
parents (In Roanoke Island, N.C.).
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Martha Jane Canary ( Calamity Jane ) had 12 husbands.
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Franklin D Roosevelt was the longest serving US president, having served
12 years
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In her 7 decades of being an author Barbara Cartland wrote in excess of
700 novels. For sixteen years she managed to produce on average 23 books
a year.
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Swedish confectionery salesman Roland Ohisson was buried in a coffin made
entirely of chocolate.
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Dr. Samuel A. Mudd was the physician who set the leg of Lincoln's assassin
John Wilkes Booth ... and whose shame created expressions like "Your
name is Mudd."
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Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button. It was eliminated when he
was sewn up after surgery.
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The cruel (and somewhat Mad) Roman Emperor Caligula once made his horse
a Senator.
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Peter Falk, the actor who played 'Colombo', has a glass eye.
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Sean Connery has worked as a milkman, coffin-polisher, and builder.
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Virginia Woolf wrote all her books standing.
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Time Magazine's man of the year 1938 was Adolph Hitler.
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Without glasses, John Lennon was legally blind all of his life.
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The Mona Lisa has no eyebrows — at the time, shaved eyebrows were
a fad.
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Actor Bela Lugosi was buried, as he had requested, in his famous Dracula
cape.
