Huffington Post is not so well known outside USA. It has very interesting features not found in any other journal of USA. For eg,''13 Ridiculous Things You Didn't Know About U.S. Presidents'' You can try them hereThe beautiful accompanying pictures had to be left out as there were too large for Gmail and am too lazy to resize them. You may view them in link above please. When choosing the next President Of The United States Of America, "oddball" is usually not considered a qualifying characteristic. However, many of this country's former leaders had strange quirks, pets, and rituals that make you wonder: Exactly what kind of person does it take to lead a nation? So this President's Day, instead of honoring our commanders-in-chief for the great things they did, why not honor them for the bizarre things they did? US 29th President Thomas Harding, really like to gamble, although it seems he wasn't very good at it. In one poker game, he bet the White House china collection and lost it all in one hand. In the 1940's Gerald Ford [pardoned Richard Nixon]did a bit of modeling and even posed on the cover of "Cosmopolitan." His wife Betty was also a dancer and fashion model, who signed with the John Robert Powers modeling firm to finance her dance education. Ulysses S. Grant [liked whisky a lot but won many battles for Abe Lincoln] Got A Speeding Ticket ... On A Horse
The 18th President Of The United States was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast down a Washington street. You'd think he could have talked his way out of that one. James A. Garfield Was Ambidextrous (Awesome)
Not only was he the first president to be both righty and lefty, but it was said he could write a sentence in Latin with one hand and write it in Greek with the other hand. Awesome party trick! William Howard Taft Got Stuck In A Bathtub
Our 27th President was a stately fellow, weighing in at over 300 lbs, so it's easy to believe he became stuck in one of the White House bathtubs (things were a lot smaller back then). He eventually had an oversize bathtub installed, but that was probably just an excuse to get a hot tub. John Quincy Adams Regularly Skinny-Dipped In The Potomac
The President was known for his early morning dips in D.C.'s main waterway, always in the nude. Does that mean some unlucky commuters possibly saw Adams's "Johnson"? Thomas Jefferson Had Two Pet Bears
When Lewis and Clark were exploring the West, two young bear cubs were sent East to President Jefferson. He kept the bears in a cage on the White House lawn and occasionally went on walks with them. Other strange presidential pets include: Alligator (John Quincy Adams), Elephant (James Buchanan), and Zebra (Teddy Roosevelt) Martin Van Buren Invented The Phrase "OK"
Supposedly, President Van Buren coined one of the most commonly used phrases to date: "OK", or "Okay". Van Buren was from Kinderhook, NY which was also called "Old Kinderhook". His support groups came to be known as "O.K. Clubs" and the term OK came to mean "all right". Calvin Coolidge Had A Vaseline Fetish.
Calvin Coolidge was strange guy. Not only did he sleep quite a lot - over 10 hours a day - but had morning ritual where he enjoyed having Vaseline rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed. He also had a mechanical horse installed in the White House so he could practice his horseback riding skills. So, when did he do the whole "running the country" thing? Chester A. Arthur Was Sharp Dresser, Night Owl
Not only was Chester A. Arthur a very sharp dresser (he owned over 80 pairs of pants) but he often took late night strolls around D.C. with friends, not returning home until 3 or 4 in the morning. Thomas Jefferson Invented A Bunch Of Stuff
In addition to inventing a rotating book holder that folded into a box. He also invented/improved on the inventions of the dumbwaiter, the polygraph (for recording), a pasta maker, the swivel chair, the sundial, and the pedometer. Well, Obama? Let's see some inventing in between all that boring Presidential stuff. Barack Obama Is A Comic Book Nerd
President Obama collects "Spiderman" and "Conan The Barbarian" comic books, and has even read every "Harry Potter" book.Abe Lincoln Won A Wrestling Match
When Abe Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois in 1831, he met a rowdy bunch called The Clarence Grove Boys. Their leader, Jack Armstrong challenged Lincoln to a wrestling match outside of Denton Offutt's store, where Lincoln was a clerk, and townspeople gathered to watch and wager on it. Lincoln won the match and Jack's respect, and the two became best friends
The 18th President Of The United States was given a $20 speeding ticket for riding his horse too fast down a Washington street. You'd think he could have talked his way out of that one. James A. Garfield Was Ambidextrous (Awesome)
Not only was he the first president to be both righty and lefty, but it was said he could write a sentence in Latin with one hand and write it in Greek with the other hand. Awesome party trick! William Howard Taft Got Stuck In A Bathtub
Our 27th President was a stately fellow, weighing in at over 300 lbs, so it's easy to believe he became stuck in one of the White House bathtubs (things were a lot smaller back then). He eventually had an oversize bathtub installed, but that was probably just an excuse to get a hot tub. John Quincy Adams Regularly Skinny-Dipped In The Potomac
The President was known for his early morning dips in D.C.'s main waterway, always in the nude. Does that mean some unlucky commuters possibly saw Adams's "Johnson"? Thomas Jefferson Had Two Pet Bears
When Lewis and Clark were exploring the West, two young bear cubs were sent East to President Jefferson. He kept the bears in a cage on the White House lawn and occasionally went on walks with them. Other strange presidential pets include: Alligator (John Quincy Adams), Elephant (James Buchanan), and Zebra (Teddy Roosevelt) Martin Van Buren Invented The Phrase "OK"
Supposedly, President Van Buren coined one of the most commonly used phrases to date: "OK", or "Okay". Van Buren was from Kinderhook, NY which was also called "Old Kinderhook". His support groups came to be known as "O.K. Clubs" and the term OK came to mean "all right". Calvin Coolidge Had A Vaseline Fetish.
Calvin Coolidge was strange guy. Not only did he sleep quite a lot - over 10 hours a day - but had morning ritual where he enjoyed having Vaseline rubbed on his head while he ate breakfast in bed. He also had a mechanical horse installed in the White House so he could practice his horseback riding skills. So, when did he do the whole "running the country" thing? Chester A. Arthur Was Sharp Dresser, Night Owl
Not only was Chester A. Arthur a very sharp dresser (he owned over 80 pairs of pants) but he often took late night strolls around D.C. with friends, not returning home until 3 or 4 in the morning. Thomas Jefferson Invented A Bunch Of Stuff
In addition to inventing a rotating book holder that folded into a box. He also invented/improved on the inventions of the dumbwaiter, the polygraph (for recording), a pasta maker, the swivel chair, the sundial, and the pedometer. Well, Obama? Let's see some inventing in between all that boring Presidential stuff. Barack Obama Is A Comic Book Nerd
President Obama collects "Spiderman" and "Conan The Barbarian" comic books, and has even read every "Harry Potter" book.Abe Lincoln Won A Wrestling Match
When Abe Lincoln moved to New Salem, Illinois in 1831, he met a rowdy bunch called The Clarence Grove Boys. Their leader, Jack Armstrong challenged Lincoln to a wrestling match outside of Denton Offutt's store, where Lincoln was a clerk, and townspeople gathered to watch and wager on it. Lincoln won the match and Jack's respect, and the two became best friends
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