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Joshua Norton's avatar

Fun-fact from the new Texas official school history books:

Every president died on July 4, 1826. Look it up.

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BarackMyWorld's avatar

#41 He was no <a href="http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch\?v=Q9CE8AJn-UI&amp\;feature=player_embedded#at=88" target="_blank">Buddy Knox</a>.

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fuflans's avatar

six hours late, i was sure someone had already said it.

it is my favorite holiday b/c of that video.

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<a href="http:\/\/www.gallup.com\/poll\/146183\/Americans-Say-Reagan-Greatest-President.aspx\?utm_source=alert&amp\;utm_medium=email&amp\;utm_campaign=syndication&amp\;utm_content=morelink&amp\;utm_term=Government - Politics - USA" target="_blank">19% of Americans can't be wrong.</a>

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Joshua Norton's avatar

Little known Washington fun-fact. Although he's credited with having his picture on the one dollar bill, it's really Barbara Bush.

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Joshua Norton's avatar

Nothing presidential would come in colors until Reagan's jelly beans were invented.

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JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

But, ironically, he gets blamed for everything that's wrong in politics. "We don't need a bunch of Washington bureaucrats telling us what to do!" "Washington is not the solution; it's the problem." "Politicians need to get away from Washington to find out how real Americans live." The bastard.

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JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

#37 Wrote nation's first blog: georgette.com #38 Repealed Continental Army DADT policy to retain English translators -- at least that's the reason he gave at the time. #39 Said "When you build a monument in my honor, I want it to be phallic and big ... really big."

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chascates's avatar

He was also redheaded (in his youth, at least) so he was a potential Wonkette writer.

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Spurning Beer's avatar

12. Was the last known Caucasian person with the surname Washington (with the exception of those marrying into the name).

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