Amazing Facts about Famous People

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Amazing Facts about Famous People

• Abraham Lincoln had to go across the street to the War Department to get news from the battlefield because there was no telegraph in the White House.

• Leif Erikson was the first European to set foot on North America in the year 1000.

• Leonard da Vinci could write with one hand and draw with the other at the same time. He invented the scissors, the helicopter, and many other present day items. He made sketches of a tracked armored vehicle to be used as an offensive weapon. It was pedal powered.

• It took Leonardo Da Vinci 10 years to paint Mona Lisa. He never signed or dated the painting. Leonardo and Mona had identical bone structures according to the painting. X-ray images have shown that there are 3 other versions under the original.

• Michelangelo painted only one easel picture.

• Henry IV was accused of betraying his Protestant religion by marrying a Catholic.

• Louis XVI of France was captured at Varennes in June 1791 while trying to flee his country. He was stopped at an inn when he tried to pay with a coin that carried his likeness.

• Millionaire Howard Hughes suffered from two phobias. Agoraphobia - fear of public places and mysophobia - the fear of germs.

• One of the greatest soldiers in history, Alexander the Great, was tutored by the greatest thinker of all time, Aristotle.

• Most-visited presidential grave: John F. Kennedy's in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

• King Henry III of France, Louis XIV of France, and Napoleon all suffered from ailurophobia the fear of cats.

• Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

• Napoleon took 14,000 French decrees and simplified them into a unified set of 7 laws. This was the first time in modern history that a nation's laws applied equally to all citizens. Napoleon's 7 laws are so impressive that by 1960 more than 70 governments had patterned their own laws after them or used them verbatim.

• Julius Caesar and Napoleon Bonaparte both suffered from epilepsy.

• Julius Caesar was the first to encode communications, using what has become known as the Caesar Cipher.

• Julius Caesar, Martin Luther and Jonathan Swift all suffered from Ménièr's disease. It is a disorder of the hearing and balance senses causing hissing, roaring or whistling sounds to be perceived.

• James Buchanan was certainly a good host. When England's Prince of Wales came to visit in the fall of 1860, so many guests came with him, it's said the president slept in the hallway.

• James Madison, 5 feet, 4 inches tall, was the shortest president of the US and weighed less than one hundred pounds. Abraham Lincoln was the tallest at six feet, 4 inches.

• It is believed that the Greek poet Aeschylus was killed when a bird-flying overhead dropped a tortoise and struck him. Birds have been known to carry shellfish to great heights and drop them in order crack the shells.

• In October 1959 Elizabeth Taylor became the first Hollywood star to receive $1 million for a single picture (Cleopatra).



• In 1920, Eugene Debs, a Socialist, received 920,000 votes for president of the United States even though he ran his entire campaign from prison.

• Jimmu, the legendary first ruler of Japan, began his reign in the year 660. Akihito, the current emperor, is said to be the 125th direct descendant of Jimmu to rule Japan.

• Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt ate three chocolate-covered garlic balls in the morning. Her doctor told her it would help improve her memory.

• In 1901, Theodore Roosevelt became the only U.S. President in history to deliver his inaugural address without using the word “I”.

• Jimmy Carter was the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.

• During his entire life, Vincent Van Gogh sold exactly one painting, "Red Vineyard at Arles".

• Dominique Larrey, Napoleon's chief surgeon, could amputate a leg in 13 seconds.

• Cindy Laupher had dyslexia and failed every subject in school.

• Isaac Newton, Peter Tchaikovsky and Annie Lennox were all born on Christmas.

• Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to slow film down so you could see his moves.

• Elizabeth the First suffered from anthophobia (a fear of roses).

• Born on November 2, 1718, British politician, John Montagu, the 4th Earl of Sandwich, is credited with naming the 'sandwich.' He developed a habit of eating beef between slice of toast so he could continue to play cards uninterrupted.

• Brabara Cartland is the world's top-selling author with over 500 million copies sold.

• Blaise Pascal's father was a French tax collector who had trouble keeping track of his collections. So in 1642, young Pascal designed and built a mechanical adding machine to help. It was the first mechanical calculator in history.

• Bill Clinton is the only President ever to be elected twice without ever receiving 50% of the popular vote. He had 43 percent in 1992 and 49 percent in 1996.

• Bill Gates began his business career at the age of 14 by forming a company called Traf-O-Data with some friends of his.

• Bill Gates once was an employee for Apple. He worked with Jobs and Wasniak to develop the OS for the first Apple computers. Later, he left Apple and began his own little company, known as Micro-Soft. It later became known as Microsoft... the reigning king of the software industry as we all know it.

• Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.

• Between 1931 and 1969 Walt Disney collected thirty-five Oscars.

• Andrew Jackson spent most of his adult life with a bullet no more than two inches away from his heart as a result of a duel he fought before becoming President.

• Andrew Johnson, was the only self-educated tailor. He is the only President to make his own clothes as well as his cabinet's.

• Anne Boleyn, Queen Elizabeth I's mother, had six fingers on one hand.

• All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

• Alfred Hitchcock did not have a belly button. It was eliminated when he was sewn up after surgery.

• Alfred Hitchcock directed the first talking film ever made in England. It was called Blackmail and was made in 1931.

• All 17 children of Queen Anne died before her.

• Amelia Earhart designed the first lightweight luggage for air travel.

• Alexander Graham Bell's wife and mother were both deaf.

• Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger bought the first Hummer manufactured for civilian use in 1992. The vehicle weighed in at 6,300 lbs and was 7 feet wide.

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Michael Jordan makes more money from Nike annually than all of the Nike factory workers in Malaysia combined.

Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts.

Betsy Ross is the only real person to ever have been the head on a Pez dispenser.

Adolf Hitler's mother seriously considered having an abortion but was talked out of it by her doctor.

Marilyn Monroe had six toes.

All US Presidents have worn glasses. Some just didn't like being seen wearing them in public.

Walt Disney was afraid of mice.

Debra Winger was the voice of E.T.

Thomas Edison, light bulb inventor, was afraid of the dark!

A man named Charles Osborne had the hiccups for 69 years! Wow!

Babe Ruth wore a cabbage leaf under his cap to keep him cool! He changed it every 2 innings!

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.

Mr. Rogers is an ordained minister.

Al Capone's business card said he was a used furniture dealer.

The characters Bert and Ernie on Sesame Street were named after Bert the cop and Ernie the taxi driver in Frank Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life."

Napoleon constructed his battle plans in a sandbox.

Virgina Woolf wrote all her books standing.

The airplane Buddy Holly died in was named the "American Pie."

Sir Isaac Newton was an ordained priest in the Church of England.

Picasso's full name was Pablo Diego Jose Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno Maria de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santisima Trinidad Ruiz Picasso.

Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright's son.

Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll, his pen name) was an ordained priest of the Anglican church.

Of the six men who made up the Three Stooges, three of them were real brothers. (Moe, Curly and Shemp.)

Einstein couldn't speak fluently until after his ninth birthday. His parents thought he was mentally retarded.

Blueberry Jelly Bellies were created especially for Ronald Reagan.

The Ramses brand condom is named after the great pharaoh Ramses II who fathered over 160 children.

David Prowse, was the guy in the Darth Vader suit in Star Wars. He spoke all of Vader's lines, and didn't know that he was going to be dubbed over by James Earl Jones until he saw the screening of the movie.

Ben and Jerry's send the waste from making ice cream to local pig farmers to use as feed. Pigs love the stuff, except for one flavor: Mint Oreo.

In thanks for narrating a documentary, the museum of Natural History named a spider after Harrison Ford..Calponia Harrisonfordi.

The Beatles song "Dear Prudence" was written about Mia Farrow's sister, Prudence, when she wouldn't come out and play with Mia and the Beatles at a religious retreat in India.

Wilma Flintstone's maiden name was Wilma Slaghoopal, and Betty Rubble's Maiden name was Betty Jean Mcbricker.

Lorne Greene had one of his nipples bitten off by an alligator while he was host of "Lorne Greene's Wild Kingdom."

Kelsey Grammar sings and plays the piano for the theme song of Fraiser.

Dr. Seuss and Kurt Vonnegut went to college together. They were even in the same fraternity, where Seuss decorated the fraternity house walls with drawings of his strange characters.

The Les Nessman character on the TV series WKRP in Cincinnati wore a band-aid in every episode. Either on himself, his glasses, or his clothing.

John Larroquette of "Night Court" and "The John Larroquette Show" was the narrator of "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre."

Alexander the Great was an epileptic.

Paul Reiser is playing the piano in the "Mad About You" theme.

Drivers tend to drive faster when other cars are around. It doesn't matter whether they are in front, behind or beside them.

The name for Oz in the "Wizard of Oz" was thought up when the creator, Frank Baum, looked at his filing cabinet and saw A-N, and O-Z, hence "Oz."

In 1986 Danny Heep became the first player in a World Series to be a designated hitter (DH) with the initials "D.H."

In 1963, baseball pitcher Gaylord Perry remarked, "They'll put a man on the moon before I hit a home run." On July 20, 1969, a few hours after Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon, Gaylord Perry hit his first, and only, home run.

Kermit the Frog is left-handed.

Charles de Gaulle's final words were, "It hurts."

St. Stephen is the patron saint of bricklayers.

Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntleroy.

Gilligan of Gilligan's Island had a first name that was only used once, on the never-aired pilot show. His first name was Willy. The skipper's real name on Gilligan's Island is Jonas Grumby. It was mentioned once in the first episode on their radio's newscast about the wreck.

Mel Blanc (the voice of Bugs Bunny) was allergic to carrots.

Dr. Seuss pronounced "Seuss" such that it rhymed with "rejoice."

Charlie Brown's father was a barber.

There is no existing photograph of Italian violin virtuoso Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) however, a photograph that has been proven beyond a doubt to be a fake, can still be found in encyclopedias etc.

Margaret Hamilton, the wicked witch of the west in the Wizard of Oz was once a kindergarten teacher.

In Casablanca, Humphrey Bogart never said "Play it again, Sam."

Sherlock Holmes never said "Elementary, my dear Watson."

Walt Disney got his idea for Mickey Mouse while he worked in a garage. He was watching the mice play one night and got the inspiration for Mortimer Mouse. He didn't change the name until shortly before he finished the first Mickey Mouse cartoon - the 1928 "Steamboat Willie".

Aztec emperor Montezuma had a nephew, Cuitlahac, whose name meant "plenty of excrement."

The youngest pope was 11 years old.

In 1984, a Canadian farmer began renting ad space on his cows.

Mark Twain didn't graduate from elementary school.

Only person to win $64,000 Challenge and $64,000 Question: Dr. Joyce Brothers (the subject was boxing).

Sigmund Freud had a morbid fear of ferns.

Dr. Seuss coined the word "nerd" in his 1950 book "If I Ran the Zoo"

Hugh "Ward Cleaver" Beaumont was an ordained minister.

John Lennon's first girlfriend was named Thelma Pickles.

Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.

Telly Savalas and Louis Armstrong died on their birthdays.

Betsy Ross was born with a fully formed set of teeth.

Bob Dylan's real name is Robert Zimmerman.

In Mel Brooks' 'Silent Movie,' mime Marcel Marceau is the only person who has a speaking role.

In ancient Egypt, Priests plucked EVERY hair from their bodies, including their eyebrows and eyelashes.

IThe phrase "Beam me up, Scotty" was never used in any of the Star Trek Motion Pictures, although they came close in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, when Chekov said "Scotty, beam me up!"

Goethe couldn't stand the sound of barking dogs and could only write if he had an apple rotting in the drawer of his desk.

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n the West the most popular male names are James and John. The most popular female name is Mary.

The name Wendy was first used in JM Barrie’s Peter Pan.

There are about 5,000 prince and princesses in each Saudi Arabian royal.

Merit-Ptah (2700 BC) of Ancient Egypt is the world’s first known female physician.

The 16th century Escorial palace of King Phillip II of Spain had 1,200 doors.

Adriaan van der Donck was the first and only lawyer in New York City in 1653.

A Duke is the highest rank you can achieve without being a king or a prince.

The British royal family changed their surname (last name) from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor, the name of their castle, in 1917.

Before writing 007 novels, Ian Fleming studied languages at Munich and Geneva universities, worked with Reuters in Moscow, and then became a banker and stockbroker.

Julius Caesar was known as a great swimmer.

When Alexander Graham Bell passed away in 1922, every telephone served by the Bell system in the USA and Canada was silent for one minute.

The people killed most often during bank robberies are the robbers.

Orville Wright numbered the eggs that his chickens produced so he could eat them in the order they were laid.

On New Year’s Day, 1907, Theodore Roosevelt shook hands with 8,513 people.

The oldest person on record is Methuselah (969 years old).

An exocannibal eats only enemies. An indocannibal eats only friends.

Alexander Graham Bell never phoned his wife or mother because they were deaf.

Burt Reynold’s father was the chief of police in West Palm Beach, Florida.

On 5th October 1974, four years, three months and sixteen days after Dave Kunste set out from Minnesota, he became the first man to walk around the world, having taken more than 20 million steps.

English sailors came to be called Limeys after using lime juice to combat scurvy.

English soldiers were called Tommies because the example name on the soldier forms was Thomas Atkins. (The example name on US forms is John Smith.)

The word “Machiavellian” is named after Niccolo Machiavelli, who was friends with Leonardo da Vinci.

The US has the highest documented per capita rate of imprisonment of any country in the world. About 2% of white males, 4% of Hispanic males and 10% of black males are incarcerated. There are more black males in prison than in colleges in the US.

Queen Isabella of Castile, who dispatched Christopher Columbus to find the Americas, boasted that she had only two
baths in her life – at her birth and before she got married.

Leonardo da Vinci could write with the one hand and draw with the other simultaneously.

Until he was 18, Woody Allen read virtually nothing but comic books but did show his writing skills. He sold one-liners
for ten cents each to gossip columnists.

In the 18th century Dr Monsey of Chelsea, England tied a piece of catgut around a patient’s tooth, threaded the other through a hole drilled in a bullet, loaded the bullet into his revolver and pulled the trigger.

Thomas Jefferson wrote his own epitaph without mentioning that he was US President.

Winston Churchill was a stutterer. As a child, one of his teachers warned, “Because of his stuttering he should be discouraged from following in his father’s political footsteps.”

The 17th-century French Cardinal Mazarin never traveled without his personal chocolate-maker.

King Louis XIV of France established in his court the position of “Royal Chocolate Maker to the King.”

Napoleon reportedly carried chocolate on all his military campaigns.

The word “electric” was first used in 1600 by William Gilbert, a doctor to Queen Elizabeth I.

In 1973, Swedish confectionery salesman Roland Ohisson was buried in a coffin made entirely of chocolate.

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1. Julius Caeser’s autograph is worth 2 million dollars, but one has not been found yet.

2. Charles Dickens slept facing North. He thought it improved his writing.

3. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.

4. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover the onset of baldness.

5. The house where Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence was replaced with a hamburger stand.

6. The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence - he invented dynamite.

7. There was a person that paid $14,000 for the bra Marilyn Monroe wore in Some Like It Hot.

8. Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.

9. During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.

10. Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.

11. When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.

12. Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.

13. John Glenn, the American who first orbited the Earth, was showered with 3,529 tonnes of ticker tape when he got back.

14. Catherine the First of Russia, made a rule that no man was allowed to get drunk at one of her parties before nine o'clock.

15. During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men's beards.

16. Queen Elizabeth I passed a law which forced everyone except for the rich to wear a flat cap on Sundays.

17. Ernest Bevin, Minister of Labour during World War II, left school at the age of eleven.

18. Upon the death of F.D. Roosevelt, Harry S Truman became the President of America on 12 April 1945. The initial S in the middle of his name doesn't in fact mean anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with 'S', and so Truman's mother didn't want to disappoint either of them.

19. One of Queen Victoria's wedding gifts was a 3 metre diameter, half tonne cheese.

20. Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult and the supernatural.

21. Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.

22. John D. Rockefeller gave away over US$ 500,000,000 during his lifetime.

23. John Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, had a payphone in his mansion.

24. Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.

25. Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill 'if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee'. His reply …' if you were my wife, I would drink it ! '.

26. The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.

27. The only person who’s birthday is a legal holiday all across the U.S. is George Washington.

28. While at Havard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.

29. King Solomon of Israel had about 700 wives as well as hundreds of mistresses.

30. Charles the Simple was the grandson of Charles the Bald, both were rulers of France.

31. Englands Queen Anne (1665-1714) outlived all 17 of her children.

32. In 1944, Fidel Castro was voted Cuba’s best schoolboy athlete.

33. Mozart never went to school.

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1. The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence - he invented dynamite.

2. Charles Dickens slept facing North. He thought it improved his writing.

3. The three best-known western names in China: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis Presley.4. Julius Caesar wore a laurel wreath to cover the onset of baldness.

4. Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.

5. When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn’t understand German.

6. The house where Jefferson wrote the ‘Declaration of Independence’ was replaced with a hamburger stand.

7. Uri Geller, the professional psychic, was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.

8. Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.

9. During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.

10. John Glenn, the American who first orbited the Earth, was showered with 3,529 tonnes of ticker tape when he got back.

11. Catherine the First of Russia, made a rule that no man was allowed to get drunk at one of her parties before nine o’clock.

12. During the reign of Elizabeth I, there was a tax put on men’s beards.

13. Queen Elizabeth I passed a law that forced everyone except for the rich to wear a flat cap on Sundays.

14. Upon the death of FD Roosevelt, Harry S Truman became the President of America on 12 April 1945. The initial S in the middle of his name doesn’t in fact mean anything. Both his grandfathers had names beginning with ‘S’, and so Truman’s mother didn’t want to disappoint either of them.

15. One of Queen Victoria’s wedding gifts was a 3-metre diameter, half tonne cheese.

16. Sir Isaac Newton was obsessed with the occult and the supernatural.

17. Marie Currie, who twice won the Nobel Prize, and discovered radium, was not allowed to become a member of the prestigious French Academy because she was a woman.

18. John Paul Getty, once the richest man in the world, had a payphone in his mansion.

19. Sir Winston Churchill rationed himself to 15 cigars a day.

20. Lady Astor once told Winston Churchill ‘if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee’. His reply …’ if you were my wife, I would drink it ! ‘.

21. The national flag of Italy was designed by Napoleon Bonaparte.

22. The only person whose birthday is a legal holiday all across the US is George Washington.

23. While at Havard University, Edward Kennedy was suspended for cheating on a Spanish exam.

24. King Solomon of Israel had about 700 wives as well as hundreds of mistresses

25. England’s Queen Anne (1665-1714) outlived all 17 of her children.

26. In 1944, Fidel Castro was voted Cuba’s best schoolboy athlete.

27. Mozart never went to school.

Source: http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default...6-3-2012_pg9_7

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Interesting fact about Qauid e Azam

Ever since the Death of Mohammad Ali Jinnah in 1948. The Day of his birth, death and Independence day all come on same day e.g

in 2004: 14 Aug, 11 September, 25 december Saturday, Saturday, Saturday

Just pick up any year from 1949 to 2011, you will find all these 3 dates are same.


Also according to Dr.Safdar Mehmood column published in Jang newspaper, 3 days ago, The idea of creating a independent muslim state for Muslims came to Allama Iqbaal in 1930. which he later expressed in his Famous Allah Bad Sermon

And the strange thing is The same idea of independent State for muslims came to Jinnah in same year i.e 1930.

Source: http://www.defence.pk/forums/members...#ixzz2GJlFzH4q

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Facts about Albert Einstein


1. Einstein Was a Fat Baby with Large Head
2. Einstein Had Speech Difficulty as a Child
3. Einstein was Inspired by a Compass
4. Einstein Failed his University Entrance Exam
5. Einstein had an Illegitimate Child
6. Einstein Became Estranged From His First Wife, then Proposed a Strange "Contract"
7. Einstein Didn't Get Along with His Oldest Son
8. Einstein was a Ladies' Man
9. Einstein, the War Pacifist, Urged FDR to Build the Atom Bomb
10. The Saga of Einstein's Brain: Pickled in a Jar for 43 Years and Driven Cross Country in a Trunk of a Buick!

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Facts about Isaac Newton Facts

1. Baby Newton Wasn't Expected to Live
2. Newton Almost Became a Farmer
3. Newton and His Apple: The True Story
4. Newton was Secretive - He Rarely Published
5. Newton was Deeply Religious ...
6. ... But, He Didn't Believe in Satan or the Holy Trinity
7. Newton Was Obsessed with the Bible
8. Newton was an Alchemist
9. Newton Battled Counterfeiters
10. Newton the Politician Uttered Just One Sentence

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Facts about Charles Darwin

1. Darwin Once Ate an Owl
2. Darwin Wanted to Be a Doctor, But He Couldn't Stand the Sight of
Blood
3. Darwin's Nose Almost Cost Him The Voyage on the Beagle
4. Best Birthday Gift Ever: a Mountain!
5. The Full Title of "On The Origin of Species"
6. Darwin Didn't Invent the Phrase "Survival of the Fittest"
7. Darwin Married His First Cousin
8. Darwin Lost His Faith in Christianity
9. Darwin was a Backgammon Fiend
10. Church of England Finally Apologized to Darwin

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Facts about George Washington

1. George Washington was the only president who did not live in Washington D.C.
2: George Washington was the only president who was unanimously elected.
3: George Washingtons favorite foods were pineapples and Brazil Nuts.
4: George Washingtons father was a Planter and was part owner and director of an iron mine
5: When at age 57, George Washington had all his teeth pulled out.
6: George Washington was educated by his father and brother.
7: George Washington loved horses and was an excellent rider.
8: George Washington never wore a powdered wig, as was the custom for men at the time.
9: George Washington never shook hands with people.
10: George Washington joined the British Royal Navy at age 14