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Presidential Minutiae: Goofy tidbits about our Presidents (no Hillary or Donald — promise)
Later tonight, we’ll know who our new president is going to be (short of another hanging chad disaster).
The election season hasn’t been oodles of laughs, and it’s a pretty safe bet that most folks are just plain ready for it to be over.
So let’s lighten things up a bit. Here’s a rundown of some presidential trivia and little-known facts about each of our presidents-past.
* Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) liked to have his head rubbed with petroleum jelly while eating his breakfast in bed.
* It was so cold at the inauguration of Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877), the canaries that were supposed to sing at the inaugural ball froze to death.