10 Mistakes People Make with U.S. Presidents (plus 1 bonus)

Lightning fast read meant to make you think...

10 Mistakes People Make with U.S. Presidents (plus 1 bonus):

1. Don't realize how many there have been (44 men including Donald Trump who will the 45th President).
2. Are ignorant of the fact of the number of U.S. Presidential assassinations (4) and/or assassination plots/attempts (16).
3. Think that the story of George Washington chopping down the cherry tree is true (nope).
4. Don't realize how many U.S. Presidents were elected without a college degree (12 Presidents including George Washington and Abraham Lincoln).
5. Don't realize the uncanny parallels between Abraham Lincoln's and John F. Kennedy's assassinations (e.g. both shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major holiday; President Kennedy had a secretary named Mrs. Lincoln and President Lincoln had a secretary named John Kennedy).
6. Are ignorant of the fact that there has been one President who indeed was unanimously elected (George Washington).
7. Don't realize that one of the Presidents previously worked as a fashion model for Cosmopolitan and Look magazines in the 1940s (Gerald Ford).
8. Are ignorant of the fact that the first President to call his residence in Washington, D.C the "White House," was Theodore Roosevelt.
9. Don't realize who the tallest U.S. President was (Abraham Lincoln) and his height (6' 4").
10. Don't realize who the shortest U.S. President was (James Madison) and his height (5' 4").

BONUS Are ignorant of the fact that Jimmy Carter was a speed reader and was recorded at reading 2,000 words per minute.

(Mt. Rushmore via pixabay)

by Mike C (aka blog boy)

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