John Quincy Adams brought his pet alligator to the White House He also liked to skinny deep in the Potomac River. A reporter once sat on his clothes until he gave her an interview!

The expression OK is said to have come from Van Buren who was called "Old Kinderhook" and sometimes sign papers, OK

Ulysses S. Grant is the only president to get a speeding ticket....for driving his horse.(paid a $20 dollar fine).

The Baby Ruth candy bar was named for Grover Clevelandıs daughter Ruth

William McKinley had a pet parrot who was trained to whistle , "Yankee Doodle".

Warren G. Harding had the biggest feet of any president...size 14

John F. Kennedy was the first president to have been a Boy Scout

Franklin Pierce was the first President to place a Christmas tree in the White House.

James Garfield was the first president to be left- handed AND could write with both hands(and different languages at the same time-Greek and Latin)

Theodore Roosevelt was the first President to ride in a plane, a car and a submarine.

John Coolidge had an electronic horse installed in the White Horse.

Herbert Hoover was the President to make the Star-Spangled Banner the National anthem

FDR was the first President to appear on television.

Jimmy Carter , a speed reader, was recorded reading 2000 words a minute!

George Washington was a spelunker, loved searching in caves.

Rutherford. Hayes had the first telephone installed in the White House and talked to Alexander Graham Bell, 13 miles away.

Benjamin Harrison was the first president to go to a baseball game and usually left the "new electric lights on" in the White House fearing to touch the switches.

Martin Van Buren was the first president born a US citizen.

Presidents that were left-handed include: Presidents Barack Obama, James Garfield,Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Some say that Herbert Hoover was also left-handed but the Herbgert Hoover Presidential Liberary says that he was not.