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Creation of the Department of Energy was presided over by President Jimmy Carter. The Panama Canal treaties and the Camp David Accord were also signed during his term.

David Rice Atchison, the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, was president for a day. When Zachary Taylor was inaugurated in 1849, he refused to take the oath on a Sunday, so someone had to be sworn into office for one day. Atchison got the job.

Despite a tight daily schedule, President Herbert Hoover began each day at the White House with a game of medicine ball at 7:30. The game, much like volleyball with a 6-pound ball tossed over a 10-foot net on a court, was played by Hoover with members of his Cabinet every morning for half an hour.

During a 1992 presidential campaign stop, Bill Clinton told supporters that he was going to visit Denver's El Chapultepec Jazz Club to see what it was all about. News traveled fast, and so many people showed up that the future president was forced to stay in his car.

During an interview telecast on October 31, 2000, soon-to-be President George W. Bush told talk show host Jay Leno a story about his brother Marvin urinating on the steam iron when he was a kid.

John F. Kennedy and Warren Harding were the only United States presidents to be survived by their fathers.

John F. Kennedy received the Pulitzer Prize for his book, Profiles in Courage.

George Washington was the only president to be inaugurated in two cities: New York and Philadelphia. At the time of her husband's death, Martha Washington burned all letters to maintain her privacy.

John F. Kennedy was a decorated naval officer in World War II.

George Washington was the only president to be unanimously elected. There were seven states at the time, and the population of the country was almost 4 million.

John F. Kennedy was the first U.S. president who had formally been a Boy Scout.

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams were all avid collectors and players of marbles. In their day, marbles were called "small bowls," and were as popular with adults as with children.

John F. Kennedy's wife, Jacqueline, became an international celebrity because of her beauty, poise, and intelligence.

George Washington, who was nearly toothless himself, was meticulous with the teeth of the six white horses that pulled his presidential coach. He had their teeth picked and cleaned daily to improve their appearance.

John F. Kennedy's rocker was the first piece of furniture Lyndon B. Johnson had removed from the White House following JFK's assassination.

George Washington's face was badly scarred from smallpox.

John Hanson — not George Washington — was the first president of the U.S. When the Congress met in 1781, the U.S. was governed by the Articles of Confederation, which were adopted in 1777 and ratified by the states in 1781. At that meeting, Congress elected John Hanson its "President of the U.S. in Congress assembled." George Washington became the first president of the U.S. under the U.S. Constitution in 1789.

Gerald Ford issued a presidential pardon to Richard Nixon in 1974.

John Q. Adams served in the House of Representatives for 17 years and remains the only president to serve in the House after his presidential term ended.

Gerald Ford presided over the evacuation of Americans in Vietnam. Later, Ford gave amnesty to resisters of the Vietnam war.

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