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05-03-23
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İİİ Herbert Hoover and his wife both spoke fluent Chinese. Hoover was also the first president to have a telephone on his desk in the White House. İİİ When Calvin Coolidge was being driven in a car, he would always insist that the driver didn't exceed sixteen miles per hour. İİİ George Washington had ivory not wooden false teeth. İİİ James Garfield could write in Greek with one hand while simultaneously writing in Latin with the other. İİİ Jimmy Carter developed the knack of speed reading and was once tested and found to have 95 percent comprehension at a reading rate of 2,000 words a minute. İİİ When he was young, Rutherford Hayes suffered from a strange phobia: the fear of going insane. İİİ Franklin D. Roosevelt's mother dressed him exclusively in girl's clothing until the age of five. İİİ John Quincy Adams used to take a swim in the Potomac River every morning - naked. İİİ Zachary Taylor moved around the country so much that he never managed to register to vote. Consequently, the first time he voted, he was sixty-two years old. İİİ George W Bush, a chubby toddler, was nicknamed "Fatty McGee McGaw" by his father George Sr. İİİ
