American Presidential Facts - Interesting and Fun Facts that is...

• Martin Van Buren was the first president born in the new United States.
• James Buchanan was the only bachelor president.
• James Garfield was the first left-handed president.
• John F. Kennedy was the first president born in the 20th century. (May 29, 1917)
• John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4th, 1826.
• John Quincy Adams swam daily in the Potomac River.
• John Taylor was the first to become president through death of the current president.
• William Henry Harrison died one month after delivering the longest inaugural speech at 1 hour 45 minutes.
• Abraham Lincoln was the first president to be assassinated.
• Grover Cleveland was the only president to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
• James Garfield could write Greek with one hand and Latin with the other simultaneously.
• The teddy bear was named for Theodore Roosevelt because he refused to shoot a bear cub while hunting.
• Woodrow Wilson kept sheep to trim the White House lawn.
• At 4 terms, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to more terms than any other president.
• Richard Nixon was the only president to resign.
• Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.
• BARACK OBAMA is the 44th president, but there actually have only been 43 presidents: Cleveland was elected for two nonconsecutive terms and is counted twice, as our 22nd and 24th president.
• THE OLDEST president inaugurated was Reagan (age 69); the youngest was Kennedy (age 43). Theodore Roosevelt, however, was the youngest man to become president——he was 42 when he succeeded McKinley, who had been assassinated.
• THE TALLEST president was Lincoln at 6'4"; at 5'4", Madison was the shortest.
• JAMES BUCHANAN was the only president never to marry. Five presidents remarried after the death of their first wives——two of whom, Tyler and Wilson, remarried while in the White House. Reagan was the only divorced president. Six presidents had no children. Tyler——father of fifteen——had the most.
• PRESIDENTS Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, and Kennedy were assassinated in office.
• ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS were made on the lives of Jackson, T. Roosevelt, F. Roosevelt, Truman, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, G. H. W. Bush, Clinton, and G. W. Bush.
• EIGHT PRESIDENTS died in office: W. Harrison (after having served only one month), Taylor, Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Harding, F. Roosevelt, and Kennedy.
• PRESIDENTS ADAMS, Jefferson, and Monroe all died on the 4th of July; Coolidge was born on that day.
• John Quincy Adams named one of his sons George Washington.
• Andrew Jackson was the only president to have been a prisoner of war.
• William Henry Harrison gave the longest inaugural address - one hour 45 minutes and served for the shortest period of time - 30 days.
• Barack Obama does not like ice cream as a result of working at an ice cream shop as a teenager.
• William Clinton was nicknamed Bubba as a child.
• Ronald Reagan was a Hollywood actor before becoming involved in politics;He made more than 50 movies.

Phobias...

1. Venustraphobia: Also known as caligynephobia, this is the fear of beautiful women, and may be caused by low self-confidence or putting too much pressure on appearances.
2. Anthropophobia: This phobia literally refers to the fear of people but can also mean the fear of having company.
3. Aphephobia: This phobia causes people to feel afraid when touched.
4. Autodysomophobia: If you have a bad or "vile" odor, you may trigger someone who has autodysomophobia.
5. Deipnophobia: Dinner parties, dining and dinner conversation are all off limits for people who suffer from this phobia.
6. Nomophobia: This modern phobia affects people who are very afraid of losing cell phone contact.
7. Soteriophobia: Some seriously independent-minded individuals may have soteriophobia, or the fear of becoming dependent on someone else.
8. Sociophobia: Those who fear being judged by society suffer from sociophobia.
9. Gamophobia: It’s not just an excuse: some people actually have a valid fear of getting married.
10. Syngenesophobia: The fear of relatives.
11. Ecclesiophobia: The fear of church and going to church is called ecclesiophobia.
12. Spectrophobia: Those who are too afraid to look at their own reflection in a mirror have spectrophobia.
13. Athazagoraphobia: Athazagoraphobia is the fear of being forgotten.
14. Gelotophobia: Those who fear being laughed at — and actually evaluate social situations for "signs of laughter and ridicule" — suffer from gelotophobia.
15. Tachophobia: Anyone who suffers from tachophobia — the fear of speed — may be afraid of riding in cars or trains.
16. Xerophobia: The fear of dryness is also called xerophobia.
17. Arithmophobia: Arithmophobia means to the fear of numbers generally.
18. Bathophobia: This obscure phobia refers to the fear of depth.
19. Cainophobia: The fear of anything new.
20. Macrophobia: Doctor’s offices and holiday shopping trips must be nightmares for people who suffer from macrophobia, or the fear of long waits.
21. Hagiophobia: Holy figures and holy things or ideas are feared by people with hagiophobia.
22. Sophophobia: Those who are afraid of learning anything new have sophophobia.
23. Barophobia: While it’s common to have a fear of flying or a fear of heights, others have a fear of gravity, or barophobia.
24. Chronophobia: The fear of time.
25. Mnemophobia: The fear of memories.
26. Allodoxaphobia: If you like to voice your thoughts on a particular subject, you may want to stay away from people with allodoxaphobia, or the fear of opinions.
27. Porphyrophobia: The color purple causes some people to be very afraid and develop this condition.
28. Arachibutyrophobia: If you’re desperately afraid of peanut butter sticking to the roof of your mouth, you have arachibutyrophobia.
29. Coprastasophobia: Some people are actually terribly afraid of becoming constipated.
30. Didaskaleinophobia: If you’d rather skip class, just claim this phobia, which refers to the fear of going to school.
31. Nomatophobia: This phobia refers to the fear of names.
32. Lipophobia: The fear of fats in food may be blamed on the red meat scare of 1977.
33. Hormephobia: Hormephobia refers to a person’s fear of experiencing shock, which is probably made more likely after an anxiety attack.
34. Phobophobia: This condition is described as a rare disorder and refers to the fear of having a phobia.
35. Cymophobia: It’s understandable that some people might be afraid of waves, but this phobia also refers to the fear of "wave-like motions."
36. Pteronophobia: The idea of being tickled with feathers is upsetting for those with pteronophobia.
37. Optophobia: Opening one’s eyes is just too stressful for some individuals.
38. Triskaidekaphobia: fear of the number 13.
39. Ephebiphobia: fear of teenagers.
40. Cacophobia: The fear of ugliness