Happy President’s Day! In celebration, here are a few little-known nuggets about America’s Chief Executives:

1) President James K. Polk’s CB handle was J. Po.

2) Alliteration was all the rage during the early 20th century. Between 1912 and 1928, Americans elected Woodrow Wilson, Calvin Coolidge and Herbert Hoover. It was FDR who put a stop to the annoying pattern by changing his name from Rudy Roosevelt.

3) Through DNA analysis we now know that Richard Nixon would have loved the prop comic Carrot Top.

4) Although George Washington did not really sport wooden teeth, historians are pretty sure he had bionic lips.

5) Our 10th president, John Tyler, sired 15 children, a feat that earned him several nicknames, including “Johnny Likes It,” “The Father of Half His Country,” and “Old Hot & Now.”

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