George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and later confessed the deed to his father. FALSE!
This story was invented by a person by the name of MAson Locke Weems in a biography published after Washingtons deaths.Not much was known about the first presidents childhood, so weems filled in the blanks himself to humanize his subject. Much of his book was later debunked by other Washington biographers.
George washington wore false wooden teeth? FALSE!
Washington had several sets of dentures, but none were wooden. After washington became president, a dentist created a new set of dentures for him out of gold and hippopotamus ivory. they are on display at the national museum of dentistry in baltimore, Md.
The teddy bear was named fter theodore Roosevelt? WHAT? TRUTH!
The teddy bear was inspired by a 1902 political cartoon depicting then-president Theodore “teddy” roosevelt sparing the life of a bear on a haunting expedition. the bear became the mascot for Roosevelts re-election campaign, and sales of stuffed bear toys surged. a toy – maker sent one to the president asking if he could name the teddy bear in hishonor, and roosevelt agreed.
The “Baby Ruth” candy bar was named after the daughter of president Grover Cleveland. AHH PROBABLY NOT!
When Curtiss Candy Company introduced the Baby Ruth bar in 1921, they claimed it was after Clevelands daughter who was indeed named ruth. However, Ruth Cleveland died of diphteria at age 12 in 1904, and it seems unlikely that Curisswouldve named their candy for the deceased daughter of a former president. Coincidentially a baseball player nicked named “BABE” Ruth hade just sky rocketed to fame at this time. Conventionall wisdom is that the company attributed the name of their candy bar to Ruth Cleveland so the baseball star wouldnt sue them for using his name.
President Zachary Taylor died from eating cherries and milk. TRUTH!
The 12th president fell ill after eating cherries and milk at a blistering hot fourth of july celebration in Washington,D.C. He died on july 9,1850. However this doesn’t mean that cherries and milk are a deadly combination most likely one or the other was contaminated with cholera, typhoid or some kind of food-borne bacteria
