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Vice President (and future President) Millard Fillmore didn't meet President Zachary Taylor until after they were both elected.

The Soft Coated Wheaten is the national dog of Ireland.

Ancient Egyptians believed that "Bast" was the mother of all cats on Earth. They also believed that cats were sacred animals.

Nye Bevan's birthday is two days after mine...

Frederic C. 'Boots' Blesse pushed an F-86 Sabre with his while airborne to save his copilot from being captured by the North Koreans.

Albert Einstein's younger son had Schizophrenia.

President Calvin Coolidge, thirtieth U.S. president, liked cats and would often walk around the office with his yellow cat draped over his shoulders like a fur piece.

There was a B36 nuclear testbed. The reactor did not power the aircraft. The goal was to determine the effects of radiation on instruments and equipment.

In 1944, Stan Klopp (nickname: "Betz") pitched for the Boston Braves. He gave up 1 home run.

My favourite song is, 'Punk Rock Christmas' - by The Sex Pistols.

Starbuck, a Lynx point Siamese, was listed in Cat Fancy Magazine as the oldest cat. He was 27 at the time. He was owned by a family in Victorville, CA.

I wonder if Coolidge had Aspergers. His nickname was Silent Cal. This woman goes up to him at a party and says "I have a bet that i can get you to say more than 3 words. '' And he says to her "you lose''.

Rutherford B. Hayes was the first president to have a Siamese cat in the White House.

Kids are people too.

Project Pluto was an attempt to create a nuclear powered ramjet for a cruise missle. A warhead would have been unnecessary, as the unshielded reactor would have spread intense radioactivity in a wide swath.

Venice in Italy is built on 118 sea islets joined by 400 bridges. It is gradually sinking into the water