Results: USA Presidential Facts (James A. Garfield 1881)
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Did you know Garfield was ambidextrous and famously entertained friends by writing a sentence in Latin with one hand while simultaneously writing the same sentence in Greek with the other ? Yes
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87 votes
No
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814 votes
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Did you know he was an avid lover of mathematics and a teacher, Garfield discovered a completely original geometric proof for the Pythagorean theorem in 1876, which was published in the New England Journal of Education ? Yes
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80 votes
No
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821 votes
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Did you know he is the only ordained minister to become president ? (Before entering politics, Garfield was a lay minister and an active preacher in the Disciples of Christ.) Yes
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81 votes
No
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820 votes
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Did you know he mastered five languages, including English, Latin, Greek, French, and Hebrew ? Yes
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82 votes
No
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819 votes
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Did you know in 1880, he achieved the unique distinction of serving as a sitting U.S. Representative, an Ohio Senator-elect, and a President-elect all at the same time ? Yes
9%
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82 votes
No
91%
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819 votes
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