Did you know he had very little formal schooling as a child—hardly attending school until he was 17 ? (He taught himself to read and later became a teacher himself.)

Did you know he married his teacher Abigail Powers, who was his teacher when he was learning to read and write ? (He was 19 and waited until 1826 to marry her, when he was established as a lawyer and ready to support a family.)

Did you know he was a huge fan of books and he and his wife, Abigail, installed the first library in the White House because it didn't have any books when they moved in ? (Fillmore enjoyed giving books to friends and even donated his personal collection to libraries.)

Did you know before he was a politician, he worked as a tailor and apprentice in a textile mill ? (Many other occupations too it seems !)

Did you know in 1851, a big fire broke out at the Library of Congress and President Fillmore actually ran to the scene and helped the firemen fight the flames ?