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[–] [email protected] 102 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Fun fact: The first president to have a middle name was John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States.

[–] [email protected] 90 points 2 months ago (1 children)

John Quincy Adams

the sixth president

Quincy - Meaning:The fifth

RAAAAAAAARGH

[–] [email protected] 46 points 2 months ago (5 children)

They started counting from zero, as it should be

[–] Lost_My_Mind 39 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I feel like you're lying, but I don't know enough about middle names to dispute it.

Although, Washington didn't have a mustache. That means SOMEONE was the first president to have a mustache.

And there's never been a president with purple hair. Harris, I'm lookin' at you. Be bold!

[–] MimicJar 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

That means SOMEONE was the first president to have a mustache.

Oddly enough that was ALSO John Quincy Adams...

Ok. Not really. He was the first to have sideburns.

Lincoln was the first to have a beard.

Grant was the first to have a mustache.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_with_facial_hair

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

Of course Wikipedia has the list of US presidents with facial hair. Because why not

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

What's the presidential tattoo situation?

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That would be Lyndon B. Johnson, who is said to have had a hell of a tramp stamp.

[–] idiomaddict 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is that what he was always showing people?

[–] stoicmaverick 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] nomous 2 points 2 months ago

He named it "Jumbo"

[–] Stamau123 2 points 2 months ago

I believe both of the Roosevelts had the same tattoo, of their family crest

[–] affiliate 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

as an expert in middle names (been working with them my whole life) i can confirm it is true

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

As someone who works with middle names, maybe you can't tell but this middle name is in a lot of distress.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 2 months ago (4 children)

OK what was it then? I've heard him being called John Quincy S. Adams at a local museum. Do you know what the S stands for?

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[–] Masamune 7 points 2 months ago

John Quincy Skibidi Adams

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

I thought it was SkiiinnEEEEERRR!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Randomass Fakenamington

[–] Agent641 3 points 2 months ago

He's got my vote!

[–] M137 37 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"Went back 8 years later after"

Words hard.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I also don't never proof-read my shit posting on the internet tbh

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 months ago

I just about exclusively Lemmy from mobile, and auto carrot hates my guts. I end up sounding illiterate most of the time

[–] samus12345 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

While looking up what his middle name was, I learned that the tradition of middle names did not become widespread in the US until the 1830s. Interesting.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What I want to know is what's up with two-name first names like Mary Jo or Betty Lou. Did that happen before or after the invention of middle names?

[–] AeonFelis 3 points 2 months ago

So nice we named her twice

[–] zkfcfbzr 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Maybe the museum exhibit was about his nephew?

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I wonder if this is a possible explanation for the mandela effect

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

There's already an explanation for the Mandela effect, it's that our memories are extremely fallible and more affected by our view/environment as opposed to facts than most people believe.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Still, this could have possibly made a mini localised Mandela effect

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

People walking in from parallel dimensions to mess with others? Likely.

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