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[-] Frog@lemmy.ca 103 points 2 months ago

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

[-] Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 91 points 2 months ago

John Quincy Adams

the sixth president

Quincy - Meaning:The fifth

RAAAAAAAARGH

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 46 points 2 months ago

They started counting from zero, as it should be

[-] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

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@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 16 points 2 months ago

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

[-] BossDj@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

What's the presidential tattoo situation?

[-] nul@programming.dev 14 points 2 months ago

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

[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Is that what he was always showing people?

[-] stoicmaverick@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago
[-] nomous@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

He named it "Jumbo"

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[-] affiliate@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

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

[-] MadBob@feddit.nl 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.

[-] drolex@sopuli.xyz 23 points 2 months ago

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?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago
[-] Masamune@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago

John Quincy Skibidi Adams

[-] coaxil@lemm.ee 5 points 2 months ago
[-] ICastFist@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

I thought it was SkiiinnEEEEERRR!

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[-] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 months ago
[-] Mango@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago
[-] pigup@lemmy.world 43 points 1 month ago
[-] Tamkish@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Randomass Fakenamington

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

He's got my vote!

[-] M137@lemmy.world 37 points 2 months ago

"Went back 8 years later after"

Words hard.

[-] where_am_i@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

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

[-] Baku@aussie.zone 8 points 1 month ago

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

[-] samus12345@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

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?

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[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Maybe the museum exhibit was about his nephew?

[-] Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

George Steptoe Washington

Sounds like what George Washington would've been called if he'd been a great dancer.

[-] zkfcfbzr@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Or a terrible one!

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 12 points 2 months ago

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

[-] WldFyre@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago

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.

[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 4 points 2 months ago

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

[-] tetris11@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago

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

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