Unknown facts about U.S. presidents, part 2

While you were busy learning geometry, I learned about the dark secrets of the White House:

1) Dwight Eisenhower created photosynthesis.

2) America's nineteenth President, James Garfield, was mainly made out of coal.

3) Once out of office, William McKinley made a comfortable living by fashioning Civil War commemorative statuettes out of bear feces.

4) Herbert Hoover invented the automobile.

5) Lyndon Johnson survived eight separate assassination attempts thanks to his uncanny ability to kill people with his mind.

6) In 1860, James Buchanan forced a doe to marry him at knife-point after having impregnated her at a Christmas party.

7) When initially asked what his response would be to the attack of Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt replied: "We are going to invent a time-machine within the next few days so we can go back in time, if you will, and warn ourselves several hours prior to the attack. That way we won't be as shocked and dismayed when it happens."

8) Chester Arthur accidentally burned down the White House on several occasions.

9) Richard Nixon started the militant black civil rights group known as the Black Panthers.

10) Harry Truman invented the letter "G."

11) Warren Harding tried to convince Congress of declaring war on Italy on eleven separate occasions citing his reasons as: "personal and having to do with America's popcorn shortage."

12) Calvin Coolidge discovered Peru.

13) In a desperate attempt to gain more votes during the 1849 elections, Millard Fillmore killed an elephant with his bare hands in front of a crowd of kids.

14) Theodore Roosevelt was the first human being ever to draw the connection between water and life.