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DQ0rp TIL CSPAN Presidential Historians Survey from 2000-2017 consistently rank the top 3 GOAT U.S. presidents as Lincoln, Washington, and FDR. The worst ranked president was James Buchanan. Lincoln, Washington, FDR scored highest in Crisis Leadership, Moral Authority, and Public Persuasion respectively
16p7d TIL about Otto Esche's attempts to import Bactrian camels to Nevada to transport salt across the Sierra Nevada. Silver miners and their animals hated the camels so much that "Virginia City, Nevada, passed an ordinance outlawing camels on the town streets except between midnight and dawn."
N7RYQ TIL that when he was 8, George Carlin's aunt worked for the publisher of the Sunday newspaper funnies. Through his aunt, Carlin gained early access to the comics and would impress his classmates by predicting each weeks stories.