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Y7ayZ TIL Former U.S. President Martin Van Buren argued with Congress over whether he could keep two pet tigers in the White House.
wo58Y TIL that President Andrew Jackson befriended a family of white mice in his bedroom. While his daughter tried to eradicate them with poison and traps, he fed them with grain from his mill business.
yQR7p TIL President Franklin Roosevelt's german shepard, Major, bit and nearly ripped the pants off the British Prime Minister during a state visit to the White House