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TIL Ronald Reagan's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Rex, took a disliking to the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House. Thought to be haunted by Lincoln's ghost, the dog would refuse to enter the room and sometimes would stand outside it and bark through the doorway.

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