Facts You Probably don’t Need

• James Madison is believed to have written the first draft of George Washington’s first inaugural address.

• The President and Vice President cannot be from the same state.

• Benjamin Franklin’s father had seven children with his first wife and ten children with his second.  Franklin was the 15th child and the youngest son.

• The US Constitution was written on only four pieces of parchment and is only 4,543 words long.

• George Strait and Jeff Bezos are distant cousins.
• The first mechanical clock was built in the 13th century in Europe.

• Mother Teresa, who was born in present day North Macedonia, learned to speak English while studying in Ireland.

• St. Thomas Aquinas was said to have dictated multiple books to multiple secretaries at the same time.

            Facts by Sean McVeigh, factologist.