More than just the White House: interesting facts about the residence of the President of the United States

White House.
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The White House has a mystery and charm, but also a share of bizarre historical moments and facts, which many do not know about.

The collection of such data on the White House collected edition T-network.

• The White House has 6 floors, 132 rooms, 35 bathrooms, 412 doors, 147 windows, 28 fireplaces, 8 staircases and 3 elevators.
• Prior to 26 US President Theodore Roosevelt, the building was not called the White House, but the Presidential Palace or the Presidential Mansion.
• The new president has full access to the 3 warehouses of the White House. They contain paintings, gold, crystal, carpets, collections of furniture, curiosities and other things that were in the possession of presidential families since George Washington. The new president has the right to choose whatever he likes to decorate the White House to his own taste.
• The items that remain unchanged are the famous bed in the bedroom of Abraham Lincoln, on which, ironically, he never slept, and the President’s desk in the Oval Office.

• One of the traditions of the White House is connected with the Oval Office: the new president changes the carpet there to his own taste. George W. Bush likes to say that this was his first decision as president.
• A carpet with an eagle in the Oval Office remains unchanged. In the center of the carpet is an eagle holding an olive branch and arrows in its paws. When America is not at war, the bird's head is turned toward the olive branch. During the war - the eagle looks at the arrows.

• First Lady Nancy Reagan left a memory of herself in the Porcelain Room. It was there that porcelain was bought that the first lady bought for the White House: each item of this service costs $ 952.

• President Warren Harding played poker at least twice a week. His advisors were called the “Poker Room” because they were his main partners during this game of chance. Once, Harding lost a white porcelain set belonging to the White House to poker.
• Under the White House is the dentist's office.
• The building was not designed for a president with a disability, so when Franklin Roosevelt took office, the entire White House had to be equipped with folding platforms and elevators for his wheelchair.
• Based on the size of the State Dining Room and the resources of the chef, 140 people can dine at the same time.
• The White House was the largest in the United States before the 1860s.

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