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These are some interesting facts about the "White House" in Washington, D.C.

	132 rooms
	35 bathrooms
	6 levels (floors) - two basements, two public floors, and two floors for the First Family
	412 doors
	147 windows
	28 fireplaces
	8 staircases
	3 elevators
	13,092 knives, forks and spoons
	President Theodore Roosevelt officially gave the White House its current name in 1901.
	AKA: "President's Palace," the "President's House," and the "Executive Mansion."
	The White House receives approximately 6,000 visitors a day.
	With 5 full-time chefs, the White House kitchen is able to serve dinner to as many as 140 guests and hors d'oeuvres to more than 1,000.
	The White House requires 570 gallons of paint to cover its outside surface.
	also has a tennis court, a jogging track, a swimming pool, a movie theater, a billiard room, and a bowling lane.
	The White House was the biggest house in the United States until the Civil War.
	The White House was burnt to a crisp by British soldiers in the war of Independence.
	When the White House (President's residence) was constructed it was built of freestone a form of sandstone that is very porous and is highly susceptible to water damage, so the masons sealed the stone with a wash of salt, rice and glue. It was the building's first coat of white paint; soon it would be nicknamed the 'White House'.
	The phone number for the White house is 202-456-1414
	Franklin Pierce was the first president to decorate an official White House Christmas tree.
	Millie the White House dog earned more than 4 times as much as Pres. Bush in 1991.
	Many of our country's presidents have had a favorite pet, but there was one president who made sure his special companion received real 'presidential' treatment. Thomas Jefferson kept a mockingbird named Dick in the White House study, and let the bird ride on his shoulder whenever possible. President Jefferson even trained Dick to take bits of food that he held between his lips at meals! When Jefferson went upstairs, his faithful companion would hop up after him, step after step, never far from his side.
	William Howard Taft, a former President who weighed 332 pounds, got stuck in the White House tub the first time he used it. A larger one was purchased and replaced the old one!
	During WWI, Woodrow Wilson's wife grazed sheep on the White House lawn.
	Anyone could come to Andrew Jackson's public parties at the White House, and just about everyone did! At his last one, a wheel of cheese weighing 1,400 lbs. was eaten in two hours. The White House smelled of cheese for weeks.

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