Friday, March 2, 2012

10 interesting facts about the white house you probably don't know


 1.The White House has 132 rooms, including 16 family-guest rooms, 1 main kitchen, 1 diet kitchen, 1 family kitchen, and 35 bathrooms.

2.The white house receives 65000 letters per week. Only 10 of them are read by the president himself.

3.British troops burned the white house in the war of 1812.

4.The white house has two identical twins in France and Ireland.



5.The white house has an indoor swimming pool. The swimming pool is covered by a press room over it. President Franklin D. Roosevelt made the swimming pool.

6.When built, White house was the largest home in America.

7.The white house has been called in many different names, such as president’s castle, president’s palace, president’s house and executive mansion. The name white house became official  in 1901.

8.The white house was not always white. At first it was made of gray colored lime stone. It was painted white after the British torched it.

9.The white house has five full time chefs who are able to serve to as many as 140 guests!

10.The white house has many recreational facilities for its residents which include a tennis court, a jogging track, swimming pool, movie theater, billiard room, and a bowling lane.


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