Delaware is the only state without a national park.

I wasn’t del-aware of that.

I don’t know what’s worse.  That pun.  Or the post’s useless title.

Martin Van Buren was the first president to be born an American citizen.  The previous presidents were born English citizens as the colonies still belonged to Great Britain.

That’s why Martin Van Buren is so popular in the media as well as in history books!!!!!!!

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The Liberty Bell isn’t all that American.  In fact, it was cast in England.

Like the Harry Potter movies.

The eagle feather law states that only people of certifiable Native American ancestry can obtain an eagle feather, as it’s important for religious or spiritual use.  For a non-Native American, an individual could be fined $25,000 for possessing an eagle or “eagle parts.”

My religion says I don’t have to pay for fines.  I hope that works.

A person from Pittsburgh is a Pittsburgher.

Hold the pickles.

A man from Utah is a Utahn.   His wives would be Utahns.

People from Indiana are Indianians.

Another word that’s way too hard to say for the subject matter at hand.

People from Boston are Bostonians.   That’s not too hard to say. 

But try talking about people from Massachusetts, using the US Government Printing Office’s recommended demonym:  Massachusettsans.

It hurts to say.

People from Connecticut are Connecticuters.

Sounds like a tool used to fuse electrical wires together.

The US Government Printing Office reccomends calling people from Idaho, Idahoans.

Not that you’ll ever need to talk about an Idahoan.

People from San Diego are San Diegans.

I’m serious about these not being funny.

I’ve been trying to figure out why Abraham Lincoln was called “Honest.”  I’ve read various explanations.  Some of them seem like folk lore, intended for elementary school teachers to tell their students.  For example, when young Abraham worked as a store clerk, he realized that he overcharged one of his customers by a few pennies.  He then walked a bunch of miles to the person’s house and returned the pennies.  He probably wanted to brag about how the penny featured an image of him…

I also read that when he worked as a lawyer, he would often help poor people for free.  That doesn’t really seem honest, actually. 

The last explanation is incredibly dubious and will most likely not be used by 2nd grade teachers:  Abe Lincoln got the nickname “Honest Abe” for his work as a cockfight official. 

In the three examples, it sounds more appropriate to call him, “Stalker Abe,” “Robin Hood Abe,” and “Creepy Abe.”

The first U.S. President ever to be photographed was John Quincy Adams.  Although he wasn’t actually President at the time.

I bet he was President by the time the old-timey camera finished taking the picture.

The circumference of a U.S. quarter has 119 ridges (technically called “reeds”).

Biggest waste of 3 hours ever.

Cops are sometimes referred to as Five-O because of the TV show Hawaii Five-O.  “Five-O” refers to Hawaii being the 50th state.

It also sounds a lot better than “Oklahoma Four-Six.”