Did you know that in 1807 the US President Thomas Jefferson received a gift of 2 Grizzly bears that subsequently lived in the White house with him
Thomas Jefferson only kept the Grizzly bears for 2 months until he wrote to his granddaughter saying “These [bears] are too dangerous and troublesome for me to keep”.
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Fantastic grizzly bear fact!
Fascinating! Who gifted him those grizzlies though?
Very good show! Very good show!
People often ignore that this was in fact the first instance of a president adopting a professional mascot