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Oeditpus Rex

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11. Taft also used to fall asleep
Wed Aug 13, 2025, 01:18 AM
Aug 2025

at church services, snoring loudly enough to be heard.

He also played poker, which is a plus in my book.

I'm pretty sure it was Taft who inadvertantly invented baseball's seventh-inning stretch. He was at a Senators' game one day, and stood up to take the huge load off his butt between the top and bottom of the seventh inning. People near him thought, "Well, the president's standing up, so we should stand up."

It became a thing.

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