First off, let me stipulate that yesterday was not a bad day. Nothing really stands out as a Besst, even though I waited all night to see if something would develop, so I’m going to go with The Most Interesting Thing I’ve Learned In A Long While:
John Tyler was born in 1790, and became President in 1841. (This is where you stifle a yawn.)
As of this writing, he has living grandchildren.
It is not often I learn something that makes me wake up in the morning and be amazed at it all over again. Especially at my age.
Text of the article after the jump.
© E. Stocking Evans 2014
From Mental Floss
Here’s the most amazing thing you’ll ever read about our 10th president:
John Tyler was born in 1790. He took office in 1841, after William Henry Harrison died. And he has two living grandchildren.
Not great-great-great-grandchildren. Their dad was Tyler’s son.
HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?
The Tyler men have a habit of having kids very late in life. Lyon Gardiner Tyler, one of President Tyler’s 15 kids, was born in 1853. He fathered Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr. in 1924, and Harrison Ruffin Tyler in 1928.
After we shared this fact in 2012, Dan Amira interviewed Harrison Tyler for New York Magazine. Lyon Tyler recently spoke to the Daughters of the American Revolution. Snopes is also in on the fact.
February 17, 2014 – 4:20pm
Mom, Interrupted 