Did you know
that Thomas Jefferson:
- Had
no middle name?
- Established
the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York?
- Established
the decimal currency system in the United States?
- Peas
were his favorite vegetable?
- It
took more than 40 years to build Monticello where Thomas Jefferson lived?
- Designed
a “cipher wheel” to create secret messages in code? (Exploring
Monticello: A Guide for Young People)
- Was
a scientist but not an inventor, but he own many of the gadgets of his time?
- Owned
nearly 10,000 books in his lifetime and collected books from Architecture to
Zoology?
- Wrote
19,000 letters in his life time?
- Could
speak in seven different languages?
- Was
the first American paleontologist?
- Helped
make mac and cheese, ketchup, ice cream and vanilla popular? (Heilman)
- The
first draft of the Declaration of Independence condemned slavery but does not
appear in the final document? (Ching)