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Welcome to Weird White House, a new series on the wacky facts that I find and/or remember off the top of my head about the US presidents. I say "weird" with all the love in my history nerd heart.

We start the series (and year) off with:

CALVIN COOLIDGE

THIS DELIGHTFUL DUDE

JUST DELIGHTFUL.

Nicknamed "Silent Cal" because he apparently wasn't super talkative (and it totally wasn't his secret gangster name), Coolidge:

-had a pet raccoon named Rebecca which was sent to him from someone who thought he should make it his Thanksgiving dinner and his family was like NAH THIS IS PET MATERIAL

-he loved being photographed wearing Native American headresses (he was adopted into the Sioux tribe), so here's what that looked like:

AND HE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THESE THINGS

I would 1000% vote for an candidate who swaggered around with their name on their giant cowboy chaps.

-After President Harding's sudden death, Coolidge was woken up in the middle of the night, sworn in by lantern light by his dad (who was a notary), and then he went back to bed. Priorities.

-speaking of which, Coolidge slept 12 HOURS A DAY PLUS NAPS. Role model for us all.

-he had a mechanical horse in the White House that he used for exercise. Its nickname was "Thunderbolt".

Tragically, it didn't look like the ones that used to be outside Walmart:

You're welcome for that whole mental image of a stern-faced Coolidge rocking off into the sunset on a mechanical box.

-despite his stern demeanor, Coolidge had a very dry, sarcastic sense of humor which a lot of people didn't get, which brings us to

MY FAVORITE FACT ABOUT CALVIN

-Coolidge liked to press buttons in the Oval Office and hide under the desk while the Secret Service ran around looking for him

I KID YOU NOT THIS MAN WAS A P R A N K S T E R

Additional photos of interest that exist:

1.) Coolidge staring at a cow:

(someone please caption that)

2.) COOLIDGE'S KITTIES BLACKIE AND TIGER:

so freaking cute

And finally

3.) Coolidge exercising with the Speaker of the House, as one does:

So if Coolidge isn't one of your top favorite presidents by now, go sleep for 12 hours and try again.

The BAU as Frogs

Hotch:

Spencer:

Rossi:

Penelope:

Prentiss:

Morgan:

JJ:

Strauss:

Feel free to add on!

Harry Potter Fic Rec Masterlist

(I will continue to update!)

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Masterlists

Masterlist @seriouslyblacklikemysoul

Masterlist @ardentmuse (has a super cool interactive fic)

Masterlist @harrysweasleys

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Masterlist @shadowsinger11 (I really like their Fred stuff)

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Masterlist @theweasleyslut

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Masterlist @lumosandnoxwriting

Masterlist @weasleytwinsanddraco

Masterlist @idontknowwhatthisisfam (has some amazing Lupin stuff)

Fred Weasley

Bets off @plant-flwrs

Short Fred Imagine @anchoeritic

Resentment and Reconcilitation* @darthwheezely

Only you @unnecessarywriting

All About The Chase @spacexcowgirl

A Nice, Clean Game @allthatyoulove

Once Upon a Now @butterbeerblurbs

George Weasley

I Wish I Were Heather @justmesadgirl (Part 1 is linked in part 2)

Unlike the Rest @fa-headhoncho

A Summer at Ottery St.Catchpole @lunaslethifold

Show and tell // g.w @harrysweasleys

The Perfect Arrangement @lumos-barnes (other parts are linked) (Bridgerton!AU)

Ancient Magic @x-mimblewimble-x

Crossed wires @parseltongueswriting

Sunday Morning @potter-imagines

George's Girlfriend vs Fred @graysweatsgrayhoodie

Charlie Weasley

A Change of Scenery @weasleyclaw

I’ll catch you @harpyloon

Sirius Black

My Godson Our Godson @nebulablakemurphy

Young, Dumb, and Hopelessly in Love @untildawnremus

The Not-So-Perfect Sister @wreckofawriter (This one makes me sob every time I read it, it’s so good)

Remus Lupin

Be my muse @vogueweasley

Mark Me Yours @amphxtrite (This one is pretty NSFW)

Pretty Girl Can Take It @kermiemoon (Again, pretty NSFW)

How Easy You Are To Need @gotkindabored (Also NSFW)

I need answers

George Foyet’s theme song is Look What You Made Me Do and no one can tell me I’m wrong.

Iceman @ Maverick in og Top Gun: You’re stupid and I know better than you (derogatory and slightly sexual)

Iceman @ Maverick in TGM: You’re stupid and I know better than you (lovingly)

As a former dinosaur kid, this is frickin awesome

Here’s one good thing to come out of 2020:

Paleontologists completed a life-sized replica of Sue, the most complete T. Rex ever found.

And she is freaking GORGEOUS!

As I read more about this beauty, I found out some new details regarding things I thought I previously knew about the beast that was Tyrannosaurus Rex, and I’m going to share them with you.

First, and most obvious, her size:

This is nothing new, we all figured T. Rex was big, but I for one never stopped to consider exactly how big it was. Nobody ever really knows what to imagine when they read about something the size of a whale that walked around and ate everything it could kill. 

Speaking of eating things, I just want to remind you all that T. Rex had–by miles–the strongest bite of any terrestrial animal living or dead, somewhere around six and a half tons of force. That’s over six times greater than the current estimate of what Allosaurus was capable of, and three times what was delivered by the highest measured reading of the living title holder–the estuarine crocodile. It didn’t have to waste time swinging its head open-mouthed like Saurophaganax for a little extra oomph, or grow fancy serrated teeth like Carcharodontosaurus to cut pieces out of its prey. It opted for the simplest approach: get its mouth around something and crush it to death; imagine the full weight of an elephant on whatever was between this thing’s jaws.

“How did it find something to eat?” I hear you asking. “It can’t see something if it doesn’t move, right?”

Listen, I love Jurassic Park too, but that’s a big crock of shit.

Notice how both her eyes face forward. That gives her binocular vision (the ability to focus both eyes on one target, like you and I). More importantly it means she has impeccable depth perception due to overlapping fields of vision from each, large, eyeball. Researchers agree that T. Rex not only had incredible vision, but that it was probably better than most modern animals–including eagles, hawks, and owls–and that she could likely spot something three and a half miles away. If something that big can see that well, it doesn’t matter if you move or not, she’d be able to tell if it was an animal trying to hide or a piece of vegetation. So pray she isn’t hungry if she lays eyes on you. And even if by some miracle she didn’t see you, she’d still smell you. 

If she decided you looked tasty, you probably wouldn’t hear her coming as much as you’d feel her. Modern science indicates that T. Rex didn’t roar like in Jurassic Park, but rather bellowed or maybe even hissed like crocodilians. If she were on to you, you’d most likely feel this sense of unease creep up your spine as a low-pitched rumble in the air permeated through you. You wouldn’t know what it was or where it was coming from until you hear her footfalls. By then it’s too late–you could try to run but she’d probably catch you. There’s plenty on YouTube that reconstructs what T. Rex may have sounded like, and it’s legitimately haunting.  

To wrap all of this up, the one bit of good that came out of the cursed year that is 2020 is that this wonderful child of science and art came into the world, and reaffirmed my respect and admiration for the eight ton slab of muscle and teeth that is this magnificent creature.

…and it is nothing if not magnificent.