Here are the first jobs of 10 US Presidents.

They may have ended up as leaders of the free world, but each US president earned their first paycheck by doing something else.

Here are the first jobs held by 10 of them.

Number 10. Barack Obama. Honolulu may be a slice of paradise, but a lot of its residents still report to work just like everybody else. When Obama lived there as a teen, his job was scooping ice cream at a Baskin Robbins. 

Number 9. Ronald Reagan. As far as first jobs go, this president had a pretty good one. At the age of 15 he worked his first of many summers as a lifeguard in Dixon, Illinois. 

Number 8. Bill Clinton. At the young age of 13 he was hired to bag groceries at a local Arkansas store. Before long he’d talked the owner into letting him sell comic books as well and made himself a tidy sum on the side. 

Number 7. Richard Nixon. Glamorous is certainly not a word one would use to describe this commander’s early work history. When Nixon was 7 he made a dollar for every 12 hours of bean picking he put in. 

Number 6. Lyndon B. Johnson. Shining shoes is how this president earned extra money in his early years. He was even a bit of a celebrity in the field, having an ad extolling his expert services featured in the local paper. 

Number 5. Andrew Johnson. After spending time in North Carolina as a tailor’s indentured apprentice, Johnson fled and ended up in Tennessee. There, he opened a tailor shop of his own. 

Number 4. Harry S. Truman. His first paycheck came in the form of 3 silver dollars. He earned them by doing chores like dusting and sweeping at Clinton’s Drug Store in Independence, Missouri. 

Number 3. Gerald Ford. Though his life took an extraordinary turn, early on it was in many ways quite typical. Like numerous teens he earned money by making burgers and washing dishes at a restaurant.

Number 2. James Garfield. At the age of 16 Garfield ran away from home and got a job working on canal boats. That career ended when he became ill as a result of falling overboard nearly 15 times. 

Number 1. Jimmy Carter. There are kids who do odd jobs just to get some spending cash, and then there’s Jimmy Carter. When he was just 5 years old he hawked peanuts and used the profits to invest in cotton bales. He eventually sold those and earned enough in the process to buy 5 houses. 

Which president do you think had the most interesting first job?

source: GeoBeats

Match the names of the presidents with the jobs they were doing in their childhood.

1. Barack Obama

2. Ronald Reagan

3. Bill Clinton

4. Richard Nixon

5. Lyndon B. Johnson

6. Andrew Johnson

7. Harry S. Truman

8. Gerald Ford

9. James Garfield

10. Jimmy Carter

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a. making clothes for people

b. going from house to house selling food

c. supervising swimmers

d. working in the kitchen of a restaurant

e. picking beans on a field

f. cleaning people’s shoes

g. working on a boat

h. selling ice cream

i. cleaning a store

j. working in a grocery store

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Key:

1.h. 2.c. 3.j. 4.e. 5.f. 6.a. 7.i. 8.d. 9.g. 10.b.

Number 10. Calling the United States ‘America.’ The Americas are a very big place, as they are comprised of 2 large continents. People outside of the US, and particularly in South America, often take offense to one nation claiming, albeit inadvertently, rights to the whole, enormous land mass.    

Number 9. Being in public when wearing sweatpants and flip-flops. Though the comfy garments are a big part of many wardrobes here in the United States, there are places, like most of Europe and all of Japan, where that particular level of casual is deemed disrespectful.

Number 8. Accepting gifts too willingly. In China, it’s established that one should humbly decline 3 times before grabbing the goods. Many other places aren’t necessarily that specific about the etiquette, but do generally encourage at least some resistance be expressed.

Number 7. Opening gifts in front of the giver. Americans plan entire events around opening newly received presents, but in both China and India it’s customary to wait until later. When you’re alone is preferred, but, at minimum, one should contain themselves until the person who did the giving has left.

Number 6. Giving someone or something a thumbs up. In numerous regions, including West Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Europe, the gesture is the equivalent of flipping the bird. In other places, it’s simply considered crude and adolescent.

Number 5. Asking people what they do. Really, not the best conversation starter anywhere, as it implies questions concerning income, status, and relative importance, but seriously not appreciated in nations with more holistic views on society.

Number 4. Assuming everyone in the world speaks English. Clearly, many countries have common, and sometimes official, languages of their own. Further, while a number of non-native English speakers do learn the language, their skills may not be perfect. Some are reluctant to use it for fear of being judged.

Number 3. Chatting up a storm. There are places and situations where keeping quiet is the appropriate action. Among them are Sweden and Finland’s saunas and some dinner tables in Japan, China, Thailand, and parts of Africa.

Number 2. Public nose blowing. This is a huge ‘don’t’ in France, Japan, China, and Saudi Arabia. It’s deemed disgusting in general, and even more so in Japan if one employs a handkerchief rather than a single-use tissue.

Number 1. Tipping. Restaurants abroad often include the gratuity in the check or pay their servers’ salaries themselves. While waiters in Europe may be touched by tourists’ thoughtfulness, those in Japan are decidedly less likely to see things that way. There, leaving additional money can be considered an insult.

Which potentially offensive American behaviors are you most surprised by?

Here are 10 uncommon facts about the iconic treat. Oreos are the world’s best selling cookie, and enough of them are made every year to circle the globe 4 times when stacked. Still, so much about them is little known. Here are 10 uncommon facts about the iconic treat.

Number 10. It takes just under an hour to make one. 59 minutes, to be exact. In whipping up a year’s worth, the company goes through roughly 20 million pounds of cocoa and mixes close to 50 million pounds of sweet, creamy filling.

Number 9. The cookies can reveal a lot about the person eating them. According to a 2004 survey conducted by Kraft Foods, those who twist are apt to be sensitive. Energetic people tend to dunk, and those who just dive right in and take a bite possess great self-confidence.

Number 8. The Double Stuf variety does not, in fact, contain twice as much filling. A high school math class took measurements and ran the numbers back in 2013. They found the cookies billed as double really only have 1.86 times “the stuf”.

Number 7. Oreos really are addictive. For lab rats, anyway. In a 2013 study, the cookies proved to be as popular among test rodents as cocaine or morphine. The researchers concluded the high fat and high sugar combo triggers the brain’s addiction hotspots.

Number 6. Hydrox is not an Oreo knockoff. The somewhat name-challenged cookies debuted in 1908, years before Oreos arrived on the sandwich cookie scene.

Number 5. Flavor makers can get incredibly creative. The cookies are sold in many countries, and keeping everyone happy can require catering to local tastes. Unique varieties include Green Tea, Alfajor, and Filed Cupcake.

Number 4. There may be a deeper meaning behind the cookie’s stamped design. People who specialize in motifs and such have drawn similarities between visual elements on the cookie and some of historical importance. Those include symbols associated with the Freemasons and the Knights Templar of Crusades fame.

Number 3. Nobody knows why they’re called Oreos. However, there are some theories. A popular one is that the name is somehow connected to ‘or,’ the French word for gold, as the cookies were originally wrapped in a gold package.

Number 2. The cookie has an honorary street in New York City. It’s located in Chelsea at 15th and 9th, which happens to where the very first Oreo cookie was made.

Number 1. They’re new to Russia. While people in the U.S. have been enjoying the cookie since 1912, the official Russian debut of the Oreo didn’t occur until 2015. Which lesser known fact about Oreos do you find most interesting?