1.)George Washington never lived in the White House
2.)There have been two fires
3.)The architect titled the floor plan "The Presidential Palace"
4.)It was supposed be bigger but there wasn't enough stone
5.)There was a contest to find the architect to design it
6.)John Adams was the first president to live there
7.)It receives about 6,000 visitors a day
8.)It was the biggest house in the US until after the Civil War
9.)A piano fell through the roof
10.)There are three elevators

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