There are more National Park Service units dedicated to Roosevelt's life and memory than any other American. As a sickly young boy in New York City, Theodore Roosevelt learned taxidermy and ...

Shakespeare might be the most prolific English phrase-maker, but Theodore Roosevelt coined a few iconic phrases of his own, including “like nailing jelly to a wall.” He could read in French ...

Although Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest man to serve ... it is interesting to note some of the coincidental facts in the lives of Abraham Lincoln and JFK. Lincoln was elected in 1860 ...

As a gal whose reading habits don’t extend past the menu, I was surprised to find myself gifted a biography this past weekend ...

It provided several unique facts not mentioned by others, including John Quincy Adams' skinny-dipping habit, William Howard Taft's oversized bathtub, Theodore Roosevelt's bullet-defying speech ...

On Jan. 6, 1919, former President Theodore Roosevelt died in his sleep in Oyster Bay, New York, at age 60. That he was so young when he died might surprise many today. Roosevelt, born in 1858 in ...

Erin and Mental Floss fact checker Austin Thompson discuss the challenges and delights of tracking down the truth about Theodore Roosevelt—and bust some TR myths, too. Learn more about your ...