10 things you didn't know about President Bill Clinton

10 things you didn't know about President Bill Clinton
10 things you didn't know about President Bill Clinton

President Bill Clinton turns 70 in 2016.

Here's some extraordinary facts on the 42nd President of the United States...

1. He is a large man at 6 foot, 2 inches tall.

The only Presidents taller than him were Abraham Lincoln, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Thomas Jefferson.

2. He and George H.W. Bush are the only consecutive Presidents who were left-handed.

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3. He played the saxophone in a jazz trio known as the "Three Blind Mice" and still plays the instrument today.

He famously performed Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" on "The Arsenio Hall Show."

4. He is a two-time Grammy winner.

In 2004, he won for narrating a retelling of "Peter and the Wolf."

The next year, he won a Grammy for reading his autobiography, "My Life."

His wife Hillary Rodham Clinton also won a Grammy for her own autobiography.

5. His secret service nickname was "Eagle."

6. He had a presidential cat named Socks Clinton, who he was allergic to.

He's also allergic to chocolate and milk.

7. Bill Clinton and Andrew Johnson are the only two Presidents to be successfully impeached.

8. In an interview with MTV, he said he preferred wearing briefs over boxers.

9. He flew to North Korea in 2009 to negotiate and release detained American journalists Euna Lee and Laura Ling.

10. He became a vegan after having problems with his heart.

His favorite foods were jalapeño cheeseburgers, chicken enchiladas, barbecue, cinnamon rolls and pies. He had a total body transformation after a successful heart bypass surgery.

Click through the gallery below to see photos of Bill and Hillary Clinton through the years:



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