You might recall reading about President Andrew Jackson's 1829 inauguration party that turned into a drunken brawl. The story of Jackson's final White House party is just as wild, and much stranger, as it revolved around a giant 1,400-pound wheel of cheddar cheese. Jackson had received the cheese as a gift, but it had remained in the White House for two years uneaten.
When Jackson threw his last party as president in 1837, he decided it was time to get rid of the cheese, and invited people to come and have their fill at the White House. The idea of free food from the president took precedent over all dignity among Washington's cheese-lovers. Read the story of the odd reason why President Jackson came to own the giant wheel of cheese and how he got rid of it in one day at Popular Science. -via Damn Interesting
(Image source: The White House Historical Association)
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