John Adams had a White House dog named Satan
The Founding Fathers were renowned for their serious, philosophical dignity, but America's second president had the edgy humor of a modern goth teenager. John Adams and his wife Abigail owned several mixed-breed dogs at the White House, including one affectionately named Satan. Imagine highly dignified foreign diplomats being forced to politely pet an animal named after the literal prince of darkness.

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