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Yes, but which President is credited for having come up with an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem?

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	[Eugene Volokh, July 12, 2006 at 3:32pm] Trackbacks More Presidents: Yes, but which President is credited for having come up with an original proof of the Pythagorean Theorem? (Show answer.) James Garfield — what, you thought it was Thomas Jefferson? And he apparently did it while serving in Congress, yet. Why don't we have Congressmen like that these days? (Hide answer.) Related Posts (on one page): Nachos that do not destroy you make you stronger: More Presidents: Speaking of Neologisms and the OED: Updating the OED V: Old words! Updating the OED IV: New words! Updating the OED III: Habeas -- Updating the OED II: Mirandize -- Updating the OED: Absent --