The President Who Got Stuck In A Bathtub - Ripley's Believe It or Notcast Episode 18

How America's portliest president's legacy became tainted by pernicious porcelain.

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Colton Kruse
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The President Who Got Stuck In A Bathtub - Ripley's Believe It or Notcast Episode 18
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The largest president by all measurements, William Howard Taft is said to have spent four “uncomfortable years” in the White House, but did he really get so stuck in his bathtub that six people had to pry his naked body out?

This week on the Notcast, we investigate the stories of the portly president’s bathtub and uncover what might explain how his legacy became tainted by pernicious porcelain.

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Colton Kruse

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