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deadly iced milk A President Died Eating A Fourth Of July Dessert In 1850, the president of the United States was Zachary Taylor, who's most remembered for ... uh ... well, Taylor isn't remembered for much. We've previously pointed out that Taylor was notable for holding no office before becoming president and for not even having voted before becoming president, and for winning despite not campaigning. On July 4, 1850, President Taylor toured the D.C. site where they were building the Washington Monument. This relatively simple structure would take decades to actually finish construction, thanks to a bunch of hiccups (funding issues, a war splitting the nation apart, etc.) and after listing to a speech, Taylor headed back to the White House. He now ordered several helpings of a snack: cherries and wild berries, served with iced milk. We think "iced milk" refers to a kind of dessert, which is just like ice cream but with milk instead of cream. It could also refer to just a big glass of milk chilled with ice cubes, which sounds kind of gross, though we can't explain exactly why. Stomach pains set in soon after. Doctors diagnosed him with cholera morbus—which is not an actual disease, or anything to do with cholera, but simply the phrase they used for gut mishaps. The pain worsened as days passed. Taylor predicted he would soon die, and his doctors said, "Well, yeah, probably." He died on July 9. At the time, many people assumed someone must have murdered him, possibly over this "slavery" issue that was attracting increasing unrest. In fact, with science pretty limited at the time, no one was ever able to declare a cause of death with certainty. In 1991, we actually exhumed his body to test for poison, and we found nothing that shouldn't have been there. All we can say is he died crapping and vomiting, a fit that began with a frozen Fourth of July treat. For more on Taylor, check out: - [America Elected A President Who Never Even Bothered To Vote]( - [Daniel Webster Turned Down Two Offers Of The Vice Presidency. Both Presidents Died In Office.]( - [3 Internal Monologues from Bad Days in Presidential History]( Top image: [Marco Verch]( Daily Digest [20 Facts That Are Better to Learn Late Than Never]( By Andrea Meno / July 03rd, 2022 [10 Toxic Behaviors That Derail A Dungeons & Dragons Game]( By Carolyn Page / July 03rd, 2022 [Nintendo Considered Making Pikachu Buff For American Audiences]( By Tiago Svn / July 03rd, 2022 [Outrageously Raunchy Easter Eggs In 'Magic: The Gathering']( By Carolyn Page / July 03rd, 2022 [Popes and Prohibition: The Surprisingly Sinister History of Coffee]( By Amanda Mannen / July 03rd, 2022 [READ MORE]( [fb]( [tw]( [yt]( [Logomark_DIGITAL_Red_50X50-px] [insta png]( [tiktok png]( [ARTICLES]( | [PICTOFACTS]( | [Videos]( Literally media Ltd. 190 West St, Suite 17B, Brooklyn NY 11222 COPYRIGHT © 2005-2021 Cracked is published by Literally media Ltd. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe from this list](. ONE CRACKED FACT | [View in browser](