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    12 Weirdest Things That Look Like U.S. Presidents

    By Annie Colbert | Mashable – Sun, Jan 20, 2013

    Can you tell the difference between James Polk and Franklin Pierce? Hmm, how about William McKinley and Calvin Coolidge? Fret not, novice presidential historian -- 200 years of men with powered wigs, bushy facial hair and/or stern smirks can all blur together in the old noggin.

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    Consider this your opportunity to acquaint yourself with the faces of past U.S. presidents just in time for the inauguration. And to make this whole "learning" thing more fun, we've pinpointed the oddest presidential doppelgangers this side of Pennsylvania Ave.

    1. Chicken McNugget and George Washington

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    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of eBay and Wikimedia

    2. Potato and Lyndon Johnson

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Flickr, jimmiehomeschoolmom and White House Press Office

    3. Adventure Time Jake and Theodore Roosevelt

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Animation Shops and Library of Congress

    4. Decorative Llama Plate and William Howard Taft

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Etsy, InkBandit and U.S. Government

    5. Kiwano Melon and John Tyler

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Flickr, kellinahandbasket and U.S. Government

    6. Colonel Meow and Martin Van Buren

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Colonel Meow and Library of Congress

    Honorable mention: Uncle Traveling Matt from Fraggle Rock

    7. Eggplant and Richard Nixon

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Imgur and White House

    8. Tortoise and Zachary Taylor

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Flickr, Eric Kilby and wikimedia

    9. Stapler and John Quincy Adams

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of Flickr, nottsexminer and Library of Congress

    10. Guy Holding Goatskin Pelt and Benjamin Harrison

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of eBay and Library of Congress

    11. Clouds and Abraham Lincoln

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of YouTube, denisfarmer and U.S. Government

    12. Vintage Gold Miner Doll and Rutherford B. Hayes

    Mashable composite. Images courtesy of eBay and Library of Congress

    BONUS: Pre-1913 Presidential Inaugurations

    Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861

    Image courtesy of Library of Congress

    Click here to view this gallery.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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