Nokuba zingaphi iziqendu ze Indlu Yamakhadi uzinkcinkca ngotywala, Iphiko lasentshona imigca oyikhumbulayo, okanye ukuphinda u-Obama kuJerry Seinfeld Abahlekisi kwiiMoto Ukufumana ikofu uyajonga, awuyazi iNdlu eNtsundu njengokuba usenokucinga. Ngeenyawo ezingama-55,000 ezikwere iihektare ezili-18, amagumbi ayi-132, izindlu zangasese ezingama-35, amanqanaba ayi-6, iingcango ezingama-412, iindawo zokucima umlilo ezingama-28, izinyuko ezisi-7, iilifti ezi-3, abapheki abahlanu abasisigxina, iigadi ezininzi, iinkundla zentenetya kunye nomnyazi webhola yomnyazi, indawo yemidlalo bhanyabhanya, ukubaleka umkhondo, kunye nokunye, kukho indawo ezininzi zeemfihlo zokufihla. Kanye ngexesha lonyulo, siveze i-15 yezo nyaniso zingaziwayo.

1. Ine-doppelganger.

Kukho amarhe okuba umakhi waseIreland uJames Hoban waseka amaphepha eNdlu eNtsundu kwisitayela saseGeorgia iLeinster House eDublin, neyayihlala iDuke yaseLeinster, nanamhlanje, isihlalo sePalamente yaseIreland. Ngokwamaphepha embali yokuhlawula, i-White House yakhiwa ngokunyibilika kwamagcisa aseYurophu kunye nabasebenzi abasuka kwamanye amazwe, kubandakanya nabakhi baseScotland kunye nabasebenzi baseIreland nabaseItali bezitena nabatyabeki, kunye namakhoboka ase-Afrika aseMelika

2. UGeorge Washington akazange ahlale e-White House.

Nangona umongameli wokuqala wakhetha indawo yeWhite House nomcwangcisi wesixeko uPierre L'Enfant, wakhetha uyilo lukaHoban kukhuphiswano, kwaye wajongana nolwakhiwo jikelele, akazange ahlale kwindlu ngokwakhe. Ukuqala ngo-1791, esi sakhiwo sithathe iminyaka esibhozo ukugqiba saze saxabisa i-232,372 yeedola (oko kukuthi ngama-4 ezigidi zeerandi namhlanje, ngoncedo lwexabiso lentengo). Uyilo lokugqibela lwaluncinci kunokuba lwalucingelwa, kodwa yahlala iyeyona ndlu inkulu elizweni de kwaba liMfazwe yamakhaya. Kwaye ngo-1800, uJohn Adams, umongameli wesibini waseMelika, waba ngumongameli wokuqala ukuqhekeza kwimigodi.

3. Umboniso bhanyabhanya wokuqala oboniswe kwi-White House waba Ukuzalwa kwesizwe.

Ngo-1915, iminyaka ngaphambi kokuba kubekho indawo yaseshashalazini yosapho, uMongameli uWoodrow Wilson wabamba uvavanyo lwe-D. Ifilimu kaGriffith. Ujoyine nguGriffith ngokwakhe kunye noThomas Dixon (inoveli yakhe Umntu waseClansman yaguqulwa yaya kwi-movie), uWilson wayincoma ifilimu esithi injalo, njengokubhala imbali ngombane. Kwaye yayisisiqalo nje sobusuku beemovie e-White House. UJimmy Carter ubukele irekhodi elingama-480 erekhodiweyo kwiminyaka emine e-White House-ngaphezulu kukaReagan ebukele kwimiba emibini-kubandakanya ifilimu yokuqala ene-X, Ubusuku bobusuku uCowboy , ukuba ijongwe ngaphakathi kwindawo yokubonela yosapho. Umntu unokucinga nje ukuba imikhwa yakhe yeNetflix ingabonakala njani namhlanje.

4. Kwakungasoloko kuthiwa yi-White House.

Yintoni igama? Kwakungu-Theodore Roosevelt owanika i-White House ngokusemthethweni i-moniker yayo ngo-1901. Ngaphambili, yayiye yabizwa yonke into ukusuka kwi-Executive Mansion kunye ne-President's House ukuya kwi-castle kaMongameli, isihloko esanikwa ngumfazi kaJames Madison, u-Dolley.

5. I-1933 yayingunyaka otshintsha umdlalo wendlu.

I-White House yayingasoloko isihlobo esinamavili. Kwakukho kuphela ngo-1933, xa i-FDR yangena e-ofisini, apho ubume baphinda bahlengahlengiswa ukulungiselela iirampu kunye neelifti. Umongameli welo xesha wade wongeza iphuli eshushu ngaphakathi ukunceda unyango lwepoliyo, eyathi kamva yananditshwa ngabantu abanjengoJohn F. Kennedy noTruman. Kwaye ngexa uNixon ephelisa ubumnandi, ehlahla ngaphezulu kwedama lokudala igumbi lokushicilela endaweni yalo, iindonga zethayile-ezisayinwe nguBono, uSugar Ray Leonard, noAnderson Cooper, ukubala nje abambalwa-basaphila nangoku. Ngo-1997, uClinton wayikhupha emanzini, xa wayenezihlalo ezisixhenxe ngaphezu kwebhubhu eshushu yomhlaba efakwe kufuphi ne-South Lawn. Ke, ikhona loo nto.

6. I-White House yinguqulelo yayo yendlu yezilwanyana.

Ngaphambi koBo kunye noLanga, kwakukho i-Old Whitey, ihashe likaZachary Taylor; UDick, u-Thomas Jefferson's mockingbird owabhabha ngokukhululekileyo ejikeleze indlu; kunye noEmily Spinach, inyoka yentombi kaTheodore Roosevelt. Ezinye izidalwa eziye zabiza ikhaya le-1600 Pennsylvania Avenue zibandakanya i-alligator kaJohn Quincy Adams owayehlala kwigumbi lokuhlambela, ii-alligator ezimbini zoonyana bakaHerbert Hoover ezazisoloko zizula simahla, kunye nendawo kaCalvin Coolidge eyayibandakanya ibhere, amathole amabini eengonyama, i-bobcat, a I-wallaby, kunye nemvubu ye-pygmy.

7. Ukuhlala e-White House kunexabiso.

Ngokuqinisekileyo, abalawuli baseMelika abaziintloko akufuneki bahlawule irente, kwaye babe nokufikelela kwiijethi zabucala, uMkhosi Womoya omnye, kunye nompheki wobuqu, kodwa le ndlela yokuphila intle ayizi ngaphandle kwexabiso lentengo. Ukutsalwa kumvuzo wonyaka wama-400,000, i-Obamas kufuneka iqokelele iindleko zobuqu, kubandakanya ukutya, ukucoca okucocekileyo, kunye nezinto zokuhlamba, inyanga nenyanga, ke abarhafi baseMelika abashiywa bethatha ithebhu.

8. Iphiko laseNtshona lalenzelwe ukuba libe lelokwexeshana.

Ngo-1902, uTheodore Roosevelt wafudusela i-ofisi kamongameli kwindawo esandula ukwakhiwa ngelinge lokwahlula ishishini lakhe kubomi bosapho. Isakhiwo sexeshana seOfisi yeSigqeba, njengoko sasibizwa njalo, ekugqibeleni saba liWest Wing esaziyo namhlanje. Ngo-1909, umlandeli kaRoosevelt, uWilliam Howard Taft, wandisa kwaye walungisa iWing Wing, etshintsha imilo yeofisi kamongameli, waqikelela ukuba, yi-oval.

9. Abanye bathi i-haunted.

Umoya ka-Abraham Lincoln usahlala kwi-White House, okanye kunjalo i-legend ye-spooky iyahamba. Kule minyaka idlulileyo, iindwendwe ezininzi zabahlali base White House kunye nabahlali bebanga ukuba banike ubungqina kwisiporho sikaMongameli ongasekhoyo. Eyona idumileyo libali likaWinston Churchill, owadibana nomoya kaLincoln ecaleni kwendawo yomlilo ngelixa wayephuma kwindawo yokuhlambela. UChurchill (kuyaqondakala) wenqabile ukuhlala kwigumbi lokulala laseLincoln kwakhona. Thetha malunga nebali lokwenyani laseMelika.

10. Igumbi elingaphantsi kweWhite House sisixeko esixekweni.

Ngelixa usenokuba sele uqhelene ne-bowling alley, into eyongezwe ngumphandi we-Nixon ngo-1969, iholo elisezantsi e-White House ligcwele obunye ubutyebi, kubandakanya ivenkile yomchweli, umthengisi weentyatyambo, ivenkile yetshokholethi, ivenkile yepeyinti, kunye nogqirha wamazinyo iofisi.

11. Eyona nto indala esele i-White House ngumzobo waseWashington.

Amathuba kukuba, ubonile umfanekiso ogqwesileyo waseGilbert Stuart waseWashington. Umsebenzi wobugcisa, obonisa uMongameli wokuqala ephethe ikrele ngesandla esinye kwaye esolula itafile kunye nesinye, uxhonywe kwigumbi laseMpuma, apho umongameli abamba khona ii-VIPs kwihlabathi liphela. Kwaye konke oko kubulela kuDolley Madison. Kwiminyaka engamakhulu amabini eyadlulayo, owayesakuba liNenekazi lokuQala wahlangula umzobo phambi kokuba imikhosi yase-Bhritane itshise i-White House ngexesha leMfazwe yowe-1812. Okuvuyisayo kukuba, lo msebenzi wobugcisa wawuyikopi yentsusa yaseStuart eyayili-1797 iLansdowne Portrait, neyayiphosisa iMelika njenge-United Sates. Umzamo.

12. UTom Hanks unike i-White House hayi enye, kodwa abenzi bekhofi ababini.

Ngo-2004, umlingisi ophumelele imbasa yeAkhademi watyikitywa yiWhite House kwaye waqaphela ukunqongophala komenzi we espresso kwigumbi lokushicilela elingenabuthongo. Wothukile, wazithathela ukuba ayobathengela enye. Ngo-2010, wehla kwakhona (ngeli xesha noSteven Spielberg), kwaye wayiphucula inguqulelo ye-rundown kwimodeli entsha ye-deluxe.

13. Kwakukho ixesha apho ukungena kwiNdlu eNtshonalanga kwakuyimpepho.

I-Case-in-point: ngo-1829, amawaka agxotha indlu yokubhiyozela ukuvulwa kuka-Andrew Jackson. Kwaye yayiyingqumbo yokwenyani nayo. Indlu evulekileyo yaxokozela kakhulu xa abasebenzi baka mongameli kwafuneka batsale abantu abonwabileyo ngaphandle ngeebhakethi ze-punch-spiked punch. Ekupheleni kwexesha likaJackson, umongameli wavula indlu kwakhona ukuba abelane ngesondo samasi ayi-1,400 noluntu. Cue i-cringe ehlanganisiweyo yenkonzo.

14. I-White House imalunga nokusingqongileyo.

UBarack Obama wayengenguye umongameli wokuqala ukwamkela ezinye iindlela zamandla. Ngo-1979, uJimmy Carter wayalela ukuba kubekwe iipaneli ezingama-32 kwindawo yokuhlala. Xa utshintsho lwemozulu u-Reagan wangena e-ofisini ngo-1981, nangona kunjalo, wabuya umva wayalela ukuba iiphaneli zelanga ziphoswe. Oku kubuya nokuphinda kuqhubeke kwakhona xa u-Obama efaka kwakhona iiphaneli zelanga ngo-2013.

15. I-White House ibilikhaya leejinks eziphezulu ezibiza kakhulu.

Ngaphambi kokushiya i-White House kwiqela likaGeorge W. Bush, abancedisi bakaBill Clinton kuthiwa bashiye umonakalo ongange- $ 40,000 ngokukhupha isitshixo se-W kwiibhodi ezingama-62, beshiya imiyalezo yefowuni engcolileyo, kunye nokuncamathelisa idrowa zeedesika. Ngelixa abasebenzi babegxekwa ngokonakalisa izinto, babanga ukuba kwakungekho ngaphandle kwesiqhelo kubancedisi bomongameli abaphumeleleyo ukuba bathathe iprank okanye ezimbini kwiklasi entsha engenayo. Owayesakuba ngumongameli uBush wabasebenzi nabo batyhola iintambo ezidibanisa abafumana kunye neefowuni kwaye beshiya amanqaku asongelayo, kubandakanya nalawa afundeka ngolu hlobo: Sizakubuya