U.S. President Facts That Will Make You See Them Differently

George H. W. Bush once vomited on the Japanese Prime Minister during a state dinner — literally slumped over and threw up in the host’s lap. It was a medical issue, not nerves, but it caused an international moment so strange it became a cultural legend in Japan.

The event was so memorable that Japanese slang even got a new phrase inspired by it. Imagine being president and leaving behind not a policy legacy, but a vocabulary word about puking. It’s bizarre, a little dark, and absolutely unforgettable as presidential trivia.