Have you heard President John Quincy Adams kept an alligator he received as a gift in a bathtub in the White House's unfinished East Room?

He reportedly brought visitors over to view the animal until it was moved to a different home.

Hi, I'm Shannon, your friendly C-SPAN podcast producer, and this week the Lectures and History podcast focuses on White House

Myths. White House Historical Association Historian and American University lecturer, Matthew Costello,

talks about myths from the White House tunnel system to decorating traditions and even Dolly Madison's rescue of George Washington's portrait.

Stay tuned, class starts after this.

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