Quote Originally Posted by Mr.Silver View Post
Regardless of what the most accurate answer actually, the existence of this discussion just goes to show that "who the US's first president was" cannot really be considered as basic a fact as ForzaFiori assumed it could
Well, I'd say that ambiguity is still better than just being plain wrong like about who discovered America or the Middle Ages being dark
Now I do wonder about the 'capital of Australia' bit; many, or even most, mistakenly believe it to be Sydney. Including me to be honest until I was corrected in, dunno, 8th grade maybe?

That said, the little excursion on who was the first president of the USA under what criteria was quite interesting. But given the presidents are numbered, shouldn't there be an 'official' answer to it or at least one endorsed by the government?