John Hanson, The Guy Who Was Sort Of President Before George Washington

Cool Weird Awesome with Brady Carlson

Today in 1781, the first U.S. president, John Hanson, was elected. Of course, being a U.S. president in 1781 was very different from the job George Washington, the first president under the U.S. Constitution, would hold eight years later. Plus: the University of British Columbia has a robot named Robby to paint all the lines on its sports fields.

Forget Washington; it's Hanson or Huntington (Baltimore Sun)

Robby, a line-painting robot, blazes trail on UBC sports fields (GlobalNews)

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