Charlie Young engages with entomologists to solve a problem with termites in the White House; the entomologists claim that their work can help uncover secrets of the past in the internal walls and woodwork of the White House.
The White House was completely gutted inside during the administration of Harry S Truman in order to deal with sagging floors and unstable ceilings. Nothing inside the White House of any importance, including any interior walls, floors, and ceilings, is original - it was all replaced and rebuilt to match closely with the White House people remembered.
The White House was completely gutted inside during the administration of Harry S Truman in order to deal with sagging floors and unstable ceilings. Nothing inside the White House of any importance, including any interior walls, floors, and ceilings, is original - it was all replaced and rebuilt to match closely with the White House people remembered.
In the press conference, the reporter says there are demonstrations in Cuba "Malecón Blvd," but there is no such road. The Malecón is the sea wall in Havana and the road that parallels it is Maceo Avenue (Avenida de Maceo), named after a Cuban general in the fight against Spain.
Fidel Castro quit smoking cigars in the 1970s.
The pest controller says to Charlie, of termites, "you know these fellas outnumber us a thousand to one. Pile all them up, and all us up...ten times the weight of all the folks in the world". This would imply that the average weight of a human is only a hundred times the average weight of a termite, which is clearly wrong. In fact, that ratio is closer to ten million to one. There are no realistic estimates for the number of ants in the world, but though they vastly outnumber us, we seem to have them pipped on weight.