I'm blowing the dust off a Cracked classic: The 5 Most Bad-Ass (American) Presidents of All Time. It's one of those stories where you kind of understand what Dan Carlin meant when he said, "History has ruined fiction for me."
Try this quote, from the entry on Andrew Jackson:
"The bullet, by the by, remained in Jackson's body for 19 years because, we assume, Jackson knew that time spent removing the bullets would just fall under the general category of "time not dueling," Jackson's least favorite category."
The rest of the revelations are no less insane: John Quincy Adams kept a pet alligator in the White House. And (again, to quote) checking Teddy Roosevelt's resumé is like reading a How-To guide on ass-kicking manliness.