Amazing but true: America is only four presidents’ lives old

When President Obama was born (1961), President Herbert Hoover was still alive (1874-1964). When Hoover was born, President Andrew Johnson (1808-1875) was still alive. When President Johnson was born, President John Adams (1735-1826) was still alive. And just like that, we've connected present day to the Founding Fathers.

Curiosity about how (and how much) the presidents overlapped was spurred by this discussion, looking at which two things coexisted that you might expect hadn't. Charlie Chaplin and 50 Cent, for example. Or the Egyptian pharaohs and the woolly mammoth -- albeit not in the same place. And Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama.

Not that Hoover knew about Obama, of course. Obama was just a kid, living in Hawaii (be quiet, Mr. Trump), and not someone who would attract the attention of a former president. (Obama was no Trace Adams.)

We were curious how frequently the lives of presidents overlapped. So, we figured it out. ...