20 Mind-Blowing Facts About Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is, like most former presidents of the USA, one of the most recognisable and talked-about figures in world politics. Not only is his wife, Hillary, Barack Obama's former Secretary of State, but Clinton himself was one of the most popular presidents in the history of the US while he was in office. Serving as the 42nd President of the United States between January 1993 and January 2001 after beating incumbent George H W Bush in the November 1992 election, Clinton is often described as a "New Democrat" and someone who adopted a new centrist "Third Way" in American politics. Notable policies attempted during his presidency include the signing of the North American Free Trade Agreement, failure to pass national healthcare reform, welfare reform, and the longest period of peacetime economic expansion in US history. Yet it is not only Clinton's policies that make for intriguing reading - because the personality and traits of the man himself are also fascinating. For this is a man who excelled on the saxophone, who has unrivalled knowledge of the children's franchise "My Little Pony", who allegedly conducted a number of extra-marital affairs while in the White House, who controversially pardoned his half-brother and who became only the second American President in history to be served with Articles of Impeachment by Congress. So here are 20 mind-blowing facts about the 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton.