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The 183-centimeter-tall (6’0″) Taft was nicknamed “Big Lub” in college and “Big Bill” in later years. He weighed about 159 kilograms (350 lb) while president, and a special porcelain bathtub—2.1 meters (7 ft) long, 104 centimeters (41 in) wide, and 907 kilograms (2,000 lb)—was delivered to the White House to accommodate his girth. (There is no evidence to support rumors that he ever got stuck in a bathtub.)
