Seven Things You Never Knew About Abraham Lincoln
Some amazing facts about one of the nation’s better known presidents.
- His favorite food was fricasseed chicken.
- He began growing his beard after 11 year old Grace Bedell wrote to him: “I have got four brothers and part of them will vote for you anyway and if you let your whiskers grow I will try and get the rest of them to vote for you; you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin.”
- He was very strong. When he was young, he was almost never beaten at wrestling. When he was visiting troops, Lincoln picked up a very heavy axe and began chopping wood for several minutes. To show his strength, he then held the axe straight out from him and did not even exhibit the slightest twitch or quiver. Many strong soldiers attempted to try this feat but they could not. Lincoln did this multiple times throughout his life.
- When he was a child, he nearly drowned. His childhood friend, Austin Gollaher, claims to have saved Lincoln from drowning in Knob Creek.
- Lincoln had enormous arms and fingers. The first joint of his middle finger was reported to be half an inch longer than an ordinary mans hand.
- A dentist once broke off part of Lincoln’s jaw without using anesthesia. This is often attributed to his fear of dentists. A few years later, he had a bad toothache and hesitantly decided to see a dentist. Before his operation, he sniffed a cloth of chloroform and told the dentist, drowsily, to go to work.
- Lincoln possibly talked during his sleep. His friend, Henry Whitney, once found him asleep near a fireplace and mumbling “the wildest and most incoherent nonsense. A stranger to Lincoln would have supposed he had suddenly gone insane. Of course, I knew Lincoln and his idiosyncrasies and felt no alarm, so I listened and laughed.”
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Max Miroff, posted this comment on Oct 1st, 2007
Thank you, Sandra. I really appreciate your positive comment.
Bill, posted this comment on Oct 7th, 2007
Very interesting. By all accounts, Lincoln’s life was worthy of a lifetime of study. However, citing sources for some of this info would be wise. To your credit, at least none of the claims show up on Snopes. 
some wierdo, posted this comment on Oct 9th, 2007
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cool eric, posted this comment on Oct 10th, 2007
wow! fricasseed chicken? simply fantastic
choim, posted this comment on Oct 11th, 2007
One of my Heroes, with much less bad than most people.
Toni, posted this comment on Oct 11th, 2007
You missed my fav…he wasn’t a Christian (as most people think) and wasn’t afraid of letting people know.
Ryan, posted this comment on Oct 12th, 2007
Wow, that’s really interesting 
Great job.
jht, posted this comment on Oct 12th, 2007
i heard about the dentist one..lol
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Amanda, posted this comment on Feb 3rd, 2009
Wow thats horrible about his jaw lol! But good interesting facts, thanks!
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it all makes sense lincoln was an alien(or from the future)
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jayroykim, posted this comment on Jan 9th, 2010
let me tell you this
one he was christian (he prayed for his troops)(toni)
two whats fricasseed chicken?
three he broke his jaw?! ouch
four his middle finger is what!?
jayroykim, posted this comment on Jan 9th, 2010
ok
one he was christian (he prayed for his troops)(toni)
two whats fricasseed chicken?
three he broke his jaw?! ouch
four his middle finger is what!?
jayroykim, posted this comment on Jan 11th, 2010
i have computer problems sorry
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Sandra Petersen, posted this comment on Oct 1st, 2007
I had read only one of these tidbits somewhere before (the one about the reason he grew a beard). Another fascinating list.