The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln

Born on February 12 in the year 1809, Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. On April, Lincoln was shot after remaining in coma for over 9 hours, Lincoln succumbed to his wounds on April 15 in the year 1865. Do you know that Abraham Lincoln was an accomplished wrestler or that his coffin has been opened five times by grave robbers in an attempt to steal his corpse?

On his 151st death anniversary, we have gathered some unknown facts you should definitely about him:

1.   Lincoln’s mother died of milk poisoning when he was just a little kid. As he grew into his teens, Lincoln took responsibility for the chores in the household, which were commonly expected of teenage boys

2.   He also gave all his earnings to his father until the age of 21

3.   Abraham was very skilled at using an axe. Tall for his age, Lincoln was strong and athletic. He was also an accomplished wrestler as a young man and was defeated only once out of the approximately 300 matches he took part in

4.   He was the only president to have a patent. Lincoln invented a device to free steamboats that ran aground

5.   In 1862, Abraham Lincoln made a ‘winky’ face emoji in his speech’s transcript. It is argued that it was just a typo and not a smiley face

6.   Lincoln had about 18 months of formal law schooling. He, however, practiced law without a degree

7.   He lost in his first bid for a presidential ticket

8.   He was nicknamed Abe, but Lincoln preferred being called by his last name, Lincoln. Unlike others, he did not have a middle name 

9.   He was the first president born outside of the 13 original states in the United States

10. Lincoln established Thanksgiving as a national holiday

11. Lincoln’s coffin has been opened five times by grave robbers

12. Lincoln is known to have test-fired muskets and rifles on the grassy expanses around the White House

13. When he occupied the White House, the 16th president used the current Lincoln Bedroom as his personal office

14. He was shot the day he signed a legislation creating the U.S. Secret Service. The mission of this law was to combat widespread currency counterfeiting

15. Largely self-educated, Lincoln promoted rapid modernisation of the economy through banks, tariffs, and railroads

16. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, had plans to kidnap the president in exchange for the release of Confederate prisoners. However, on the day the plan was supposed to be executed, after attending his speech, in which Lincoln promoted voting rights for Blacks, Booth changed his plan and became determined to assassinate the president.

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