Q. Abe Lincoln was born in Kentucky, and didn’t move to Illinois until he was 21.

Q. Lincoln once agreed to duel a man with broadswords in defense of letter written by Mary Todd, Abe’s fiancée.

Q. Lincoln tried to communicate with his dead son Willie through the use of a psychic.

Q. Abraham Lincoln preferred to be called “Lincoln” instead of Abe or Abraham.

Q. Lincoln had premonitions of his death in dreams.

Q. Abraham Lincoln grew his beard out of the suggestion of an 11 year old girl.

Q. Lincoln is the U.S. president most frequently portrayed in films.

Q. When he died, Lincoln was carrying a Confederate five dollar bill in his pocket.

Q. Lincoln loved the works of William Shakespeare.

Q. Lincoln had insomnia and kept his secretary up at night telling stories.

Q. Mary Todd Lincoln's brother, half-brothers, and brothers-in-law fought in the Confederate Army.

Q. Lincoln was one of the first elected officials in US history to favor extending the vote to women.

Q. Lincoln spent less than 12 total months attending schools as a youth.

Q. Lincoln was never photographed with his wife.

Q. Lincoln suffered from depression during his lifetime.

Q. Lincoln made Thanksgiving a national holiday during the Civil War.

Q. Lincoln was a physically strong man and a very formidable wrestler.

Q. As President, Lincoln declined a gift of elephants from the King of Siam.

Q. During his presidency, Lincoln was not completely popular in the North and despised in the South.

Q. Abe Lincoln was the first American to appear on a coin.