Results: USA Presidential Facts (Abraham Lincoln 1861-1865)

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Did you know the carriage that transports Dorothy and her friends through the Emerald City in the iconic 1939 film The Wizard of Oz was originally gifted to President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War ?
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85 votes
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987 votes
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Did you know Lincoln is enshrined in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame, where he was posthumously inducted in 1992 into the "Outstanding American" wing ? (Standing 6'4" tall the President was an accomplished frontier-style wrestler in his youth, famously amassing a record of around 299 victories and just one defeat.)
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142 votes
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930 votes
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Did you know Lincoln is the only U.S. president to ever hold a patent ? (He invented a device (Patent #6,469) that used adjustable buoyant chambers to lift boats over shoals and sandbars.)
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176 votes
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896 votes
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Did you know he kept notes in his hat and the iconic top hat served as a filing cabinet ? (He frequently stored important documents, letters, and speeches tucked inside the inner brim.)
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163 votes
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909 votes
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Did you know Lincoln signed the legislation creating the U.S. Secret Service on April 14, 1865—just hours before he was fatally shot at Ford's Theatre ?
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183 votes
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889 votes

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