There are many interesting facts about Abraham Lincoln which the world loves to know.

• Born in the year 1809, on February 12, Abraham Lincoln died at the age of fifty six in the year 1865 on April 15.
• Illinois was the home state of Abraham Lincoln.
• Abraham Lincoln’s party was Republican and while he was in the Presidential term from 1861-1865 he got assassinated in 1865.
• Andrew Johnson and Hannibal Hamlin were the vice presidents when Lincoln was in power.
• James Buchanan was the President before Lincoln and Andrew Johnson was the one after him.
• Mary Todd Lincoln was Abraham’s wife. She came from a wealthy family.
• Mary’s parents were not agreeable to her marrying Abraham as he came from a poor family.
• Robert Todd Lincoln, Tad Lincoln, Willie Lincoln, and Edward Lincoln were the four children of this great leader Lincoln.
• Robert Todd was the only child who survived and grew into an able adult.
• Abraham never officially had the membership to the church. He was an unaffiliated Christian.
• The National banking Act of 1863 was very popular then and it was Lincoln who brought about the national banking system. This system under the great leader brought about lot of standardized currency.
• Abraham Lincoln was the first President to be assassinated.
• Another intriguing feature was his height. At 6 feet 4 inches, he was the tallest U.S.President.
• In the year 1849, Abraham altered the buoyancy of the steamboats in and around this place.
• Abraham’s mother died due to milk sickness
• Abraham was very close to his step mother who his father married. This step mother was also a widow.
• Abraham had a store in the New Salem area.
• Abraham never liked harming anyone hence killing animals was not his nature. This in spite of the fact that he was a strong wrestler and was quite easy with the axe. So hunting was something Abraham despised even if it was for food.
• A year after Lincoln met Mary he proposed to her. This was in Springfield in the year 1839.
• Abraham Lincoln had a beard and shared the intriguing fact that he was the first president to have a beard.
• Lincoln had a dream a week before he died. He dreamt of someone crying in the White House. Abraham in the dream asked who had passed away. There was a man in the room who said “The president.” Abraham, in the dream looked into the coffin and saw his own face. Strange, coincidental, intriguing but true.
• Abraham Lincoln was fond of pets and also had a turkey, dogs and cats along with horses.

Some of the historical facts of the great President Abraham Lincoln are interesting and intriguing to read.

There are many interesting historical facts about the country. For example, in the recent ice age around 15,000 years back, most of the surface of the earth was covered with snow and ice. There were great land bodies which were at that time exposed but are today below water. There was one such land mass which connected Siberia with Alaska.

It is said that the people in Alaska have come from the hunters and nomads as also gatherers who crossed over from the land of Siberia to the continent of North America.

These people who crossed over were the initial Alaskan people. There were three groups of Alaskans. They were the Aleuts, the Indians and the Eskimos. These Eskimos were found all around the western and northern parts of Alaska. But the Aleuts mainly lived on the island regions. Today they are known as the Aleutians. Then the two popular Indian nations Athapaskans and the Tlingits were found settled in the Central and south eastern part of Alaska.

Then it was in the middle of the 17th century, that the outsiders found the region which was called “Alyeska” which meant the Great Land. The Aleuts called it Alyeska. Late in the year 1741, there were some Russian sailors who were led by Vitus Bering the Danish explorer. He sailed from Siberia to search what lay in the eastern regions. While so searching, this explorer came upon the present day mainland of Alaska.

Then the British, American and Spanish explorers followed and each of them had their tale to relate. The Russians stayed back here and they influenced Alaska to the maximum. In the year 1784, they started having their first settlement on a permanent basis. They first settled on the Kodiak Island and in the year 1799 they started expanding well beyond into other regions. They reached up to Sitka on the southeastern coast of Alaska. Thus Russia became a permanent influence on this region.

This Russian America grew under the able leadership of Alexander Baran of and then there was a big was in the 1820s. Then Russia had a lot of trouble to take care and protect its empire and its surrounding regions. There were many territories that were claimed by Russia in those times. Then the whalers and fur traders from other countries came into the region of North America.  The fur trade initially prospered and then declined and there was lot of loss for the traders. This is when the influence of the Russians on Alaska reduced.

Then there was an offer to purchase Alaska by the Americans. Many scoffed at the proposal and gave Alaska names like “Seward’s Icebox” and”Sewards’ folly” Seward being the Secretary of State for U.S. Yet in the year 1867, the American flag was hoisted in the Alaskan region.

Alaska having gold got known only in the year 1880, when Joe Juneau discovered it. In the year 1897, the River Klondike was the area where gold was discovered in the Yukon Territory of Canada.

Alaska came into focus when there was a war that was declared by the United States of America on Japan in 1941. Japan conquered the Aleutian Islands and at that time more than 140,000 military people were positioned in this region of Alaska. This was the first War fought in America since the time the Civil War took place.

For example the age of a primitive skull that has been brought from Bega district in New South Wales, is around more than a million years.

It was around 120,000 years ago that the pollen and charcoal of this region is, and there is proof to suggest that people use fire to keep the land clean in the basin of Lake George in the southern plateau of New South Wales .

The Lake Mungo here is more than 68,000 years ago, and there are human remains which are found here as also many ancient camp sites.

There is evidence that shows that there was a rock shelter here which was used by the people in the region called Arnhem Land. This lies around 400 kms to the east of a place called Darwin lying in the Northern Territory. There is also proof to show that red ochre and stone tools were used to paint the bodies and the rocks.

There are many engravings on rocks here in South Australia and these are said to be the earliest petrogylphs.

There is lot of archaeological evidence that shows that the aboriginal people have been inhabiting the Southeastern part of Australia for example the regions like the Lake Mungo National park in New South Wales for more than 40,000 years.

Fireplaces that are so common place today took their origin here in the lake Mungo national Park some 30,700 years ago. Around the same period, there were aborigines living in the Keilor region lying around 20 kms from Melbourne in the Victoria region of Australia.

Bread is the breakfast menu for many across the world. The oldest proof of bread being made in this region is from the Cuddy Springs which is a very old lake situated between the River Macquarie and Marra Creek in a place near Carinda in the western part of New south Wales.

Around this time there were many aborigines who used to dominate the earlier existent Willandra Lakes System here. There is proof to show signs of creative and spiritual existence here along with traces of technology in relation to aboriginal culture.

There is a place called Devil’s Lair which is in the southernmost portion of Australia. This is a place where many aborigines have been living and there is proof for this. They have left a lot of bone tool artifacts which are inclusive of the special bone heads of macropod shin bones. This cave shows proof of occupation from around 6000 BP.

The aboriginal history of Australia also has traces of bones belonging to around 26,000 years back. These have been discovered in sediment in the Willandra Lakes Region again in the New South Wales region. There is a body of a female that has been discovered which is the earliest evidence of the process of cremation of bodies here.

Aborigines have been living in the Malangangarr in the Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory and they have shown proofs of having ground edge grooved axes. Today Australian technology is world class and ranks first in the entire world.

There is lot of proof of existence of aborigines in the deep caves in the Nullarbor Plain at the western side of the southern part of Australia. This lies around 50 km from the ocean. It is seen that aborigines have mined for flint and have left wonderful designs in these cave walls.

Arizona has a law that states that no person would be denied the chance to get employment because of non membership in a labour organization.

Did you know that the Arizona tract is seen only in Arizona?

The official state flower is the saguaro cactus blossom blooming in the months of May and June. The saguaro is incidentally the largest American cactus.

Arizona is the leader in the production of copper.

The state neckwear is the bola tie.

The official state fossil is petrified fossil.

The official state tree is the Palo Verde. It means green stick and usually is a yellow gold colour and blooms in the months of April and May.

The official state bird of Arizona is the cactus wren. This is a bird that grows seven to eight inches and builds nests to protect the thorny plants in the desert.

The official state gemstone is the turquoise and this has a kind of waxy coating that is found across the entire state.

Arizona is also the place where you would find the Grand Canyon National Park.

Arizona has its official state mammal. Do you know which it is? It is the Ringtail. This small fox like creature is around two and a half feet long and is a greatly shy animal and is in the nocturnal category.

There is the Capitol Building here which has a copper roof. The amount of copper in the building is equivalent to 4,800,000 pennies!!!

Arizona has the Mountain Standard Time perennially. However in Navajo nation, daylight saving time change is followed. This lies in the northeastern part of Arizona.

The USS Arizona is a battleship that was named respecting the state of Arizona. It was launched in the year 1915 from the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Arizona has had many countries reigning here, so the Castilian and Burgundian flag, the Confederate flag and the Mexican flag has flown here earlier.

Arizona got connected to other eastern states with the help of the Southern Pacific Railroad sometime in the year 1926.

Copper is the most abundant natural resource found in Arizona. The Queen of the Copper Mines, Bisbee is situated in the Tombstone Canyon.

Arizona has its own official amphibian. It is the Arizona tree frog. This is around two inches long.

Arizona has had the history of its towns closing down due to reduced populace. The town of Jerome is an example. This town was once a rowdy copper mining town. The population came to as low as around 50 because the mines closed here. This happened in the year 1953.

There is a bridge here in the Lake Havasu City. For this the original London Bridge was shipped stone by stone and built again.

The tallest fountain in the world is found in Arizona.

You get lovely multicolored corn here in the Hopi Indians in Arizona.

The oldest Indian settlement of the United States the Oraibi is here in Arizona and was founded by the Hopis Indians.

Arizona with such trivia and facts has remained an intrigue for all tourists. Visit this land and get enchanted in its surroundings.

It was in the year 1816, that Argentina became an independent country. It got free from the clutches of Spain.

It is today the 30th largest country in the world in terms of population and has more than 40 million people living here today.

Peso is the official Argentinean currency.

Argentina is one of those countries which started radio broadcasting services. It was in the year 1920 that the first radio broadcast was made here in this country. Can you believe it that there were barely 20 receivers for the broadcast in those days?

76 years is the average life expectancy rate in Argentina.

Another interesting fact about Argentina is that only about 10% of Argentineans have got a private health insurance.

The literacy rate here however is really good with around 97.6%of literacy rate. This makes Argentina the 58th literate country in the world.

Spanish is the official language here but many speak German and Italian too. Native languages are not uncommon here even today.

The national Argentinean sport is Pato. This is similar to a mix of basketball and polo.

Argentina follows the sport of football very closely and is very passionately associated with the game.

This interesting fact that wine is a major export product in Argentina is known to all.

All children today love to watch animated movies today. The world’s first such animated movie was make in Argentina. Isn’t that wonderful? It was released here and it was Quirino Cristiani who was responsible for this sometime in the year 1917.

Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina has the Teatro Colon which is the greatest opera house in the whole world.

Argentina has a great movie watching rate. Not only the local movies but also Hollywood movies are a pure rage here.

Isn’t it an interesting fact that more than 750,000 people in Argentina are illegal immigrants?

Did you know that around 20% of Argentinean population does not have proper running water or proper plumbing indoors?

There is great production of soybeans, honey, sunflower seeds, wheat and maize in Argentina.

Argentina has a great crocodile population.

Argentina has a varying landscape with mountains in the west and plateau in the south and a grassy plain in the central portion of the country.

Argentineans are mostly Roman Catholics.

Do you know how Argentina got its name? There were these Spanish conquerors that came here in search of silver. Silver is called Argentum. So the place got its name. That they didn’t get silver is altogether another matter but they began to regard the fertile soil here as equal to silver!

Argentina has got the Roman Catholic Church under the protection of the Government and the rule is that both the vice president and the president should be Catholics.

In the year 1976 Argentina faced a lot of military government thus having the Constitution suspended and the president being removed from office.

Argentina is made up of 22 provinces, one federal district one island territory. This island territory the Tierra del Fuego has a governor who is elected by the President.

Argentina has free education for secondary and primary education. It is a rule here that all children between 6 to 14 years old should attend school but it is totally different thing that only very few of them actually finish school.

Argentina is truely a mystic country.

For example if your pupils dilate when you are facing someone you love, apparently the pupils dilate when you are facing someone you hate too.

There are many things that have been invented by women. These include fire escapes, bullet proof vests, laser printers, windshield vipers etc.

Did you know this historical fact that donkeys actually kill more people than plane crashes can kill?

Another historical fact is that there is this woman who has this dubious distinction of having got 69 children. This woman was a peasant, who lived for 40 years and in this span she gave birth to around 16 twins, 4 quadruplets and 7 triplets.

Did you know that fingernails grow faster in the winter season? Isn’t it surprising that the human body is a storehouse of such intricate details.

Again the sport Tae Kwon Do has been around for six decades and is quite an ancient sport.  There are around 409 escalators in the London city in the subway. These escalators cover a distance every week which is equal to around several trips round the globe.

Do you like to sing? Then you should know that it is not possible to hum if you have a nose that is completely blocked.

There are so many relationships that begin and end with love. Did you know that one in every five relationships begins with the partners getting involved with other people?

Whenever there is a new love and someone looks at him, then the neural circuits that are linked with these are normally linked to the social judgement are not allowed to bloom.

There are various personalities that make up a couple. Did you know that these personalities converge over time to good partners and these partners start looking and getting to be more similar?

Have you heard the whirring sound that comes from an ATM and then you money pops out? Well, this whirring sound is actually an in built recording. The actual working lies so far behind that we can’t hear it.

All homemakers have a tough time, controlling and safeguarding the house from getting dusty. Did you know that most of the dust that you find below you bed is your own dead skin?

These days SMS is the norm of communication. The “X” sign is the symbol for a kiss. Did you know that the sign came because in the olden days when people were illiterate they did not know how to sign? So they used to put an “X” and then kiss it for sincerity. So the letter X became a symbol for a kiss.

A glass breaking is such a common incident. Did you know that these cracks move at the speed of around 3000 miles per hour?

Shells are a wonderful piece of decoration. When we place a shell to our ears, we hear a roar which sounds like the ocean sound. This is not the ocean sound but the blood rushing through the veins in the ear.

The world populace is increasing every day. Did you know that there are at least 120 million sexual intercourses that are occuring across the world?

When a couple gets a new born then the parents lose around 300 to 400 hours of sleep in the first year of their birth. This amounts to more than one night’s sleep per week for each parent.

It is not a coincidence that the radio was invented. In the year 1892, there was a farmer by the name of Nathan .B. Stubblefield. He belonged to Murray in Kentucky. He hit upon this dubious idea of transmitting his own voice. Creating a box with two ends open he asked his friend Rainey to hold one end and listen on it. Stubblefield then hollered “HELLO RAINEY” down the box and Rainey heard it. The system of sound transmission began leading to the invention of the radio gradually.

Northern Ireland is a well known region today. It has the best attractions and a lot of history to talk about. It is today also famous as the place that has witnessed the maximum disputes.

Kashmir, the mini paradise on earth is in the northern part of India. People from across the world come to visit this heaven on earth and go back with tales to cherish for a long time. Isn’t it strange that this heaven is today a hell for the people here? With the amount of violence and terrorism that the place has witnessed, Kashmir the little blooming bud in northern India has been nipped harshly and is testimony to a lot of social unrest. So the heaven to the world is going through hell.

Historical facts from Greece talk about the heron of Greece who is supposed to have actually started the invention of the steam engine. Sometime in 50BC, he invented this. But the leaders of that period believed that any kind of social change would affect the economy of the people. They felt that the presence of the steam engine would deprive many of employment and they were not very much for the change. Thus the invention never got any recognition and was accepted at a much later date. Otherwise we could have labeled the invention of the steam engine to as ancient a period as 50 BC. Strange but true.

The entire world is fond of cartoons and if we mention cartoons, then Mickey Mouse is a favourite. But did you know that historical facts have that this famous cartoon character had a history behind it? Sometime in the year 1906, J. Stuart Blacton, created an animation movie by the name of “Humourous Phases of Funny Faces.” This was incidentally the first of its kind. Then in the year 1919, Walt Disney had collaboration with Ub Iwerks, and designed the animation of the cartoon characters giving birth to animated movies. After a series of cartoons, Walt Disney the company started in the year 1923. Then sometime in the year 1927, Walt got the idea of creating an animated mouse and named him Mortimer Mouse. Walt’s wife Lillian insisted that Mickey would be a better name than Mortimer and the name Mickey Mouse was coined. Thus started the legend of Mickey Mouse.

Then there is the other fact about how Thomas Young, an aspiring scientist discovered and published the proof of the theory of light interfering with the wave theory of light. This happened sometime in the year 1801. Intriguing but true historical facts continue to interest our intellect today.

For example did you know that the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers was founded in the year 1744 and this is incidentally the oldest golf club in the world?

Were you aware that the Great Wall of China is around 1,400 miles long? Then that the Grateful Dead were initially called the “The Warlocks”?

Read on to know how the first telephone book had only 50 names in it! Yes, just imagine what the world was. We all know about Ford Cars. But did we know that the Dodge engines were the first kind of engines in the Ford cars? Those days the car rode on Dodge Engines>? Strange isn’t it?

Today patents are so common. But the first patent was in the United Kingdom and it was the Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges, Map Makers. This was in the year 1618.

Bombs are a part of History. But did you know that the first bomb dropped in the country of Germany in the Second World War killed only one single elephant in the zoo in Berlin?

Then again you would surely have heard about London’s Pall Mall. But did you know that this was the first street that was lit by gaslight and this too in the year 1807?

There are so many examples of walled cities in the world but the oldest one is Jericho. It is around 9,000 years old.

The holy book Bible has sold so many copies. But it has also sold around 3, 000, 000, and 00 across the world.

In the year 1666, there was a huge fire in London. In this half of the city got burnt but do you know the number of who got injured? Six!

The Olympics is an international event and universal sports meet. But in Greece, in ancient times, a woman couldn’t watch it. If she did, she was instantly executed.

All of us like soft drinks. Pepsi Inc. is one such soft drink company. In the year 1999, Pepsi Inc paid 0.00 dollars in income tax.

You have flown to so many countries and you would have tasted the exotic salads you get on air. In the year 1987, in a bid to save money, American Airlines eliminated the olive from its First Class salads. Do you know the amount they saved? Around 40,000 dollars!

Any student or any individual interested in such games would surely be a lover of the Rubik’s cube. Everyone would love to solve it. But did you know that there was a high school student who solved it in around 22.95 seconds? This was in the year 1982.

Saddam Hussein was gifted a key to the city of Detroit in the year 1980. Stranger things happen in the U.S. Did you know that in the year 1976, there was a LA secretary by the name of Jannene Swift? She actually married a rock in a major ceremony. More than 20 people witnessed this ceremony.

In Egypt in ancient times, if a surgeon lost a patient while operating him, then his hands would be cut off.

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It is said that the great painter Leonardo Da Vinci actually predicted that there would be something like mass use of solar energy way back in the year 1447!

Then did you know that the great predictor Nostradamus predicted his own death ? So when he died in 1566, he already had his 1567 almanac published as he had that much foresight that he knew the time of his death. Strange and unbelievable isn’t it?

In the 13th Century B.C Libya was destroyed by the Egyptians. They were feeling so victorious that they took back around 13,230 penises of the enemies as their prized trophies.

Today there are people living up to 100 years and more. But do you know what the life expectancy rate was in the 1900s? Well, it was just around 47 years. Today with the advent of medical technology, the rate of death has decreased and the elderly are healthier than before. It is a boon in a way, but it went on to be a historical fact.

Priests are that class of people in our society who are held with great reverence. They undergo a lot of personal sacrifice and abstain from many comforts. But this historical fact from Egypt takes the cake. The priests here in ancient Egypt used to pluck all hair from their bodies. This included the hair from the eyelashes and the eyebrows too.

Did you know that it was in present day Florida that the first kind of semi permanent settlement ever was seen? This was sometime during 5000B.C.

Today is an age of technology, emails and quick communication. But it was in the year 1914 that the first coast to coast telephonic communication was established.

Everyone today goes to see the Statue of Liberty. It is a world popular tourist landmark. But did you know that this was actually a gift of friendship which was formed out of the diplomatic connections between France and the United States of America?

Wars have been a major feature of history. Do you know that the shortest war ever fought was between England and Zanzibar whence Zanzibar surrendered in less than an hour in around 38 minutes?

The Titanic is famous today for being the huge ship that sank. But did you know that this ship was also famous for another thing? The Titanic was the first ship ever to use the SOS signal. Strange isn’t it? Today it is remembered for a totally different thing.

More than 92 nuclear bomb cases have been lost at sea. Very interesting isn’t it? But that’s what historical facts are for – To intrigue you and develop your interest to know more.

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Did you know that the oldest golf club in the whole world is the Honorable Company of Edinburgh Golfers founded in the year 1744?

Then the fact that the length of Great Wall of China is actually 1400miles long is going to amaze you no doubt. You know that the structure is lengthy, but did you know about the exact length?

Again, “The Warlocks” was the name given to the Grateful Dead.

The telephone book was invented many years back and the first book was only a page and had only 50 names on it.

Ford cars are very popular today. The first of this kind had a Dodge engine! Surprised? Read on for more.

It was in the year 1618, that the first patent was made in the UK. It was the Aaron Rathbone & Roger Burges.

In the Second World War, the first bomb was dropped and there was this elephant in the Berlin Zoo. This got killed in this bomb attack!

A peasant lived for around 25 years in the medieval ages! This was his approximate life span.

Pet crocodiles were decorated with jewellery in ancient Egypt. The owners used to buy this jewellery for them.

Today for a wine and dine meet, the tables are set so grandly and with such elegance. Would you believe that the concept of a tablecloth started with the idea of using it as a towel to wipe after and during dinner? People even used it as a facecloth.

Initially Du Pont Inc was actually a mill manufacturing gun powder. It was situated in New Jersey.

In the battle of Lexington only eight people were killed!

The stars and stripes are so famous in America. But no one actually knows who designed it.

Till today, people discuss the sinking of the Titanic. But till date no one exactly knows how many people died in it.

Napoleon the great leader was around 26 years of age by which time he had even conquered Italy.

In the year 1807 a memorable incident took place. The lighting of the streets in London’s Pall Mall. This street became the first to be lit in such a way by gaslight.

The place where Karate took birth was in India, but later it was followed and developed more by the Chinese.

There is a walled city which dates back to ancient times. This is Jericho which is around 9000 years old.

More than 3,000,000,000 bibles have been sold across the world.

India is the land of mathematics. The number system was invented here. It was Aryabhatta who started the zero. Zero was invented by him.

In the year 1666, there was a big fire in London. Half of the city got destroyed as it was burnt down. There were only 6 people who got injured.

Jesse Owens the American track hero, raced against horses to earn a living early in the 1930s.