, Abraham Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall, at a time when most men in the United States were about 5 feet 6 inches. His size 14 shoes had to be custom made.
, He is the only U.S. president to hold a patent. He came up with an idea that would help boats to float over sandbars when traveling on rivers. He had made two trips to New Orleans on flatboats.
, Lincoln was said to be color blind by some sources.
, He liked to tell jokes. After the Black Hawk War, Lincoln joked he had seen no indians but had "many struggles with mosquitoes."
, Lincoln had several jobs in New Salem, Ill. He ran a store, was a surveyor, and the postmaster. He earned the nickname "Honest Abe".
, In 1861, after he moved to Washington, Lincoln grew a beard on the suggestion of 11-year-old Grace Bedell.
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