Video - The Wrestling President: Abraham Lincoln's Surprising Facts

Did you know that President Abraham Lincoln was a skilled wrestler in his youth, with only one recorded loss in approximately 300 matches? He was also the first president to have a beard, which he grew after an 11-year-old girl named Grace Bedell wrote to him, suggesting it would make him more attractive. Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches, and he often stored important documents inside his iconic stovepipe hat. Despite his leadership during the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation, he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in 1865. What a fascinating figure in history!