A 37-year-old Mesa AZ man who tried to buy a watch with two counterfeit $100 bills containing a watermark of Abraham Lincoln was arrested on forgery charges, police said. Then it gets weird... picked by Mitzuzake 10 months ago

It's 142 years today since Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth...or was he?

Here's six conspiracy theories, because the official story is never good enough on the Internet. picked by TheStep 2 years ago

INSPIRED by the wisdom of Abraham Lincoln, President-elect Barack Obama is considering appointing a “team of rivals” to his cabinet — if rumors about the nomination of Hillary Clinton to be secretary of state are true. But there’s more mythology than history in the idea that Lincoln showed exceptional political skill in offering cabinet positions to the men he had beaten in... read full post picked by muppet 2 weeks ago

Inspired by bluenutria's post and a search turning up VooDooPeacock's post I did a little research on our 16th president's ancestry. picked by suebe 10 months ago

A previously unknown letter written by Abraham Lincoln reveals rare anger. picked by TheShizknitt725 2 months ago

"This is the first sentence of this story. This is the second sentence. This is the title of this story, which is also found several times in the story itself. This sentence is questioning the intrinsic value of the first two sentences. This sentence is to inform you, in case you haven't already realized it, that this is a self-referential story, that is, a story containing sentences that ref... read full post picked by imnotyoo 2 years ago

When it comes to Abraham Lincoln, apparently there's no such thing as enough. After countless books about his boyhood, his presidency, the hunt for his killer and yes, even his feet, maybe it was time for a new book devoted to what happened to Lincoln's body after he was done using it. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

A daguerreotype purchased from an art gallery in New York bears the same trauma-induced deformations Lincoln was known to have and could therefore be the only glimpse of the President's youth. Happy Birthday Abe! picked by jaxomlotus 2 years ago

Normally I wouldn't post a Cracked article here because they end up being posted everywhere but this one is too interesting to pass up. Here are 7 movies that were "based" on a true story. The key word being "based", sometimes it is very very very loosely based. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago