Want some fun with your facts? Check out BUSINESS B→→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Follow Simon on social media: https://twitter.com/SimonWhistler https://www.instagram.com/simonwhistler/ Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut: How Did They Get the CGI in the 1993 Jurassic Park to Look So Good? https://youtu.be/l4UuQxjFpfU What Function Does Natural Aspirin Serve in Plants? https://youtu.be/ejLFtO1ieRM In this video: If we were to ask you to list a few things about former U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, it’s likely that many of you would mention things like his role in the abolition of slavery in the U.S., his assassination, his hat and beard (which incidentally the latter was grown because a little girl suggesting he’d get more votes that way), or the Gettysburg Address. But on top of all that, as with George Washington before him and the legendary Teddy Roosevelt after, it turns out Lincoln was also an exceptional, near unbeatable fighter who in his younger years would throw down with anyone who felt like they were man enough. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2020/06/abraham-lincoln-wrestling-president/ Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=L7ZDo_sjOFMC&printsec=frontcover&dq=abraham+lincoln+biography&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjA0cbU6-LaAhUkn-AKHaeqCucQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=champion&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=L1FyFWcojbcC&pg=PA333&lpg=PA333&dq=lincoln+%22that+man+could+throw+a+grizzly+bear.%22&source=bl&ots=UGnQE0n516&sig=2pgCzjwmxh4eE2mW95QEs0_Q-dw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiakLqXjuraAhUF4YMKHYSZDjQQ6AEINTAE#v=onepage&q=lincoln%20%22that%20man%20could%20throw%20a%20grizzly%20bear.%22&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=EPmfzxRags0C&pg=PA15&dq=lincoln+whet+your+horns&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwisp-GmmOraAhWO3oMKHaOvBCUQ6AEINTAC#