What are some historical misconceptions / odd facts you know?
I have a BA in history, and I'm really interested to hear what you've got.
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is it true that lincoln tried to kill himself as a teenager?
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While Lincoln did suffer from "melancholy" what today we call depression, there is no known instance of him trying to commit suicide. Despite this many historians attribute a poem called Suicide's Soliloquy to him.