Oooh, never heard of either of those two incidents, but sounds interesting! I should definitely go look up that Lincoln story, lol.
As for me, I'm pretty much a fan of history in general, I know most about the two world wars, the 18th-19th century, and medieval Scandinavia, but it's just pure chance I read mostly about that. History in general is all great fun to read about, and one day I hope to be able to do some research on my own, write a couple of books, that sort of stuff. I want to work with history as a profession in the future, so... 🙂