The Secret Lives of Historical Figures: Surprising Facts You Didn’t Know.

History is often stranger than fiction, and if you look behind the polished portraits of historical figures, you’re sure to find some pretty surprising tid bits. Like the former US President who was actually pretty amazing at wrestling and the famous inventor who apparently was a fart joke connoisseur.

SOURCES:
https://www.vox.com/2015/1/13/7533665/benjamin-frankling-farting
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48601/benjamin-franklin-and-jonathan-swift-were-fart-joke-masters
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lincoln-wrestling-hall-of-fame/
https://www.britannica.com/story/was-abraham-lincoln-a-wrestler
https://nwhof.org/hall_of_fame/bio/128
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/undertheinfluence/a-bet-landed-abraham-lincoln-in-the-wrestling-hall-of-fame-1.7170583
https://www.tuftsdaily.com/article/2024/11/abraham-lincolns-illustrious-wrestling-career
The Fart Letter: https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/to-the-royal-academy-of-farting/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TEQuGOAWZc
https://www.iflscience.com/leonardo-da-vinci-was-a-master-perfumer-but-practically-nobody-knows-about-it-75900
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/10/16/the-secret-lives-of-leonardo-da-vinci
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502202/12-masterful-facts-about-leonardo-da-vinci
https://www.artlebedev.com/mandership/144/
https://www.academia.edu/37607957/LEONARDO_DA_VINCIS_MURDER_CONFESSION