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TIL President Abraham Lincoln had dreams that sort of predicted his own death. Previous to April 15, 1865, the day he was assassinated, Lincoln had dreams he was standing by a casket next to a soldier. He would ask the soldier ‘who died’ and the soldier would reply, “The President”.

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