I’ve collected a large amount of miscellaneous information over the years and have saved only a small percentage of it. I only keep things that are interesting to me and a little unusual. Many of you may have seen the following information in the past in one form or another but many have not. Since it’s a lazy day here in Maine I’m sending this along for your amusement and also because of my inability to motivate myself this morning. These facts are truly strange and go well beyond the level of coincidence. Read on and enjoy some gruesome American history.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
• John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

• Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860.
• John F. Kennedy was elected president in 1960.

• The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contains seven letters.
• Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
• Both wives lost children while living in the White House.

• Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Both Presidents were shot in the head.

• Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
• Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln.

• Both were assassinated by Southerners.
• Both successors were named Johnson.

• Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
• Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

• John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
• Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

• Both assassins were known by their three names.
• Both names were composed of 15 letters.

• Lincoln was shot at the theater named Ford.
• Kennedy was shot in a car called Lincoln.

• Booth ran from a theater and was caught in a warehouse.
• Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

• Booth and Oswald were both assassinated before their trials.

And here’s the kicker

• A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
• A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

THAT LUCKY BASTARD