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President Nixon ordered the Secret…

September 24, 2021September 24, 2021Weirdo

President Nixon ordered the Secret Service guarding the White House to have fancy uniforms similar to what palace guards wear in other countries. Revealed in 1970, almost no one liked the new uniforms, including the US Secret Service agents. The uniforms were sold to an Iowa Marching Band.

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US president Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge…

January 22, 2021Weirdo

US president Calvin “Silent Cal” Coolidge used to buzz for his secret service and then would hide under his desk while they frantically searched for him.

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The Secret Service agent…

May 8, 2019Weirdo

The Secret Service agent who saved President Reagan’s life joined the Secret Service after seeing a movie starring Ronald Reagan as a Secret Service Agent.

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Later in life an Alzheimer…

January 4, 2019Weirdo

Later in life an Alzheimer stricken Ronald Reagan would rake leaves from his pool for hours, not realizing they were being replenished by his Secret Service agents.

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Richard Nixon had the Secret Service uniform redesigned…

February 9, 2018Weirdo

Richard Nixon had the Secret Service uniform redesigned to closely resemble that of European palace guards. The “toy soldier” uniforms were universally ridiculed and only used for a few months before being mothballed; after a decade in storage they were sold to an Iowa high school marching band.

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All presidents and first ladies have secret service…

May 12, 2017Weirdo

All presidents and first ladies have secret service protection for life, and any children of former presidents get secret service protection until they turn 16.

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Because the Secret Service aren’t…

December 30, 2016Weirdo

Because the Secret Service aren’t allowed into the Oval Office, they turned the floor into a giant, digital scale so that they can monitor where the President is at all times.

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The film Ronald Reagan called “the worst picture I ever made”

February 3, 2016Weirdo

The film Ronald Reagan called “the worst picture I ever made” inspired Jerry Parr to join the Secret Service. Later, Parr saved President Reagan’s life during the 1981 assassination attempt.

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Abraham Lincoln created the secret service just hours…

September 1, 2015Weirdo

Abraham Lincoln created the secret service just hours before he was assassinated.

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After JFK was assassinated, there was a brief scuffle between local and federal…

November 11, 2014Weirdo

After JFK was assassinated, there was a brief scuffle between local and federal authorities when the President’s security detail wasn’t allowed to remove his body from the hospital. It ended when the Secret Service agents put the local officials against the wall at gunpoint.

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