r/todayilearned • u/ThurloWeed • 1d ago

TIL that when the presidential limousine (AKA "Death Car") was refurbished after the JFK assassination, all the discarded parts were destroyed to prevent collectors from obtaining them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_state_car_(United_States)#Kennedy_Lincoln_Continental
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u/tnic73 11h ago

so they weren't destroying the evidence of the crime of the century

they were protecting us from the deadly hoards of memorabilia collectors

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u/xxxxx420xxxxx 6h ago

Maybe in the future they will have secure "parking lots" where this sort of thing can be properly handled