Florida Man Clings to Windshield, Car Accident Turns Man Gay, & Saving President Reagan

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5. In a remarkable twist of fate, a little-known B-movie from 1939, Code of the Secret Service, inspired Jerry Parr to join the Secret Service. Decades later, he saved the life of the actor who had become President of the United States.

4. Almost every Florida Man story begins with: “Here’s something you don’t see every day.” If you didn’t know better, you might think this video was shot while filming the next Mission: Impossible movie.

3. Here’s a question worth $200,000: Can a car accident turn you gay? One man claims it happened to him.

2. In the late 1950s, a pregnant woman in Turkey dreamed of a man named Selim Fesli appearing to her with a bloody face. Four years later, her son told her that he was that man.

1. Most people know about the Trinity bomb test in New Mexico in 1945, but few have heard of the Trinity UFO case—a tale that sounds like it could’ve been ripped straight from The X-Files.