President Andrew Jackson owned a pet African grey parrot named Poll who had to be removed from Jackson's funeral in 1845 because she wouldn't stop swearing.

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President Andrew Jackson owned a pet African grey parrot named Poll who had to be removed from Jackson's funeral in 1845 because she wouldn't stop swearing. The revered reverend William Menefee actually recorded that the bird let loose a barrage of profanities so loud and offensive that mourners were genuinely horrified. Jackson had spent years intentionally teaching his beloved pet how to curse like a sailor, proving that historical figures were basically just early internet trolls with too much free time. Instead of solemn weeping, the attendees of the seventh US president’s funeral were treated to a squawking stream of obscenities from a bird sitting on the rafters. Frankly, having a foul-mouthed parrot disrupt your final farewell is the kind of legendary exit modern politicians could only dream of achieving!