Home Page. The Vietnam War. In the 1950's the United States began to send troops to Vietnam.
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The 11 Most Badass Last Words Ever Uttered. Everyone hopes to leave a legacy.
To be remembered after our passing is the closest thing humans have to immortality, at least until cryogenics figures out how to reanimate Walt Disney's head. Some people try to pull off immortality with a lifetime of achievements and noble acts. But why piss away all that energy on altruism when you can simply spout one badass quote before you take the dirt nap and live on through eternity known as a guy who needed a second casket for his balls?
Last Words Of: Carl Panzram, Serial Killer You may know the term "Hoosier" (meaning people from Indiana) from that Gene Hackman movie about the basketball team. Now, far be it from us to glorify the defiance of a convicted serial killer, but Carl Panzram did make an interesting point about the mire of bureaucracy versus individual enterprise. Last Words Of: Chief Sitting Bull Last Words Of: George Engel, union activist and founder of the Socialistic Labor Party of North America. 7 Historical Figures Who Were Absurdly Hard To Kill. Death comes for every man, but that doesn't mean you have to make it easy for the bastard.
These are the men who, despite whatever terrible things they may have done in life, earned a place in our hearts with their amazingly badass deaths. Edward Teach a.k.a. Blackbeard Why He Had to Go Blackbeard or Edward Teach was a famous English pirate and a massive asshole by all accounts. He'd also occasionally murder his first mate, just to keep everyone on their toes. "I can't even remember why I was mad at you. " How He Went Down Blackbeard eventually retired to North Carolina to spend his senior years rolling around in gold coins. Rather than running from the two enormous ships sent to kill him, Blackbeard boarded Maynard's ship. At the end of the fight, Blackbeard had been stabbed twenty times and suffered at least five gunshot wounds, before bleeding to death while trying to reload his pistol to keep the party going.
Go ahead. Not pictured: historical context.