While many will know the name of Jack Dempsey, America's dominant boxer of the 1920's, many people haven't ever seen the fight that started Dempsey on his rise ...
"I could not be a traitor to Edward, for I was never his subject."
- William Wallace
Last week, on History's Badasses, we covered Joan of Arc, the you...
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"I must be at the King's side ... there will be no help if not from me. Although I would rather have remained spinning at m...
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Last time on History's Badasses, we covered the woman known as the "Spanish Joan of Arc": Agustina of Aragon. She was just your av...
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Last week on History's Badasses, we talked about Soviet sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the most successful female sniper in history, who rack...
“The only feeling I have is the great satisfaction a hunter feels who has killed a beast of prey.” - Lyudmila Pavlichenko
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“I could but esteem this moment of my departure as among the most happy of my life.” - Meriwether Lewis
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Last time on History's Badasses, we covered a man named Simo Häyhä. He has been widely regarded by historians as one of the most su...
"I only did my duty, and what I was told to do was: to do as well as I could." - Simo Häyhä
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Last time on History's Badasses, we ...
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Jim Bridger was the original western mountain man to the fullest.
His proprioceptive abilities in navigating the myste...
