The 23 Most Surprising (True) Facts About Awful People

Most of the time, what we find enthralling about terrible people are the ways they go belly up. Sometimes, though, there are additional facts about their personal lives that can be just as interesting. We asked you to give us those facts, and gave $200 to the winner ...

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Entry by Marconi Rebus

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Entry by CriticUltima

Saddam Hussein In 1997, started the Eradication Of lliteracy, a program designed to help illiterate people learn to read. the CRACKED.COM

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Entry by eszeszesz3

Napoleon Bonaparte, The Little Dictator, imposed the Napoleonic Code wherever he conquered. (e.g. Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, and Poland) It was

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CRACKEDCON DESPITE BEING KNOWN AS THE MOST INF AMOUS TRAITOR IN AMERICAN HISTORY, BENEDICT ARNOLD WAS AN ACCOMPLISHED LEADER WHO SOME CALLED: THE VER

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Entry by Gabu

CRACKEDCON Timothy MeVeigh, perpetrator of the Oklahoma City bombing, had become interested in computers during high school. He hacked into government

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Entry by Danzy

Charles Manson: Cult leader convicted of conspiracy to commit murder of six people including actress Sharon Tate. ALSO wRoTe NEVER LEARN NOT TO LOVE'

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Entry by ProgHead777

Hirohito, God Emperor of Japan during wwil, was also an accomplished gentleman scientist in the fields of botany and marine biology. He published se

CRACKEDCON Hitler led the first public anti-smoking campaign in modern history

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Entry by dbzeus

Kim Jung Il composed six including His book, operas, Sea of Blood, which On the Art of Opera has been staged be purchased over can I5oo times and has

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Entry by gicusudoru

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Hitler very fond of was his dog named Blondi. Hitler trained her everyday and his mood and decisions depended on how well his dog did in her training.

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David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam killer, became a born-again Christian in prison. He has been eligible to seek parole since 2002. but has chosen not

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Entry by Danzy

General But t Naked During Liberia's civil war, by his OWD adm ssion, he murdered, raped , or cannibalized OVer 20.000 people. Today, he's an He also

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Entry by gicusudoru

CRACKED CON Benito Mussolini was said to be an accomplished violinist He played an Amati

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Entry by nicapodamus

In her will, Lizzie Borden left $30,000 to the Fall River Animal Rescue League (about $389 154 by today's standards). You're a pro alright. Well, as

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Entry by Alex Race

CRACKED OONT GOD FAGS HATES DIE GOD AGS LAUGHS In the 1960s, Fred Phelps was a hero to many black people in Topeka, Kansas. Back then, he was a brilli

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Entry by DarthJay

Benito Mussolini, seen here with one of his BFFS, got his degree in teaching and was an elementary school headmaster for a time. (and you thought YOUR

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Entry by ChristinaD

A Helping Hand? Before he took up serial murder Ted Bundy was busy saving lives. He worked a suicide hotline and he rescued a toddler from drowining.

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Entry by DoctorNemesis

When she Prime Minister of the United was Kingdom, Margaret Thatcher was big fan of the a British political sitcom Yes, Minister. So much so that sh

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Entry by frippo

THE EMPEROR NERO HE... DEVISED A KIND OF GAME, IN WHICH, COVERED WITH THE SKIN OF SOME WILD ANIMAL, HE WAS LET LOOSE FROM A CAGE AND ATUACKED THE PRI

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Entry by psingh

CRACKED.COM Before Jim Jones led the 1978 cult murder/suicide of 900+ members of the People's Temple in Guyana (the largest deliberate loss of America

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Entry by etk01

CRACKED.COM 13 1P OSAMA BIN LADEN Dictator Terrorist ...And A Fan of These TV Shows The MAMD WONDER YEARS 2DIF MADCOER Also. He's One of Whitney Houst