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El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

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Sean_Miller posted:

John Wilkes Booth was a hot little number.

This is the truth. He was, at the time, considered to be one of the greatest actors of his generation and a sex symbol. It would be like if you woke up today and George Clooney or Brad Pitt had shot Obama. It must have been insanely surreal to experience first hand.

Also, Kim Il Sung was quite an attractive and personable man. Its how he was able to build such an insane cult around himself (that his son then systematically ruined):

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El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

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William Walker
American Fillibuster and Dictator of Nicaragua, universally the most hated person in Nicaragua even today.


Richard Davis
The guy who wrote a book about the dude above, also pretty much responsible for the style of writing and politically fueled psuedo journalism that created the modern news magazine.

El Estrago Bonito
Dec 17, 2010

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Keshik posted:

When you think of Leonardo da Vinci, you think of his self-portrait drawn late in life:




Well, what you may not be aware of is that in his youth, his contemporaries described him as "the most beautiful man who ever lived."


I hate myself for not knowing an original, verifiable source for this, but I got it from QI

Here's a statue of young Leonardo for reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_%28Verrocchio%29

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