- Copernicus: proposed that the sun is the center of the universe. Heretic!
- Salvador Dali: made rhino statues, wore a cape and called himself "Divine Dali"
- Ivan the Terrible: seized control of Russia and fed the government to a pack of dogs
- Sylvia Plath: dated hundreds of men and wrote all about it. How could she?!!
- Twiggy: cut her hair short. What was she THINKING?!
- Emily Dickinson: wrote poems about getting drunk...on poetry
- Charles Dickens: his go-to hangout was the morgue
- Joe McCarthy: you know all those "communists" he arrested? HE WAS A SOVIET SPY ALL ALONG. This was just his way of reuniting with them.
- Abraham Lincoln: fought for equality?! WHAT?!!
- Benjamin Franklin: founded this University. Ugh.
Nutty Dead People
In honor of National Nut Day, Lowbrow researched a bunch of nut–cases from our nation's history. You learned about them in history class, but until now, you never knew this side of them.
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