22 Bizarre, Unexpected Facts About Historical Figures
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Movies and television series are always tanking. It's simply a result of the industry. The fact is, some of the movies and shows that we consider to be huge flops did surprisingly well at the box office and in the ratings. We challenged our readers to dive into the numbers and show that many of the flops we mocked were actually huge hits. We also awarded cash prizes to the best entries.
There are a lot of reasons a movie might flop at the box office. Maybe the story was too complex for audiences to follow, or the humor fell flat. But sometimes, even the best Hollywood minds can't save a movie from tanking.
We all know about the big-budget Hollywood movies that tank at the box office. But did you know about the small indie films that bombed in a much bigger way? Here are some of the most successful movie failures ever. Keep reading and enjoy.
![Abraham Lincoln was a trash-talking wrestler in the army. As a president, Lincoln was a patient leader, but as a young adult, he'd kick your ass. Duri](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/2/3/671123.jpg?v=2)
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![SAMUEL MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH, WAS AN ART SNOB WHO PAINTED A COPY OF THE MONA LISA. Before he invented the telegraph, American Samuel Morse](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/0/671150.jpg?v=2)
![NAPOLEON: LEADER, STATESMAN, ROMANCE NOVELIST? Before Josephine, before his conquest of Europe, a broken-hearted Napoleon wrote Clisson et Eugenie, a](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/9/671149.jpg?v=2)
![THE PHILOSOPHER RENE DESCARTES WAS NO SPINELESS EGGHEAD One of the leading figures of the Enlightenment, Rene Descartes was a philosopher, scientist,](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/2/671142.jpg?v=2)
![Considering he was the founder of a multi-million dollar brand (and every woman ever connected to him was called a 'gold digger) Hef died with a not](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/7/671137.jpg?v=2)
![Henry Ford tried to end WWI by sailing to Europe on a Peace Ship. He sailed with a group of pacifists and reporters, planning to convince European s](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/3/671133.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDG COM SADDAM HUSSEIN WROTE ROMANCE NOVELS He consulted with professional writers on his works before releasing them under a pen name that trans](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/1/671131.jpg?v=2)
![Isaac Newton was a waiter. Until he got an undergraduate scholarship, he waited tables at Cambridge.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/3/0/671130.jpg?v=2)
![Ray Charles believed that the inability to hear music was more of a handicap than the inability to see, despite being blind himself. Because of this b](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/7/671117.jpg?v=2)
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![GALILEO WAS A PRACTICING ASTROLOGER We think of Galileo brilliant as a scientific mind, but in his time, he was also a well-regarded astrol- oger famo](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/4/1/671141.jpg?v=2)
![CRACKEDC COM Marilyn Monroe struggled with stuttering throughout her life.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/5/671115.jpg?v=2)
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![Cleopatra is known for being the last pharaoh of Egypt, but she was not actually Egyptian. She was Macedonian. CRACKEDCOMT](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/1/3/671113.jpg?v=2)
![GENERAL GAIUS JULIUS CAESAR WAS FAMED FOR BEING SUCH A LADIES' MAN THAT HIS OWN SOLDIERS OFTEN MARCHED TO THE TUNE OF ROMANS, LOCK UP YOUR WIVES. THE](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/1/671101.jpg?v=2)
![INSPIRATIONAL UNDERSEA EXPLORER AND FILMMAKER JACQUES COUSTEAU WAS SO FAMILY FRIENDLY THAT HE HAD TWO OF THEM. When Simone, Cousteau's wife of 50 year](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/5/1/671151.jpg?v=2)
![Ernesto Che' Guevara was also nicknamed E/ Chancho The Pig)... Because he seldom bathed.](https://s3.crackedcdn.com/phpimages/pictofact/1/0/3/671103.jpg?v=2)
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