Thomas Dewey

Another famous meltdown came right after World War 2, when Thomas Dewey challenged Harry Truman for the presidency. The Chicago Tribune incorrectly declared Dewey the winner, but the meltdown started when Dewey, in a speech declaring his intent to take the country for the party, started shouting, in your Insane Quote of the Day, "We're going to Virginia, and we're going to South Dakota, and then we're going to the White House, Yyyaaarrgh!!!!"

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler was famous for his oratory skills, particularly his long, impassioned speeches of hate and ignorance. It is often forgotten that he was generally an angry person, and hated rehearsing, often blaming other people for his inability to comprehend what his prompters had written. One such blow up was caught on camera and recently uncovered, in your Idiotic Quote of the Day, translated and abridged for length, "And now to play us out, Sting. Wait, what that mean? What? That doesn't mean anything! Fuck it , we'll do it live!!!"

General Joseph Warren

One of the most successful losses of the American Revolution was the Battle of Bunker Hill, where the British sacrificed 800 men to take Bunker and Breed's Hills, while the Colonials suffered minimal losses and only retreated after running out of ammunition. While the official reason of the British was the hills' strategic locations, the ferocity and desperation is better explained by the last recorded words of General Joseph Warren, who fought at the front of the battle to the death. He stood in front of the defenses, spread his arms and shouted at the British force, in your Infuriating Quote of the Day, "Do you wanna go?! Do you...I'm right here, do you wanna go?! COME AT ME BRO!!!!!"

Paul Revere

Longfellow wrote a famous poem telling the story of Paul Revere's famous ride, and Sarah Palin recently added her own twist to the tale, but both versions left out that Revere sung loudly as he embarked on his famous ride. Here is an excerpt from his song, in your Immodest Quote of the Day, "Had a little horsey named Paul Revere. Just me and my horsey and a quart of beer. Ridin cross the sand, kickin up sand, Redcoats on my tail 'cuz I'm in demand."

French Peasants

Bastille Day is a national holiday in France, and celebrates the day that thousands of French peasants stormed the famous prison and freed the 14 or so middle and upper class prisoners within. Accounts vary greatly on the actual sequence of events, but, most agree that the crowd was marching to a song, in your Inspirational Quote of the Day, "We're not gonna take it! No! We ain't gonna take it! We're not gonna take it, anymore!"

Davy Crockett

Davy Crockett is a national hero in two countries, and with good reason, as he was both a warrior and a political leader, being for some time a U.S. a Senator. The great man was also notably quotable, with such quotes as "You may all go to hell, I'm going to Texas" and "Fuck Bears, get Hides." He died heroically as a defender of the Alamo, and it is said that the Mexicans could hear him singing defiantly the night before the final battle, in your Immortal Quote of the Day, "Well I won't back down, no I won't back down. You can stand me up at the Gates of Hell, but I won't back down."

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe was a prominent socialite during the 1950's and 60's because of her affairs with famous men, leading to the president having her killed, who also did some acting. She was also a singer, and while most of her songs were not very successful, one gave rise to a popular doll who promotes good body image in young girls. Here is your Inspirational Quote of the Day, "I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world, Life's fantastic, when you're plastic!"

Thor

Odin, head of the Norse gods, was a strict ruler of his universe. He often led the Wild Hunt, where all the warriors who made it to Valhalla battled and rode the night, wreaking havoc wherever they went. One night, as they were mustering, Odin's son Thor, who was still young and impetuous, jumped in in his parachute pants and commanded, in your Impertinent Quote of the Day, "Stop, It's Hammer Time!"

John Wilkes Booth

One of the first known government cover-ups centered around the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. According to the story, John Wilkes Booth jumped on the stage, broke his leg, and shouted "sic semper tyrannis," and immediately fled, escaping capture. The true story is that, although he broke his leg he, being the consummate performer, danced and sang before fleeing the crowd full of soldiers, who were too stunned to give chase. Your Infuriating Quote of the Day is an excerpt from that song, "Can't touch this! Na nana na, na nuh, nuh na!"

Icarus

Many of our modern conveniences that we look to as hallmarks of our progress were in some way or another invented in antiquity. Flight, for example, was first invented by Daedalus as a method to escape imprisonment with his son Icarus. Flying away from the fortress, he warned his son not to fly too close to the sun, who did anyway. Before plunging to his death, Icarus was heard to sing, in your Briefly Inspirational Quote of the Day: "I believe I can fly! I believe I can touch the Sky!"

Pippen Took

Tolkien give us and excellent telling of the tale of the War for Middle Earth, but some of the more amusing tales were left out for brevity's sake. For instance, Pippen actually snuck into Sauromon's keep while Treebeard and the other Ents battled the orcs. He attacked the White Wizard by unscrewing a chandelier, which nearly missed its target. Sauromon chased Pippen from the keep while the hobbit cried, with his Cockney accent, in your Infuriating Quote of the Day, "Not kill, Pippen never meant to kill! Pippen only meant to maim, or seriously injure!"