<p>This gold-nosed Danish astronomer and his pet moose  will seriously drink you under the table.</p>

8 - Swashbuckling Blackbeard

We've all been taught to venerate the dead. Where's the fun in that?! No one can take all their rotten secrets to the grave. Humans are just trash monsters that make mistakes, rub together and make more humans. So, let's grab some beers, bury inhibitions and dig up some dirt on history's most iconic departed.