<p>This French &#39;philosopher&#39; was so into his whips and chains he inspired the word Sadism . But while modern BDSM is a consensual activity, this noble narcosis to it far beyond anyone&#39;s comfort zone. Written in while locked away in the Bastille, &#39;120 Days of Sodom&#39; would be come history&#39;s most blacklisted book. It&#39;s pages full of the grotesque machinations of incest, scatology, torture, rape and murder straight from the unhinged mind of Marquis de Sade.</p>

155 - George Washington (1732-1759): Failing Upwards

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.