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Bahamas
Over a Thousand Outlaws Lived by Their Own Rules on One Island. Guess Who?
From about 1713 to 1718, more than a thousand pirates based themselves at Nassau, New Providence, in the Bahamas. They declared their own leadership and split captured cargo among the crew, defying Britain until Governor Woodes Rogers arrived with a royal pardon in 1718.
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They Rammed an Explosive-Packed Warship Into a Nazi Dock. Then Walked Away.
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A Drug Lord Smuggled 4 Hippos Into Colombia. Now There Are Hundreds.
World Wars Era
He Survived Dynamite and Ran 150 Miles in -40° Arctic Snow
World Wars Era
He Swore This Dam Was Safe. Hours Later, It Wiped Out an Entire Valley.
Cold War Era