Although it was reported publicly at the time, Win... ...e, Wing Commander Ken Gatward's incredible act of badassery on 12 June 1942 fell out of the public eye until...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/06/June-1942-RAF-Drops-French-Flag-on-Occupied-Paris-Strafes-Gestapo-HQ/
John Fairfax of Henderson, Nevada died at the age of 74. He was the most interesting man in the world:At 13, in thrall to Tarzan, he ran away from home to live in the jungle. He survived there as a trapper with the aid o...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/11/21/RIP-John-Fairfax-A-Man-Who-Rowed-Across-the-Atlantic-and-Pacific-Oceans-When-He-Wasnt-Doing-Even-More-Extraordinary-Things/
Ronald Brown was wounded while serving in the British Army during World War II. He downplayed the whole matter and told his children that he had just a bullet in his leg.But when Brown recently passed away, crematory wor...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/19/When-World-War-II-Veteran-Is-Cremated-Family-Learns-That-He-Was-Carrying-around-Almost-Half-a-Pound-of-Shrapnel/
Alicia Follmar, a student at Stanford University, fell hard early in a race. Then several runners ran over her. Most people would then quit. But Alicia Follmar is not most people. She stood up and, though bloody, bruised...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/10/04/Runner-Falls-Gets-Trampled-Stands-Up-Starts-Running-Again-and-Wins-Third-Place/
Like the Captain says, "If someone tries to kill you, you try and kill 'em right back." A man in Nepal understood this rule and took revenge on a snake that bit him:Nepali daily Annapurna Post said Mohamed Salmo Miya cha...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/08/23/Cobra-Bites-Man-Man-Bites-Back-and-Kills-Cobra/
Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld passed away at the age of 88. He was a man of many talents, particularly (1) escaping captivity and (2) killing Nazis. During World War II, while in the French Resistance, he did a lot of...
http://www.neatorama.com/2012/07/02/r-i-p-count-de-badass/
In the bizarro version of Futurama it's Zoidbe... ...is alternate reality Doctor Zoidberg has a PhD in badassery
http://www.neatorama.com/2011/11/22/why-not-zoidberg-as-a-badass/
Don't mess with Loyd Church. If the 81-year-old ma... ...by stomping on it with his boot.Now if that isn't badassery , I don't know what is: Link (Photo: Chris Peterse...
http://www.neatorama.com/2010/08/01/81-year-old-man-sucked-venom-out-after-bitten-by-copperhead-snake-then-stomped-it-to-death/
