One of the hardest things about life is that nothing is black and white. People are multifaceted, and even the worst people in history had moments where they did normal, everyday things. It’s our nature to think of people in a one-dimensional way: all good people are good, and all bad people are bad. But it never works that way. Some of the greatest villains in history still had hobbies, and did everyday or even amazing things to keep themselves busy from day to day. Let’s take a look at 10 terrible people and their curious pastimes.
10. Robert Mugabe collected diplomas
Robert Mugabe was the first prime minister of Zimbabwe after the end of British rule (at that time it was Rhodesia) and later became its president. He served in the position for almost 40 years. He was the leader of the anti-British resistance and was considered by many to be a revolutionary and even a hero, fighting for the rights of his people and his country. Problems with his rule came later, when the word tyrant " began to appear everywhere.
Mugabe's policies destroyed the economic power of white Zimbabweans, which eventually spread to everyone. He used threats and blackmail to get what he wanted in his later years, and many people said something changed in him after his wife's death.
Despite his dictatorial tendencies, most people agreed that Mugabe was an exceptionally intelligent man. And this was coupled with his unusual hobby of being remarkably well educated. Not only did Mugabe have over a dozen honorary degrees, many of them he earned himself. He allegedly received two degrees in law , while he was in prison before coming to power, and also earned degrees in education and management early in life, as well as degrees in English language and history .
At least one accounting report, though taken from an unsourced blog, says Mugabe had 21 diplomas , although it is difficult to reconcile them all. What we do know for sure is that at least three of his honorary titles were revoked.
9. Kim Jong-un loves Swiss cheese
What can you say about Kim Jong-un? The North Korean supreme leader has been trying to become the nuclear power , regularly threatens to destroy South Korea And America , and he is accused in everything : from forced abortions to murder and the incarceration of their own people and sometimes their families in labor camps. The average North Korean is said to be almost has no idea about the outside world, and the few who escape are often surprised to learn what life and prosperity can be found abroad. So you have to assume that the Supreme Leader is not the nicest person. But the man likes cheese.
Kim was often ridiculed because of its weight in the foreign press, and it became something of a joke around 2014, that he had a real passion for both wine and cheese. He was said to have become Swiss cheese , while a student in Switzerland, and imported it in huge quantities. If the rumors are true, he loved cheese so much that he developed gout.
8. Joseph Stalin was a big movie buff and loved Tarzan
History will probably never have an accurate accounting of how much people suffered under Joseph Stalin, but what is known is that he directly and indirectly caused the deaths of millions. Hell, he executed million his people. His regime is said to have killed far more than even Hitler and the Nazis during World War II, the number The death toll has exceeded 10 million people . So what does such a monster do to relax? It turns out that Stalin was a big movie buff. And he was very loved Tarzan .
The dictator's love for the legendary ape man is so omnipresent that it even manifests itself in fictional stories about this man, which makes him a more detailed, but strange character. Oddly enough, Edgar Rice Burroughs even mentioned Stalin in one of his books, "Tarzan Triumphant" , which must have also amused this man.
7. Saddam Hussein's Novel
Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq for many years and fought two wars with the United States. He was responsible for the deaths of many people, including 5,000 Kurds in a deadly gas attack in 1988, and the massacre 148 Shia Muslims in In 1982 It was this latter that ultimately led to the man's execution many years later.
Despite being responsible for so much death, destruction, and corruption, Hussein had an almost disconcerting soft side that many people didn't know about and, frankly, probably don't want to know about. Somehow, on top of everything else, the man found time to write and publish a romance novel.
A book called " Zabiba and the King " was published in 2000, but was translated into English a few years later. It told the story of a long-running affair between the king, Hussein's own deputy, and a woman named Zabiba, who represented not just one man but the entire Iraqi people.
Book Reviews, as you can imagine, were not kind. The CIA believed the book was ghostwritten under Saddam's direction, but not everyone agrees. The reason? Apparently it's so poorly written that it couldn't have been a professional doing the job for him. If you're really interested, you can still find it in print.
6. Osama bin Laden was a big fan of volleyball.
No one needs to be told what Osama bin Laden did. The worst terrorist attack on American soil was carried out at his direction, and it was years before he was finally tracked down. At the forefront of public opinion, little was known about him other than his ties to al-Qaeda and the fact that he was believed to be hiding in cave systems to stay under the radar.
It is hard to imagine this man ever living a normal life or doing normal things, but as we have seen, even the worst people have their moments of normality, and bin Laden was no exception. It is said that when he had the time and opportunity, he was very fond of playing volleyball A man who lived next door to bin Laden for many years said he remembered the man almost every day played volleyball with my children in the yard.
5. Teodoro Obiang has millions of dollars worth of Michael Jackson memorabilia
Despite the many accusations against him, Michael Jackson's popularity was unrivaled in the music world. He wasn't called the King of Pop for nothing. And perhaps that makes it at least a little relatable when you hear that Teodoro Obiang had Michael Jackson memorabilia for millions of dollars .
Obiang ruled Equatorial Guinea for centuries on his father's side. His father, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, has ruled the country since 1979, making him the world's longest-serving dictator. His corruption well documented , but his son goes to to new heights Among his many indulgences are items such as a $275,000 crystal-encrusted glove worn by Michael Jackson.
As early as 2011, the US government attempted to confiscate Obiang's assets, including Jackson memorabilia , as a result of an investigation into corruption.
4. Ayatollah Khomeini was a champion leapfrogger
Ayatollah Khomeini removed the Shah from power in Iran and founded an Islamic Republic in its place. To some, he was a revolutionary and a hero. To others, he was a monster who suppressed dissent and pursued regressive and dangerous policies.
Although he is known as a devout religious man with a very weak sense of humor. However, everyone has to come from somewhere, and even the most stern and serious adult was once a child. Khomeini is said to have once been leapfrog champion in his village. He was energetic and happy and played all day long on the streets with my friends.
3. Gaddafi was obsessed with Condoleezza Rice
Muammar Gaddafi controlled Libya from 1969 until his death in 2011. During that time, he was considered a despot, a revolutionary, a tyrant, and an ally, depending on who you asked and often when you asked.
He was often a curious man in public and was known for his flamboyant clothes and style of speech. But in private he could be more than a little monstrous. He was said to have kept the bodies (or at least the heads) of some of his enemies. in freezers to visit them and taunt them. He had one head on ice for 25 years. He was also accused of building a room on campus for the sole purpose of rape There are hundreds of women and girls there.
In light of this, Gaddafi's strange fascination with the former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice calls even more disturbing. Rice herself admitted that it was creepy, and it really was. Gaddafi spoke openly about his obsession with her. During a search of the former dictator's residence, they found album with her photographs. When she met him in person one day, he played her a montage of herself set to music.
He spent over $200,000 on gifts for her, including a diamond ring. He also gave her a locket with his photo inside.
2. Hermann Goering loved animals.
Hermann Goering was the most high-ranking official Nazi Party leader who was tried for war crimes and crimes against humanity after World War II. He was found guilty but committed suicide before his death sentence could be carried out. During his life, he was the head of the German Air Force and is known to have played a major role in organizing the mass murder of Jewish people known as the Holocaust.
It’s hard to reconcile what we know about Goering with many of his actions in life. The man who could so ruthlessly engage in genocide also had a bewildering interest in preserving animal life. Goering held many titles, including Reichsjägermeister and Forest Master. One of his favorite projects was the repopulation and conservation of extinct species.
He created reserves and enlisted the help of others to try to breed long-extinct species in the hopes of repopulating them to create a strange German hunting fantasy world .
Moreover, Goering established laws to protect animals. Animal testing was banned because of " unbearable torture and suffering "which they inflicted on animals.
1. Ted Bundy worked on a suicide prevention hotline.
Ted Bundy was one of America's most notorious and prolific serial killers. Character Buffalo Billa from "The Silence of the Lambs" was partly inspired by Bundy, who used charm and empathy as weapons to lure women who would then become his victims. He is known to have killed at least 20 women, though he confessed to and was suspected of many more. He was articulate, intelligent and, by many accounts, handsome, all of which worked to his advantage. But in the words of this man, he was " the most heartless son of a bitch you will ever meet. "
For a man who raped and killed so many, it's hard to imagine that he did anything that could be considered normal or kind. Despite everything, Bundy managed to fool everyone by living a very normal life, even going so far as to work for suicide prevention hotline . They say that during his stay there he managed to save dozens of people's lives. Once he even saved a three-year-old child from drowning in a lake.
While we may never know for sure why Bundy, who fits the textbook definition of a psychopath, worked at a suicide hotline, there are some reasonable guesses. For one, he was a psychology student at the time. It could have been something as simple as Bundy wanting to get extra credit for his class, which in no way reflected his true personality or monstrous nature.
More insidious possibilities are that, being a true psychopath, he used his time there to better understand how to feign emotions and learn how to persuade or manipulate people. Finally, it could have been an expression of some sort of God complex, which may have made Bundy feel special and have power over the lives of others, which was apparently something he later took to extremes.
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