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10 Historical Villains Who Weren't THAT Bad


10 Historical Villains Who Weren't THAT Bad


Sometimes people end up getting a worse reputation than they deserve. And sometimes, that reputation far outlives them. Some of these folks were straight-up good guys who were painted as villains; others were villains but don't deserve their level opprobrium; others were just helpless fools. Whatever the case, these 10 people have been unfairly smeared in some way, and we're here to set the record straight.



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