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There are several viral threads on the Internet, the authors of which ask questions like "What is the greatest '[forget] it, I'll do it myself' in history?" or even "What are some examples in history of the 'you only live once' type of mentality?"
Each of these threads has thousands of replies, with detailed discussions of each historical figure - from Napoleon Bonaparte to Douglas MacArthur, from Alexander the Great to Theodore Roosevelt.
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RAF pilot Alan Pollock was rather annoyed that the government was doing nothing to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the RAF, so he took things into his own hands. Immediately after takeoff on a routine transit flight he peeled off course in his Hawker Hunter fighter jet. He preceded to fly a low pass over the airfield, then using a borrowed AA map he found his way to London where he circled the houses of parliament a few times, dipped his wings over the RAF memorial and began flying down the river Thames at low level. Tower Bridge came up so he decided to fly through the gap between the road and top of the bridge (apparently causing a cyclist to fall off his bike in shock at the sudden noise and the fighter jet passing over his head.
Realising that he was going to be in a world of trouble when he landed he decided he may well buzz a few more RAF based on his way to his destination. Upon landing he was promptly arrested.
He received a lot of support with hundreds of letters of support, and a barrel of beer being sent by his RAF colleagues and members of the public. He even had an all-party motion of support, tabled in the House of Commons. In the end the RAF chose to quietly discharge him on medical grounds than take him to court and give him a chance to explain himself.
And that's the story of the only person to fly a jet aircraft through tower bridge.
In fact, the meaning and character of each person is revealed precisely in difficult moments of life - when everything, literally everything in this world, indicates that you will not succeed, when life literally tells you "No way" and you need to find the strength and inner resources to go against fate. To go, when the chances of winning are minuscule. To go in spite of literally everything.
Just like Napoleon Bonaparte, perfectly aware that the chances of victory, when he returned from exile on the island of Elba to France, were incredibly small. And although he ultimately lost, when the armies of all of Europe stood against him, these Hundred Days, when the French joyfully greeted the return of their beloved emperor, became a beautiful conclusion to his legend.
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This is a "F**k it, if no one is going to help these kids, then I will" in my opinion.
Sadly i think there was another train full of 200 more kids, but it didnt get to depart because the war started that day. Most to all the kids who he saved, their parents died in camps like Auschwitz, and that probably included those 200 kids that never got on the train. He found the kids he did save, people willing to adopt them. This was known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for "children's transport" and he was knighted as well by the Queen, thus is why he is Sir Nicolas Winton. Theres a movie called Nicky's Family about it, as well as a 60 Minutes on him.
He died in 2015 at the age of 106, but not without meeting a lot of the children, who are now adults. There was one sad part I saw in an interview with one of the children, is that his parents had told him that he was going to go to a trip to the UK alone, and then they would join him a few months later. He never realized this was the last time he'd see his parents, and he was asked what his parents looked like, where they scared, panicked, sad? I think he said he asked this question to himself many times and I think he ultimately said they were calm, I think.
But this in my opinion is one of the big, f**k it I'll do it myself.
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By and large, any of the great travelers of the past, any of the explorers, put everything they had on the line to achieve some great dream. At the same time, by the way, always trying to stay true role models of nobility and generosity.
As it was, for example, with Robert Scott, who, having lost his desperate race to the South Pole, found the courage to admit his own defeat - and until his last days remained a model of nobility (the diaries of the expedition members, found at the site of their last stop, eloquently testify to this).
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Upon landing in France, the 5th Regiment is sent to intercept him. They were mostly hos former soldiers. He dismounts his horse, walks within firing distance of them, cause f**k it, and announces "Here I am! K**l your emperor, if you wish" They all join him and march on Paris.
Louis the XVIII dips to Belgium and Napolean reclaims his former spot as emperor. With an amassed army over 200 000, he tries to drive a wedge between the coalition forces of Britain and Prussia, cause f**k it why not? Well, Waterloo is why. They lose the battle and he is exiled to St. Helena, but f**k, what a few months that was.
In today's world, traveled and studied far and wide, there is often no place for unrestrained and sometimes crazy courage. We've become too rational; we try to pay attention to the amount of money or public attention that we'll receive for this or that action.
How many likes did the participants of the Apollo expedition receive? None at all. They just believed in what they were doing - and that's the most important thing.
We often say that things were better before. Or not better, but sometimes easier. You know what - in many ways, these statements are true. After all, we only live once. And it's not just how we live this life that matters, but also what kind of memory we leave behind.
Well, most of the heroes of this selection left behind some incredibly interesting memories. Not always good - that's true - but at least they tried.
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First time we put actual humans on the monster Saturn V rocket. First time we sent 3 humans from the safety of our orbit, to the moon, and orbited it 10 times.
A marvel of scientific achievement. It's far more deserving of a movie than 11 or 13.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32481442.
Well, we sincerely hope that you will find this selection of stories and opinions about outstanding people of the past really interesting. Even if these people were far from always being good, at least they had courage and resourcefulness. So please feel free to read this list to the very end, and maybe add your own ideas on such people and their bright deeds in the comments below.
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- When somebody brewed an IPA and thought "F**k it" and just doubled down on all of the ingredients to make a DIPA.
- Caesar, sitting on his horse looking at a river and saying "F**k it" and just crossing with his entire army, de facto declaring war on the Senate.
- King Leonidas, his kingdom facing invasion and subjugation by rival city states and the Persian king, took 300 of his best men and blocked the road. "F**k it" lets just see how many we can k**l before we get smooshed.
- Napoleon, having conquered most of Europe and the Mediterannean, looks at Russia and sees an easy victory. "F**k it", let's march to Russia in the autumn and try and win before winter.
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"Hey lets put a bunch of twin engine [planes] on a carrier and attack Tokyo!".