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A is for Air Force, you know that of course And we turn to the states to look at the dates When the man in command, that some couldn’t stand Is our hero today, General Curtis LeMay.

B is for Byron and one was a poet, But there were more Byrons, though you may not know it, But do they belong in this Dicktionary? Well, today we’ll determine for the Byrons three.

C is for car - the automobiles And nothing is cooler than a boss set of wheels, From selling some cars, this man made a horde, Mechanic and boss man, here’s Henry Ford.

D is for dollars, 100 to the penny, Some have but few, others have many, Some hoard them too - the frugal and mean, And none was more frugal than one Hetty Green.

E for eugenics, pseudo science about race, Selective breeding of humans can make the world a purer place, When saying, “that’s scary”, those words are ne’er truer, Then of the main man today, Otmar von Verschuer.

F is for fraud, the art of deceit, And it’s not so nice to be labeled a cheat, F is also for France, and female, so let me, Introduce today’s hero, Jeanne Saint-Remy.

G is for Gambler, relying on luck, Or insider knowledge, to make a quick buck G’s also for Gangster, you know what I mean? And combining the two was Arnold Rothstein.

H is for homicide, the taking of lives Bloodthirsty people with pistols or knives Or government leaders than strangled their nations And Macias Nguema killed whole populations.

I for investment, for financial success, Or for a failure, cause it’s hard to guess, But if there’s one man who could make you a beggar, It’s today’s star, Gregor MacGregor.

J is for Junk, boat of the Chinese, For trade and for pleasure, they sailed the blue seas Some junks were pirates, that ain’t a good thing, And the queen of them all, was one Madame Ching

Elizabeth Bathory was a Hungarian noblewoman who holds the world record as the most prolific female murderer. This is her gruesome life story.

Morally ambiguous guns for hire are a fantasy of old Western films, right? Well not in the case of Tom Horn! A lawman, a cowboy, a soldier, and ultimately: a dick.