October 2007

Mon

October 29, 2007

Fact & Fiction

Top 20 Facts About Sleep
124 Comments
The science of sleep is a modern one - in fact most scientific information on sleep has been gained in the last 25 years. This is a list of 20 very interesting facts about sleep. Facts 1 - 10 1. The... Read more

Recent comment by Nothingiswasted

Yeah... You could 'waste' your time doing other things. Like learning how to spell, just an example.

Sun

October 28, 2007

Crime & Mystery

The 10 Most Famous Successful Assassinations
150 Comments
An assassination is a murder of an individual, who is usually a famous celebrity, politician, religious figure or royal. Usually in cases of assassination there is a clear motive – jealousy, political or... Read more

Recent comment by beirutwedding

This article needs editing in general.

Sun

October 28, 2007

Science & Nature

Top 10 Strangest Animals
49 Comments
This list doesn’t focus on an animal’s ‘ugliness’, but on their strange and unusual characteristics. Some have been around for hundreds or even thousands of years, but they may be new to you. Of... Read more

Recent comment by Top 10 « A lousa do quintal da minha vó

[...] 7) Top 10 Strangest Animals [...]

Sun

October 28, 2007

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Tips For Better Photos
36 Comments
With the advent of digital cameras, every man and his dog has become a photographer. The best thing about digital photography is the fact that you can take thousands of photos at no cost, so you can... Read more

Recent comment by Tori

You don't need a great camera to get good pictures. Anyone could take pictures and have them turn out well,...

Sun

October 28, 2007

Entertainment

Top 10 Best Film Editing Sequences
62 Comments
As Walter Murch once said - "Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form... Read more

Recent comment by CBentley

You're thinking of Night of the Living Dead. The original Dawn of the Dead started at a police shoot-out.

Sun

October 28, 2007

Science & Nature

Top 30 Failed Technology Predictions
187 Comments
Throughout history man has been making predictions of the future. With the advent of technology, the predictions moved away from religious topics to scientific and technological. Unfortunately for the... Read more

Recent comment by The Global Energy Supply Is Getting Greener. It’s Just Not Happening Fast Enough « Power Plug-In

[...] and efficiency. Second, every attempt to look very far into the future of energy is by its nature a doomed...

Sat

October 27, 2007

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Unfortunate Product Names
182 Comments
Marketers do a great job of convincing us to buy stuff (often stuff we don't need) - but through the annals of history they have occasionally gotten things wrong. This is a list of the ten most unfortunately... Read more

Recent comment by RedWolf

I was in a supermarket about a week ago and I saw a dental product called retar dex. I laughed....

Sat

October 27, 2007

Food & Health

Top 10 Medical Tests you Need
31 Comments
Most people visit the doctor when they fall ill, but it can also be an excellent idea to use him as an insurance policy - get a check up before you get sick in case you can head off any future problems. With... Read more

Recent comment by Triploblast

I would rather get cervical cancer than have a pap smear. This is not an exaggeration.

Sat

October 27, 2007

Music

Top 10 Weird Al Yankovic Songs
90 Comments
Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts. Since receiving his first accordion lesson a day... Read more

Recent comment by Jumpy

White &nerdy should be no 1

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Truly Eccentric Organisms

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Controversial Pictures

By Bryan Johnson

The official definition of a controversy is an issue that involves a prolonged public dispute or...

People Whose Warnings Went Unheeded

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Spectacular Natural Phenomena

By LordZB

Sometimes the modern world can lead to a feeling of disconnection between us and the natural world...

Male Oscar Snubs of the Past 15 Years

By Eric

Over the last 15 years, numerous men worthy of Oscar nominations have not been nominated, while...

Facts and Fibs About Pink Floyd

By Nic Swaner

Pink Floyd are one of, if not the most, well-known rock bands of the progressive rock genre...

Devastating Unnatural Disasters

By Daniel Fearn

This is a list of 10 of the worst disasters in our history, however the devastation caused by these...

Unpleasant Creatures Made Lovable By Cartoons

By George Khouri

Is there anything more gross than a cockroach? Is there anything more reviled than a rat? There are...

Interesting Facts About Beer and Wine

By Napoleon

Beer and wine have been called many things: delicious, evil, holy, unholy, addictive, and so on...

Cool Boxing Moves

By Rahat Haque

There is a lot to learn about the sweet science if you want to be a part of the fistic world. If...

Outstanding Neo-Noirs of the 2000s

By Tyler Searle

From the early 1940s to the late 1950s, “Film Noir” dominated Hollywood. It was an era...

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