December 2007

Sun

December 23, 2007

Leisure & Travel

Top 35 Fairytale Castles
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Christmas Competition: 3rd Place. Congratulations to Mathilda for this excellent list - she has won the third prize of a $25 iTunes music card. According to Wikipedia, "A castle is a defensive structure... Read more

Recent comment by mike

What about Bojnice Castle and Spis Castle in Slovakia? Predjama castle in Slovenia? Frederiksborg castle in Denmark?

Sat

December 22, 2007

Miscellaneous

12 Hilarious Motivational Posters
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I recently received this email which contains some very funny motivational posters - with a twist. While I have seen a few of them, many were new so I thought it would make a nice relaxed list for the... Read more

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Fri

December 21, 2007

People & Politics

Top 25 Quotes of Margaret Thatcher
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When Margaret Thatcher came to power in 1979, Britain was a dump, "the sick man of Europe" and on the brink of total economic collapse. When she left power in 1990, it was the one of the financial capitals of... Read more

Recent comment by Neutral-Totally

She didn't affect me much so I don't have reasons to hate her..But look at #4 and then in #1..She's...

Fri

December 21, 2007

Science & Nature

Top 10 Dogs for Lazy Owners
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Too many people decide that they wanted a cutesy, wootsie little dog to love and then spend a ton of time and money picking out a perfect pooch. Then these people proceed to ignore the dog after a couple of... Read more

Recent comment by ggg

This list should be banned from the internet. It's full of wrong statements and general stupidity.

Wed

December 19, 2007

Fact & Fiction

Top 20 Amazing Science Facts
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Another trivia list! This list explores a variety of fascinating scientific facts that you probably are unaware of. Science is still a very mysterious subject so there are millions of trivial facts about it... Read more

Recent comment by jake

your welcome

Wed

December 19, 2007

Art & Literature

Top 10 Christmas Books
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Nothing quite celebrates the feeling of the Holiday season like an engrossing and wonderful book. Many stories have been written about Christmas and Santa Claus, but very few of those take the theme and make... Read more

Recent comment by agreexPew

Name

Wed

December 19, 2007

People & Politics

Top 25 Quotes of Harry Truman
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I have always admired Harry Truman for his plainspoken common sense, his zero tolerance policy for bullshit, his sharp wit, and blunt honesty. It's too bad we don't have a president like him today. Truman was... Read more

Recent comment by jack

are you kidding! have you seen the republicans today?

Wed

December 19, 2007

Site News

A brief update before leaving
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As you should all know by now, I am leaving for New Zealand for one month today. I will be posting from there so fear not - the site will keep going through Christmas. It will take me nearly 30 hours to... Read more

Recent comment by Ginger Lee

What the hell is an MAnn Coulter ad doing on this site?!!!!!

Tue

December 18, 2007

History

Top 10 Things You Didn’t Know the Ancients Had
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When we think of Ancient civilizations we think of togas, chariots and gladiators. What we don't think about is flame-throwers, eye surgery and other inventions we take for granted. This is a list of things... Read more

Recent comment by bob

Dont forget the flying machines they used to trade across the globe, the microscopes they used to create microscopic metal...

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