January 2009

Sat

January 31, 2009

Listverse Extras

Your View: Should We Artificially Create Life
172 Comments
This 'your view' is prompted by this evening's national news here in the US. There was a story about the status of the latest multiple births of 8 babies. The exact details of the story are not my focus but... Read more

Recent comment by KieraJayy

yes we can. LIFE [lahyf] noun, plural lives /laɪvz/ [lahyvz], adjective the condition that distinguishes organisms from...

Thu

January 29, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Bizarre Afterlife Experiments
151 Comments
Is there an afterlife? Here are ten experiments hoping to find out just that. This list includes some interesting and sometimes intriguing experiments that have attempted to prove or disprove one of the most important... Read more

Recent comment by Bubble Trouble - Bubble Shooter

This posting was saved as a favorite :), I like your site!

Thu

January 29, 2009

Entertainment

Top 10 Best Hanna-Barbera Cartoons
210 Comments
Who didn't love cartoons as a kid? Hanna-Barbera produced some of the best, and here they are. These cartoons are not full of skimpily clad girls with attitudes that would make an adult blush (as so many are today) -... Read more

Recent comment by Pauline DE Battista

Ireally like FLINTSTONES since Iwas young and i still watch it .I have softoys too of the whole family and...

Thu

January 29, 2009

Music

10 Underrated But Excellent Bands
192 Comments
A follow up to the most overrated bands, here we present the most underrated bands. If you are anything like me and spend hours scouring the net for new bands to listen to, give some of these a try - especially if you... Read more

Recent comment by Clavicle

at first I was like WTF I know 4 of those bands this aint legit. Then I was like oh...

Wed

January 28, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Bizarre or Frivolous Lawsuits
394 Comments
You won't be surprised that person injury lawyers are thriving when you read this list. We take a look at some of the bizarre lawsuits that these lawyers have had to handle - some dealing with personal injury lawsuits... Read more

Recent comment by SapphireMind

Some of the cases mentioned in the comments are urban myths ( http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp ) But most importantly, the McDonald's coffee case...

Tue

January 27, 2009

Music

15 Great Disco Tunes
188 Comments
Fifteen of the songs that rocked the disco world and continue to rock us today. Okay, so disco was not everyone's cup of tea. Yet, some 30 or so years after its demise, and however much maligned, people still get up and... Read more

Recent comment by lovelydia101

although most of u don't like this disco it does sure beat the music that swears all the time and...

Mon

January 26, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Top 10 Common Myths About Cannabis
1,037 Comments
The ten most commonly believed myths about cannabis and its use: busted - once and for all. Cannabis is probably the world's most popular casual use drug that is illegal in most nations. It has become so widespread... Read more

Recent comment by keebee

This list is comprised of half truths. All drugs have a multitude of side effects and pot has far...

Sat

January 24, 2009

Leisure & Travel

10 Opponent-Crushing Sporting Dynasties
174 Comments
Ten of the greatest sporting dynasties from around the world. All sports considered. Back in the day, before drafts, salary caps and obscene paychecks, a team or nation could dominate the competition in ways that would... Read more

Recent comment by peter8172

I have a suspicion that the author of this list is an "Aussie", maybe ??

Fri

January 23, 2009

Music

Top 10 Southern Rock Bands
218 Comments
The South of the US is a spooky place of equal parts back-woods moonshine and old Civil War mystery. From this special, almost mystical place, maybe the best type of rock and roll sprung. Read more

Recent comment by peter8172

NO OUTLAWS ???!!! The Outlaws put out one of the greatest southern rock music songs ever "Green Grass And High...

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Great Scenes in Musical History

By Elizabetta

After the surprising success of my first list (by which I mean it wasn't immediately tossed onto...

Offbeat Literary Works of Non-English Writers

By Tombleweed

Most book lists on this and other sites contain the usual suspects, but I think by now everyone who...

Real Life Werewolves

By BumblebeeLovesWaspxXx

There are many stories about werewolves or lycanthropy. Little red riding hood and the wolf that...

Words with Surprising Derivations

By Andrew Pepper

Part of English’s success is due to the embracing of new words; British and Irish people in...

More Awe-inspiring Waterfalls

By Rahat Haque

In the first volume of this list, we covered the top ten awe inspiring waterfalls. The objective...

National Fast Foods You Should Try

By Theodoros (Θ. Κ. ΙΙ )

Before I begin my list of fast national dishes, I openly admit being heavily influenced by...

Actors who Died During TV Shows

By Vincent Williams

There's a list here on Listverse of performers who died on stage, and there is a growing list of...

Space Age Radiation Incidents

By Patrick Weidinger

As if we don't have enough terrestrial examples of potential exposure to accidental radioactivity...

7 Greatest Roman Generals

By Isaiah Roe

The history of the Roman Empire is perhaps unprecedented in its prosperity. It is considered by...

Overrated Filmmakers

By Infinite Jorge

Without great directors we wouldn't have great films. They are basically essential to the movie...

Species Rediscovered This Century

By Andrea G

A Lazarus Species or taxon is one which is thought to be extinct, only to reappear. The Coelecanth...

Disadvantages to Capitalism

By Louis Ryan

There has been much discussion of the current economic system in the western world, capitalism...

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