July 2009

Fri

July 31, 2009

Science & Nature

Top 10 Amazing Lost Or Suppressed Inventions
146 Comments
This list looks at some amazing past inventions that have been lost. Some may be cause for skepticism but almost all of the items here are things that we would definitely love to understand better today. Keep an open... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Toulsececlilk

Name

Thu

July 30, 2009

Art & Literature

10 Greatest American Short Story Writers
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I must confess, as much as I love British writers, the ones that I always come back to are American. America really has dominated modern English literature - not just in the pulp fiction arena but in serious literature... Read more
— by ZachS

Recent comment by manwella

these stories are great:)

Wed

July 29, 2009

Science & Nature

10 Fascinating Cases of Mind Control
170 Comments
Controlling the minds of other living creatures is simply the stuff of science fiction right? Well for some creatures becoming a real live zombie is a daily hazard. Here are 10 examples of real parasitic behavior... Read more
— by Nauplius

Recent comment by SnowCrasher

Here's the better video for #3. It's the epitome of Stockholm Syndrome. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMG-LWyNcAs

Tue

July 28, 2009

Movies

10 More Incredibly Bizarre Movies
137 Comments
This list was originally sent in as a top 15 - but five of the items have featured on previous lists so I have culled it to a list of 10. Fortunately none of the movies on this list have appeared on the site so we are... Read more
— by WebbheadGreg

Recent comment by Tarra

What?! No Eraserhead?

Mon

July 27, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Yet Another 20 Fascinating Historical Facts
103 Comments
For some reason we seem to have developed a special "top 20" format for our historical oddities lists. Including this list, we now have four lists of 20 oddities of history. The oddities lists are always popular and... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Colten

every person i know is a homo and has aids and gonorrhea

Sun

July 26, 2009

Leisure & Travel

10 Great Offensive Seasons in Major League History
231 Comments
It would be easy to compile a list of great home run hitters or other power statistics for this list. The long ball certainly brings people to the games. But that would ignore other aspects of offensive baseball like... Read more
— by bucslim

Recent comment by peter8172

Here are 2 more that you can add to this list 1). Manny Ramirez, 1999, 44 Hr's, 165 RBIs, 34...

Sat

July 25, 2009

Science & Nature

10 Recently Extinct Animals
348 Comments
Mankind has the honor of quite possibly being the most destructive force to ever hit mother nature. This list looks at some of the more recent, probably lesser known extinctions that humans have lent a helping hand to... Read more
— by steph00

Recent comment by carly

stupid hunters i wanna kill them see how they feel

Fri

July 24, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Bizarre Restaurants
149 Comments
As you probably all know, I am a huge fan of fine dining and cooking. This list looks at ten restaurants that are less fine than they are bizarre. So next time you are looking for an unusual evening out, be sure to... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Mari

There is an original directory of the World's Most Unusual Restaurants - http://unusual-restaurants.com continuosly updated since 2005, with Google map 900+ ...

Thu

July 23, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Another 10 Common Historical Myths
348 Comments
History is a fascinating topic but so frequently we get things wrong and spread misinformation and myths. This list is the second in our series focussing specifically on historical errors. The first was written just... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Dgilbert

Number ten is technically incorrect. No, there was no "official" religion in Europe. But people did have holidays for the...

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