August 2010

Sat

August 7, 2010

Miscellaneous

10 Fascinating Sealed and Secret Documents
146 Comments
Sealing documents and records is actually a fairly a common practice. In many countries, birth, marriage and divorce records just to name a few are often sealed for a variety of reasons. However when document are sealed... Read more
— by Blogball

Recent comment by Peebody

on #9 - John Jay is the name of the college - not a guy that had anything to do...

Fri

August 6, 2010

Science & Nature

10 Unbelievable Technologies that Exist Now
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We have now passed the half way point of the new year and what a great year it is shaping up to be. Let's take a step back, though, to a time when things were simpler. Friends was the coolest show on TV, Britney Spears... Read more
— by sammysunset

Recent comment by MTPrower

Where have you been all these years? Under a damn rock? If you think these things are fancy, you don't...

Thu

August 5, 2010

Movies

10 More Films Featuring Nuclear Attacks
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Few subjects had the power to terrify as nuclear war did for about half a century. The vast majority of nuclear war-related documentaries and mockumentaries came from the U.S. and England (as well as a host of schlock... Read more
— by STL Mo

Recent comment by Louis Vuitton US

There are some interesting points in time in this article but I do not know if I see these center...

Wed

August 4, 2010

People & Politics

Top 10 Political Prisoners
319 Comments
For their politics they were put in prison. Some died, some were released, and some are still there. But when others looked out from the same prison bars and saw mud, they saw stars. From a Korean dissident to a... Read more
— by Dash

Recent comment by Martyn Smit

Aung San Suu Kyi deserves first place, she never resorted to violence like Mandela in order to achieve her...

Tue

August 3, 2010

Miscellaneous

10 Fascinating and Amusing Relationships
238 Comments
Relationships are not always about sex (though listverse has generally only published lists of that type thus far) and this list looks at ten relationships that were either amusing, interesting, or quirky. This is but... Read more
— by SauSub

Recent comment by Julia Odum

Hey, you have a nice blog but sometimes I encounter a bug whereby the top nav bar cannot be seen....

Mon

August 2, 2010

Science & Nature

10 Cases of Natural Gender Inequality
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A gender gap is a difference between women and men, besides the obvious anatomy, especially as reflected in social, political, intellectual, cultural, or economic attainments or attitudes. However this list will focus... Read more
— by Nic Swaner

Recent comment by Einar

Where do you get your information from? There are no references list ore links to articles you base this on....

Sun

August 1, 2010

Crime & Mystery

10 Crimes of Men on Death Row
365 Comments
WARNING: disturbing content. This list talks about ten men on death row for crimes that truly are unimaginable and evil. This is a rather sombre list but we will be sure to follow it up with something... Read more
— by FlameHorse

Recent comment by Seini

These men will be treated like absolute SHIT in prision! The moment they walks through those prision gates, the men...

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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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