December 2010

Fri

December 31, 2010

Crime & Mystery

Top 10 Most Evil Humans
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As we approach the new year, I thought it would be appropriate to do a list that combines and ranks entries from a combination of related lists - a summary list. This list looks at the last three years of lists of evil... Read more
— by Jamie Frater

Recent comment by nobody

Now they are all being eaten by worms and burning in Hell again and again and again and again.....

Thu

December 30, 2010

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Deadliest Airline Disasters
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Airplane accidents somehow attract the public’s attention with their drama and destruction. No car crash could ever seem so fascinating, terrifying, or deadly, as many of them as happens every day. This is a list... Read more
— by Tessa Yelton

Recent comment by jim

Idiot, you account for the fatalaties not attributed to the fatalaties in the crash, god did you read the incidents...

Wed

December 29, 2010

People & Politics

Top 10 East Asian Military Commanders
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Everyone has heard of Alexander the Great of Greece, or Cyrus the Great of Persia. This list is devoted to the great East Asian Military Leaders who fought for their country, but are not well known in Western society... Read more
— by Hojin Mok

Recent comment by itp

greatest does not mean largest. Alexander the Great did not conquer as much land as Genghis, but he was...

Tue

December 28, 2010

History

10 Unforgettable Stories History Forgot
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This list is inspired by an excellent book I recently bought called "Lost to Time". I strongly recommend you buy it if you want to read much more detail about the stories, people, and places in this list. Read more
— by Jamie Frater

Recent comment by Michelle

awesome list! loved it :)

Mon

December 27, 2010

Crime & Mystery

10 Notorious Cases of Product Tampering
116 Comments
Product tampering is intriguing from a criminological perspective because motives behind tampering span such a diverse spectrum - from terrorism, corporate sabotage, and extortion to petit theft and malicious mischief... Read more
— by Iva Cheung

Recent comment by LOL WUT

OTC pain-killers such as aspirin and acetominophin contribute to gastric bleeding which kills thousands every year.

Sun

December 26, 2010

Miscellaneous

Another 10 Moral Dilemmas
378 Comments
Some people have hypothetical minds that like to debate what is right and wrong. Sometimes, however, what is right and wrong is not so clear, as is the case in a moral dilemma. Three years ago, Jamie Frater created a... Read more
— by David Hopkins

Recent comment by JJ

I believe that the potential for family to be involved in an emergency medical vehicle collision is one of the...

Sat

December 25, 2010

Fact & Fiction

10 Fascinating Facts About Christmas
157 Comments
Today is Christmas day - the day on which the birth of Christ is celebrated (and has been for millennia). All around the world people will be sitting down to special meals, giving gifts, singing, drinking, and... Read more
— by Jamie Frater

Recent comment by Skeptic

Indeed. I can't believe anyone would actually believe that Christmas wasn't based upon Mithras. Also, the candy cane thing...

Fri

December 24, 2010

People & Politics

Top 10 Greatest Benefits of Capitalism
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While likely to be a very controversial list, we are in the middle of one of Capitalism's favorite seasons: Christmas, so it seems fitting to publish it on Christmas Eve. After the death of feudalism in the 19th century... Read more
— by Jed & Rachael Nunno

Recent comment by John Erik Hanson

This is worth less than manure. Every item on this list is full of lies and misleading misinterpretations of half-truths....

Thu

December 23, 2010

Miscellaneous

10 Birds With Truly Odd Defenses
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This is a sequel to one of my first lists, 10 Mammals with odd defenses. Most birds can fly, and flying is already a very effective defense against many predators; however, with over 10,000 species of birds known to... Read more
— by TyB

Recent comment by Noel Prabhuraj

The toxin of Pitohui dichrous and Ifrita kowaldi is called Homobatrachotoxin. It is similar (but not the same) to the...

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