May 2011

Tue

May 31, 2011

Movies

Top 10 Greatest Dracula Portrayals
116 Comments
Dracula has been adapted into a film numerous times. Some were bad, some were great, and some were clearly memorable. Count Dracula, inspired by Vlad The Impaler, is possibly the first ever Vampire portrayed as a... Read more
— by William Bill

Recent comment by Amanda

Stop confusing "it's" (it is) for "its"!

Mon

May 30, 2011

Science & Nature

Top 10 Amazing Carrion Plants
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Carrion is a lovely word used for rotting or decomposing flesh, and so carrion flowers tend to smell like a pile of rotten flesh. This smell is not used to ward of potential predators but rather to attract insects. The... Read more
— by Christine Vrey

Recent comment by nonoy

wow amizang :)

Sun

May 29, 2011

Entertainment

10 More Great British Comedy Series
226 Comments
Seeing as the first list has caused a stir of people's favorites and ones I admittedly overlooked. This list will be mainly based upon what people have said are "glaring omissions" and some more favorites I completely... Read more
— by opticalmess

Recent comment by Amy331

what about the benny hill show? :<

Sat

May 28, 2011

Leisure & Travel

Top 10 Activities Seldom Seen Outside Gym Class
159 Comments
Gym class can be both a beautiful and dread thing: beautiful in its celebration of health, competition, and physical fitness, dreadful in its Darwinian grading system, embarrassing requirements (come on, even real gym... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

Recent comment by iksander95th

I would just like to point out, that Waterpolo does exit outs of gym class because it is AN OLYMPIC...

Fri

May 27, 2011

Fact & Fiction

10 Things You Ought To Know
203 Comments
These are 10 of the most interesting facts hand picked from ‘The Book of General Ignorance’, written by John Lloyd and forwarded by English broadcaster and entertainer Stephen Fry. The human brain is by far... Read more
— by Oliver Anscombe

Recent comment by KL

Actaully, all the so-called extra senses listed, such as balance, pain, etc are really variation of the sense of touch.

Thu

May 26, 2011

Science & Nature

10 Terrible Acts of Mother Nature
116 Comments
For years now we have suffered unremitting lectures on how mankind is ruining its chance of a future due to its indiscriminate disposal of waste and excessive reliance upon fossil fuels. This is just a small reminder... Read more
— by jack flash

Recent comment by MeDan

They're already predicting the most massive solar storms n 150 years for early 2013. It never ends.

Wed

May 25, 2011

People & Politics

10 People’s Lives in Famous Photographs
127 Comments
There have been many famous photo lists on Listverse and many of the photographs contained in this list have been shown before. I thought it would be interesting and hopefully entertaining, to do a more personalized... Read more
— by Paul Holtum

Recent comment by Biowilildemia

Nice image .

Tue

May 24, 2011

Movies

Top 10 William Castle Film Gimmicks
56 Comments
William Castle was the King of low-budget B-movie Horror Flick! His gimmicks were legendary. With the perfect combination of camp, horror, humor and gore, William Castle always put on a good show! He may not be as well... Read more
— by Return of the Living Meg

Recent comment by cargamestus

Will enjoy [http://www.cargames55.com/ car games] ? If the way to go is yes, that's imply we have the same attention....

Mon

May 23, 2011

Crime & Mystery

Top 20 Bigfoot Sightings
176 Comments
One of the biggest mysteries in the world is the tale of Bigfoot and sasquatch. Every year thousands of reports are made documenting experiences between people and large, hairy, bipedal humanoid. These sightings occur... Read more
— by Bryan Johnson

Recent comment by Rhanscom

I was going to post something about this anyway, but Kyle talked about hunting and this seemed like the perfect...

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