July 2011

Thu

July 14, 2011

History

Top 10 Important Events in US History
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This list takes a look at the 10 most seminal, historical, and influential events in the evolution of the United States of America. The lister tried to include 5 good and 5 bad events, but the bad won the numbers game... Read more
— by Flamehorse

Recent comment by Higenyi eames

Birth of america was the chance of evil 2 rise

Wed

July 13, 2011

Art & Literature

10 Hard to Translate English Words
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Inspired by a comment by a Listverse contributor on a recent list dealing with Untranslatable words, I decided to submit my first official Listverse list on words that represent concepts which are hard to translate from... Read more
— by Kevin Martinez

Recent comment by Galina

In Russian, we have a verb, which I now realize is derived from kitsch - "kichitsya" - which can mean...

Tue

July 12, 2011

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Ferris Wheels
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In the summer of 1893, mankind’s first Ferris wheel was unveiled (not literally) at the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois, in commemoration of four hundred years since the European discovery... Read more
— by Magoo Paintrock

Recent comment by Motegi racing black rims

... Obtained if a person takes their own time for it to study on ...

Mon

July 11, 2011

Crime & Mystery

10 Tragic Cases of Missing Children
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Children are precious. A parent’s love for their children is unparalleled, so when a child goes missing it destroys the lives of those parents who loved and cherished their offspring so dearly and often captures... Read more
— by John Sampson

Recent comment by Leighton

The Beaumont Children case has taken an interesting turn in the last year. An Australian author has identified a man...

Sun

July 10, 2011

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Failing Nations
286 Comments
The fourth of July has passed yet again with celebrations all over the United States. However, some people in other nations have nothing to celebrate. This list looks at 10 of the poorest, impoverished nations on earth... Read more
— by John Waller

Recent comment by Kane

USA should be #1 for the following reasons: -Most expensive education system in the world, yet they are all...

Sat

July 9, 2011

Music

Top 10 Myths About Metal
372 Comments
For over 40 years people across the world have explored Metal and it's many subgenres. So many misjudgements popped up over time that I believe it is important to let people know how misunderstood the music really is... Read more
— by The Black Frost

Recent comment by sdasfsdfasdf

I disagree.

Fri

July 8, 2011

Science & Nature

Top 20 Fruits You Probably Don’t Know
260 Comments
I was playing a game the other day, in which you have to come up with fruit that start with every letter of the alphabet. Apple, banana, cherry and that is about where I hit a blank. My epic failure at this game made me... Read more
— by Christine Vrey

Recent comment by ghazala

aoa,n hi.i was searching for the name of strange fruit that was in my dad's house.so i found this site.its...

Thu

July 7, 2011

Miscellaneous

10 Industries that Thrive on Holidays
50 Comments
Attach a notion of "specialness" to something, and people will find a way to throw money at it. This is a principal true of every consumer product with an advertising campaign ("If [such and such a celebrity] drinks it... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

Recent comment by bionicragdoll

That one's totally false since companies list the country of origin not the town. http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/usa.asp

Wed

July 6, 2011

Religion

Top 10 Heavyweight Mosques
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People know mosques to be the place of worship for followers of the Islamic faith, i.e. Muslims. There are thousands of mosques around the world. A lot of these structures are really famous for their architectural... Read more
— by Rahat Haque

Recent comment by reality

all of you arguing are completely stupid and ignorant none of you are good enough to even begin judging eachother,...

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