November 2011

Thu

November 3, 2011

Music

Top 10 Inappropriate Uses of Music
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A songwriter has many foes. He must fight many battles: The battle for attention. The battle of self-sustenance. The battle against greed, complacency, and for integrity. But none of those battles should be against his... Read more
— by Ryan Thomas

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Awful list

Wed

November 2, 2011

Entertainment

10 Things You Probably Don’t Know About Bond
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When young Ian Fleming was working in British Naval intelligence during World War 2, he once told a friend he planned to write “The Mother of all Spy Stories”. I for one thing he succeeded. The James bond... Read more
— by Joshua Knode

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Tue

November 1, 2011

Crime & Mystery

10 More Mysterious Ciphers and Languages
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There are many examples of unsolved and mysterious writing systems, codes, ciphers, languages and maps which have yet to be deciphered and cracked. This list will focus on ten that do not appear to be forgeries and are... Read more
— by Patrick Weidinger

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Hi I'm Petros Petrosyan. I now live in Chicago. Attention please! 1. The pyramid is not a sepulcher...

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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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