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January 28, 2011

143 Comments
With such an odious personality in the world’s history as Adolf Hitler it is not surprising that the male name Adolf will always be associated primarily with the Third Reich Führer. That is also the reason of... Read more
— by Praskovia Tretyak

Recent comment by saint 710

are there any true sports fans left?- What about Adolph (dolph) Schayes? he was a basketball superstar who...

Tue

January 25, 2011

328 Comments
Attitudes towards Interracial marriage have changed dramatically in just the last generation. In the United States it was just 43 years ago when interracial marriage was made fully legal in all 50 states. Today in many... Read more
— by Paul Holtum

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Mon

January 17, 2011

116 Comments
What could be better? The bizarre and history combined in one list! It is a well known fact that I love both subjects (and facts and factlets) so this list really has been a joy to put together. Once you are done... Read more
— by Jamie Frater

Recent comment by danielwalldammit

The "Phantom Time" notion sounds like something out of a Phillip K. Dick novel. ...Valis, to be precise.

Tue

December 28, 2010

183 Comments
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

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Sat

December 4, 2010

150 Comments
To even get to the continent of Antarctica one has to cross thousands of miles of harsh, ice-choked waters, and once your there, things are even worse. Antarctica is the coldest, driest, remotest, windiest and highest... Read more
— by Joshua Knode

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Sun

November 28, 2010

155 Comments
For more than 40 years, the two great superpowers of the world (America and the USSR) and their allies were locked in a nuclear confrontation known as the Cold War. Both sides were on a hair-trigger to launch massive... Read more
— by Kenny Cheung

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Tue

November 23, 2010

208 Comments
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It is amazing how much the human perspective has changed in the last fifty years. Before the expansion of modern medicine and psychiatric care, people were exposed to brutal procedures and morbid beliefs. In the last... Read more
— by Bryan Johnson

Recent comment by Shooter

Excuse me, but I am skeptical of this "wife-selling". First of all, marriage was a sacred union between a man...

Fri

November 19, 2010

97 Comments
Because of the shear size of the war, many significant battles have become nearly forgotten because they a) were relatively small in scale b) took place outside of the three most well known fronts (East, West and... Read more
— by Mark Boughton

Recent comment by edzyl

What about the siege of bataan. It delayed the japanese occupation of the pacific by many months. It helped...

Sun

November 14, 2010

196 Comments
This year marked the fiftieth anniversary of the birth control pill, which many considered to have empowered women and sparked the sexual revolution. But as this list will show, women have had some control over their... Read more
— by Iva Cheung

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I was suggested this website by means of my cousin. I'm not positive whether this put up is written by...

Popular Anime Series

By Miriam

Animes have been around for quite some time now. They are, simply put, japanese animated TV series...

Great Fugues Not By Bach

By Flamehorse

This lister originally intended to write a list of the ten greatest fugues ever, but all ten, and...

Fascinating Facts About Castles

By Ryan Thomas

Castles aren’t the popular form of residence they once were. Mostly because advancements in...

Catalysts for World War III

By William Carroll

After the Great War that was Word War 1, the people of the globe mourned the substantial loss of...

People Who Give Judaism a Bad Name

By John Waller

Judaism is one of the oldest religions still alive today, and is the oldest of the Abrahamic...

Creepy Girls in Fiction

By Mark Russell

A recent trend in media is the idea that children are scary or creepy. Girls seem to be...

Rock Concerts that Were Just Messed Up

By Ryan Thomas

A concert can be a communal experience. As countless strangers bond silently over the sounds of...

Facts Surrounding Comet Elenin

By Dylan Angeles

One of the biggest viral news stories of 2011 was the discovery of Comet Elenin (C/2010 X1). For a...

Notable Screen Kisses

By Kiss Me Cate

A kiss - so simple yet so emotional. There is something about sitting in a dark theater watching...

Reasons to Admire John Lennon

By Bryan Johnson

John Lennon is one of the most influential people in history. His message of peace, love, and...

Recent Space Discoveries

By Theresa Cornelius

The better technology gets, the more opportunity we have to learn more about our Universe. In...

Unhealthy Foods You Think are Healthy

By Rune Erlandsen

I love food. I do also love unhealthy food, unfortunately, and in an attempt to help myself and...

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