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March 18, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Top 10 Food Myths Debunked
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Ten commonly held misconceptions about food debunked. We have already mentioned food myths on a variety of lists - but until now we have not made a food-specific misconceptions list. This list explores some of the most... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Drugs

Im jelly you are one lucky troll!

Sun

March 1, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Unusual Uses For Peanut Butter
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Peanut butter is for some, food of the gods. It can be eaten with chocolate, it can be eaten with jam, it can be smeared on chicken, and it can even be used in drinks! It seems that the uses for the wonderful stuff... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Girlflash

comment added to the stupidity and beastiality spellings and misspellings: XD

Sun

February 22, 2009

Miscellaneous

Top 10 Codes You Aren’t Meant To Know
303 Comments
Stores, hospitals, entertainment venues, and other places where the public are together in large numbers, use secret codes to pass information between store employees. These are meant to be a secret as they don't want... Read more
— by JFrater

Recent comment by Ally

The last one makes me think of George Lopez... his senile grandmother thinks Amber's the same girl and all the...

Sun

February 15, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Top 10 Common Medical Myths
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At the List Universe we love to dispel myths - so here we are, yet again, presenting another list of common myths that need to be debunked and forgotten once and for all. This time we look at medical myths - of which... Read more

Recent comment by Derribando mitos « puntocerodos

[...] coronarias la gente seguirá creyéndolo y repitiéndolo por décadas. Como muestra, la larga lista de mitos que aún después...

Wed

January 28, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Bizarre or Frivolous Lawsuits
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You won't be surprised that person injury lawyers are thriving when you read this list. We take a look at some of the bizarre lawsuits that these lawyers have had to handle - some dealing with personal injury lawsuits... Read more

Recent comment by jprecon

Killer Whale.....It's in the name you IDIOTS!!!!!!

Mon

January 26, 2009

Fact & Fiction

Top 10 Common Myths About Cannabis
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The ten most commonly believed myths about cannabis and its use: busted - once and for all. Cannabis is probably the world's most popular casual use drug that is illegal in most nations. It has become so widespread... Read more

Recent comment by chaoticpreon

I'm skeptical of this list, as new research in the field have shown quite the opposite of a few "facts"...

Thu

January 8, 2009

Bizarre

Top 10 Bizarre Medical Anomalies
247 Comments
Gone are the days of sideshows displaying freaks of nature, but the diseases that caused these so-called "freaks" are still with us. Political correctness has made it impolite to display the sufferers of these... Read more

Recent comment by udaiyappa

it was very interesting list

Mon

January 5, 2009

Top 10 Signs Of Evolution In Modern Man
1,466 Comments
Ten of the most significant signs of evolution left behind in modern man. Through history, as natural selection played its part in the development of modern man, many of the useful functions and parts of the human body... Read more

Recent comment by Solomon James

Debunking of debunking here: http://forums.xkcd.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=79704&start=80#p2889982

Sat

December 27, 2008

Crime & Mystery

Another 10 Mysteries That Defy Explanation
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Ten more bizarre, scary, and fascinating mysteries to stimulate our imaginations. Here at the List Universe, we love mysteries. So much so, that we have produced six lists so far. So, in keeping with time-honored... Read more

Recent comment by Phergle

Big Flash - as a South African I can quite believe the then Apartheid government had the nuclear capability to...

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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...

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By Ryan Thomas

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By Dylan Angeles

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By Kiss Me Cate

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By Bryan Johnson

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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...

Top Ten Signs You Are Not a City Person

By Ryan Thomas

It’s very easy to recognize someone who doesn’t quite have city life down. The city is...

Notable Pangrams

By Nic Swaner

Originating from Greek pan gramma, meaning "every letter," a pangram is a sentence using every...

Nuclear Test Sites

By Michael Affleck

For obvious reasons, most of the world's sites for the testing of nuclear weapons are located in...

Films that Predicted the Future

By John Waller

The world of cinema comes with many movies that failed to predict the future (We didn't get to...

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