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You would never believe what some people go to lengths to collect. Whether its spending a ton of money on ebay to buy some celebrity’s hair collected from a hotel drain or someone that hoards and won’t throw away newspapers, there are bizarre collections hidden in people’s basements and attics around the globe.
10. Cereal Boxes
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Posted by TopTenz Master on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 11:26 pm
Filed under All, Bizarre · Tagged with Bizarre, cereal boxes, christmas ornaments, Chuck Essler, Coca-Cola, cookie jars, count chocula, Disney, duct tape, Elvis, Elvis Presley, fruit loops, hair, hubcaps, Laurie Slater, lucky charms, refrigerator magnets, texarkana gazette, toaster collectibles, vintage, wheaties box
Tired of what major fashion magazines have to say about this and that—that designer, this trend, that store, and this season? Well, you’re not alone. That’s why some pretty spiffy and inventive people forged into the online world to bring you alternative views on fashion. That’s right, Vogue. You have rather feisty DIY competition, which [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 1:41 am
Filed under All, Fashion · Tagged with clothing, design, fashion, fashion advice, fashion hair, fashion magazines, fashion websites, fashion world, hair, handbag fashion, jewelry, Mod, Sex, Urban, vintage, vintage clothing store, vogue, wardrobe, Women
MOPAR, Mustangs and meaty motors – they are all part of this inspiring Top 10 list of the best classic American muscle cars. Sure, some cars such as Porsche, Lamborghini and Ferrari could be categorized as muscle, but those cars were built with a different richer clientele in mind. The true muscle car was built [...]
Posted by William O'Dell on Friday, October 24, 2008 at 9:42 pm
Filed under All, Engineering · Tagged with America, buick gsx, camaro, car, cars, chevell ss, chevelle, cobra, corvette, ford, hemi-cuda, muscle car, muscle cars, mustang, pontiac gto, z28
The diamond has been called a girl’s best friend, but in many cases these diamonds were their worst enemy. Throughout the ages diamonds have symbolized beauty and the women who wore them were some of the most beautiful and powerful women to grace this earth. Unfortunately these diamonds also carry with them death, sorrow and [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Wednesday, October 22, 2008 at 1:15 am
Filed under All, Bizarre, Nature · Tagged with Burton Diamond, death, Debbie Reynolds, diamond, diamonds, Elizabeth Taylor, fabulous gems, France, Henry IV, hope diamond, Hortense, Hortensia, India, infamy, jewelry, Josephine, la peregrina pearl, London, Louvre, museum in paris, Paris, Regent, Richard Burton, romance, Russia, Sancy
In Hollywood, the biggest stars are measured by their box office appeal, the roles they get in movies, or by millions of votes cast by the public on “American Idol.” But in astronomy, how do you know what the hottest stars are? What makes a star so special it deserves our awe and appreciation?
Some stars [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 5:32 pm
Filed under All, Misc, Nature · Tagged with asteroid belts, Astronomer, Cancri, Dr. Charles Beichman, Earth, Epsilon, habitable planet, habitable planets, intelligent life in the universe, Jupiter, Margaret Turnbull, Mr. Spock, multiple universes, NASA, Neptune, own solar system, planetary systems, planetquest, planets, rocky planets, spitzer space telescope, star, Star Trek, stars, sun, terrestrial planets, Universe
Yes, I realize this list contains some primates that are not monkeys, but Top 10 Famous Primates doesn’t sound nearly as fun as a barrel full of monkeys, I mean a top 10 list of famous monkeys. So take some time to monkey around and read a fun list of monkeys and other primates.
10. Bubbles [...]
Posted by Heather Matthews on Thursday, October 16, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Filed under All, Animals, Bizarre, Movies, Television · Tagged with Animal, Animals, bubbles the chimp, charlize theron, classic cartoon, clint eastwood, gorilla, grape ape, king kong, koko, Michael Jackson, mighty joe young, monkey, monkeys, Nintendo
Few things can electrify a home crowd or silence the stadium like a home run in baseball. While other sports have their big moments: a dunk in basketball, a penalty kick in soccer or the Hail Mary in football, the home run stands tall in sports history. Read along and see if you can remember [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 10:36 pm
Filed under All, Games, Sports · Tagged with Aaron Boone, ALCS, Astros, baseball, Carlton Fisk, championship, Charlie Leibrandt, Chris Burke, Chris Chambliss, cincinnati reds, home run, homerun, Joey Devine, Kirby Puckett, magglio ordonez, NLDS, Ordonez, postseason, Reds, Sox, sport, Sports, stadium, tigers, Tim Wakefield, world series game, Yankee
The perennial popularity of stories where star-crossed lovers struggle to be together have been with us since Adam and Eve. The following list has excluded some of the classics such as Tristan und Isolde, Orpheus and Eurydice and Joanie Loves Chaci. However, despite those omissions, it still covers some of the greatest literary romances of [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Monday, October 13, 2008 at 9:22 pm
Filed under All, Literature, Sex · Tagged with adam and eve, Books, Bronte, Buffy, Elizabeth, films, gone with the wind, Gregor, heathcliffe, Isolde, Jane Austen, Jane Eyre, Joss Whedon, Literature, margaret mitchell, orpheus and eurydice, Rhett, sacher masoch, Scarlet, scarlet o hara, Sex, Shakespeare, star crossed lovers, tempestuous relationship, tomorrow is another day, Tristan, venus in furs, Victor Hugo, wuthering heights
The only thing worse than an actual Bon Jovi song, however, is Jon Bon Jovi doing a version of someone else’s, automatically better original. Worse still, would be someone actually COVERING a Bon Jovi song, but to the best of our knowledge, the likelihood of this occurring is about as probable as a meteor the [...]
It seems odd to think that many of us choose to spend our time in front of the big screen in tears, but crying seems to indicate a quality flick in many cases. Whether you are shedding tears of joy when the main character finally triumphs or lamenting the loss of a favorite, tear-jerker movies [...]
Posted by TopTenz Master on Thursday, October 9, 2008 at 10:42 pm
Filed under All, Movies · Tagged with chick flick, death, debra winger, E.T., film, films, George Bailey, Ghost, gone with the wind, heartstrings, It's a Wonderful Life, Jimmy Stewart, kleenex, Michael Keaton, movie, Movies, Old Yeller, patrick swayze, sad movies, shirley maclaine, Steven Spielberg, tear jerker movies, tear jerkers, terms of endearment, Titanic