http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Top 10 Lists Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-bizarre-events-to-ever-occur-during-a-baseball-game.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-bizarre-events-to-ever-occur-during-a-baseball-game.php#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 04:01:48 +0000 Gregory Myers http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30040 While many people celebrate professional baseball’s greatest home runs, or its best players, we choose to honor the wackiest, most ridiculous, or downright embarrassing things to happen during a game. Some of these, many would like to forget, but we won’t let them. 10. Plague of Midges The Cleveland Indians baseball stadium, and much of [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-bizarre-events-to-ever-occur-during-a-baseball-game.php/feed 0 http://www.toptenz.net/everyone-needs-a-hobby.php http://www.toptenz.net/everyone-needs-a-hobby.php#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 18:09:38 +0000 Karl Smallwood http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30220 George Clooney, along with having a face that looks like it was carved by angels with OCD, is also an avid prankster and has no qualms about pranking some of Hollywood’s biggest stars. When he and Brad Pitt were working on Oceans 11, in response to Pitt telling the crew to not make eye contact [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/everyone-needs-a-hobby.php/feed 0 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-punishments-suffered-by-famous-females.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-punishments-suffered-by-famous-females.php#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 04:01:49 +0000 Matthew Zarzeczny http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30021 This article covers some of the most appalling tortures and executions that notable historic women have ever suffered. Some of whom may be familiar to you, while others perhaps less so. One thing they all have in common though, is that their suffering was horrific and painful. 10. Martina This Byzantine empress-consort was the second [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-worst-punishments-suffered-by-famous-females.php/feed 8 http://www.toptenz.net/i-wanna-be-the-very-best.php http://www.toptenz.net/i-wanna-be-the-very-best.php#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:55 +0000 Karl Smallwood http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30211 In the Pokemon series of games a new creature called Spinda was introduced in the third generation. The in game Pokedex entry for this Pokemon is as follows, “It is said that no two Spinda have the same pattern of spots.” This isn’t just a throwaway line, each Spinda you encounter has its spots generated [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/i-wanna-be-the-very-best.php/feed 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movie-monsters-designed-by-ray-harryhausen.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movie-monsters-designed-by-ray-harryhausen.php#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 04:01:34 +0000 Guest Author http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30171 On May 7th, 2013, the world said goodbye to a legendary special effects master, who enthralled our imaginations and our wildest nightmares. The mind of Ray Harryhausen is a treasure trove of mythology, monsters and mighty men. Since he first viewed the historic King Kong, he set off on his own special effects odyssey, and [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-movie-monsters-designed-by-ray-harryhausen.php/feed 4 http://www.toptenz.net/its-not-the-size-that-matters-its-how-you-use-it.php http://www.toptenz.net/its-not-the-size-that-matters-its-how-you-use-it.php#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 22:03:59 +0000 Karl Smallwood http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30196 Jigoro Kano, the man credited with creating judo, despite being the first and possibly greatest practitioner of a martial art that basically consists of trying to fuse a opponent’s collarbone with the pavement, was only 5ft 2 and weighed just over 90 pounds. Bear that in mind. Kano got the idea for judo while jujitsu [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/its-not-the-size-that-matters-its-how-you-use-it.php/feed 2 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-people-who-went-missing-for-years-and-turned-up-alive.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-people-who-went-missing-for-years-and-turned-up-alive.php#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 04:01:27 +0000 Jason Ward http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30134 Recently, three women who had been kidnapped separately over a decade ago were found alive and well, and the brothers who had kidnapped them all were jailed. It was a shocking but welcome turn of events, as the loved ones of those who are kidnapped too seldom receive this kind of news. It’s more common than [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-people-who-went-missing-for-years-and-turned-up-alive.php/feed 5 http://www.toptenz.net/more-medals-that-you-could-shake-a-stick-at.php http://www.toptenz.net/more-medals-that-you-could-shake-a-stick-at.php#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 18:01:28 +0000 Karl Smallwood http://www.toptenz.net/?p=30138 One of the most decorated marines of all time is one Chesty Puller, his exploits are so legendary that other marines still, to this day, entertain other marines with hyperbolic stories about his manliness and general awesomeness. He is literally the Chuck Norris of the military world. If you have any doubts in your mind [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/more-medals-that-you-could-shake-a-stick-at.php/feed 0 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-you-should-respect-nickelback.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-you-should-respect-nickelback.php#comments Sun, 19 May 2013 04:01:05 +0000 Karl Smallwood http://www.toptenz.net/?p=29996 Nickelback is a running joke in the music industry. If you want to say something sucks, just compare it to Nickelback. For example “Dude, this TopTenz list sucks so hard it automatically made me like Nickelback on Facebook”. However, we feel that this hate is undeserved, so here are 10 reasons you should at the [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reasons-you-should-respect-nickelback.php/feed 33 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-biggest-meteor-strikes-in-history.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-biggest-meteor-strikes-in-history.php#comments Sat, 18 May 2013 04:01:17 +0000 Jeff Danelek http://www.toptenz.net/?p=29954 Our beloved blue planet gets pelted with debris from space all the time but, since most of it burns up or break apart in the atmosphere, it’s usually not a problem. Even when one does make it to the ground, they are rarely much larger than a small rock, minimizing the damage they’re capable of [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-biggest-meteor-strikes-in-history.php/feed 7