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ADVERTISEMENT Here at TopTenz, we have a strict no-swearing policy, which is why if you wish to learn our actual opinion of the Nazis, you’d have to piece together a bunch of NWA songs. For people unwilling to do that, we don’t like them very much. That said, the Nazis did give the world some [...]

Post-World War II Russia’s struggle to prove the supremacy of their Communist political system went far beyond the boundaries of an ideological fight, and reached astonishing levels. Communist engineers were forced to deliver the absolute best automobiles imaginable, in order to back up Stalin’s vision. Below are the best 10 cars built by the Russian Communists, in [...]

There’s something almost romantic about the notion of futuristic technology. We live in an era where the technology of only a few years past is outdated by current advances, and yet we still have so much to look forward to. Barely a hundred years ago, the idea of manned flight was a dream shared among [...]

There is perhaps no greater joy in life than the feeling you get from building things with your own hands, be it making simple airplane models, or completely redoing your secret torture basement. But as with all things, there are people out there whose inventiveness and hard work can make even your greatest Do-It-Yourself projects look [...]

Children of the 1980s have the year 2015 marked on our calendars. The reason for this is because the movie Back To the Future II told us we would have flying cars and hover boards by 2015. There are still two years left to mass produce. If an apocalypse can theoretically occur in a day, [...]

When you think of maps, you don’t usually think of them as fluid objects. However, since the fall of the Berlin Wall, it seems all kinds of mergers and separations have been cluttering up atlases on a near-yearly basis.  And that doesn’t include all of the wars and disputed territories. But this article is specific to [...]

They say sailing is a “rich man’s sport,” and they are totally right.  In this age of steam ships, flying machines and matter transporters, sailboats have become simultaneously the slowest and most expensive way to get anywhere – which is, we guess, something of an impressive feat. Still, the sport continues, because it’s awesome.  Some [...]

Non-lethal weapons are what you get when the ideas of “not-killing” and “wanting to shoot people in the face” get into yet another screaming match and end up totally doing it on the kitchen counter.  The following morning, no words are said and eye contact is avoided, but out of such a hateful union eventually [...]

No doubt about it, we live in a world of rapid change. Whereas a century ago, our grandparents and great grandparents were still getting around in a horse and buggy, and reading newspapers as their only source of information and entertainment, today we fly in supersonic transports and get our news and entertainment from the [...]

If you want to live big, you have to pay big.  Some of the greatest, largest, most exquisite, most expensive homes in the world are on the market, but before you write out that initial deposit, remember your place in the world.  If you go to the store and buy an extra can of Chef [...]