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We don’t want to alarm you, but you need to know the horrible truth: sometimes, people on the Internet give bad advice. Through a combination of laziness, ignorance and general idiocy, well-meaning people have tried to write helpful how-to guides and instead produced instructions that will bring nothing but pain and suffering. No matter how [...]
Posted by Mark Hill on Monday, December 26, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre · Tagged Dairy Queen, Education, EHow, electric chair, Gotham City, Human Interest, International Dairy Queen Inc, Internet connection, Internet guide, Internet need, Internet-Fu, Juggling, Mathematics, Negation, negotiator, Starbucks, Starbucks Corporation, Taurus, unpaid Internet, WikiHow, writer, Yacht Club
The First Ladies of the United States are a surprisingly unhealthy group of women. While the rigors of public life are arguably analogous, longevity is valued in potential presidents but overlooked in their spouses. Notwithstanding the women’s relatively younger age and their proclivity to live longer, an equal number of Presidents and First Ladies– four [...]
Posted by Suzy Duvall on Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, People · Tagged abraham lincoln, andrew jackson, Andrew Johnson, Bellevue Insane Asylum, Benjamin Harrison, Caroline Scott, Caroline Scott Harrison, chemical addictions, Chief Executive, Edith Bolling Galt Wilson, Edith Galt, Eleanor, Eliza McCardle Johnson, Ellen Axson Wilson, Europe, First Ladies of the United States, first lady, Franklin Pierce, hostess, Human Interest, Ida Saxton McKinley, Jane Appleton Pierce, Jane Pierce, Jennie Hobart, John Quincy Adam, John Tyler, Kentucky, Letitia Christian Tyler, Lewis Robards, Louisa Adams, Louisa Johnson Adams, Margaret Smith Taylor, Martha Johnson Patterson, Mary Elizabeth Taylor Bliss, Mary Lord Dimmick, mary todd lincoln, Mississippi, president, Rachel Donelson Robards Jackson, secretary, sickly first ladies, social secretary, United States, Vice-President, Washington, White House, William Henry Harrison, william mckinley, Williamsburg, Zachary Taylor
Spontaneous human combustion (SHC) is one of the great unsolved mysteries of modern science. Although coroners often develop plausible theories as to how and why these deaths occur, many of these inexplicable fatalities eventually end up with every possible explanation debunked. That being said, there are some features that nearly every case has in common. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, December 12, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History · Tagged Agnes Phillips, Allen M Small, Allen Small, Andrew Handley, Anomalous phenomena, anthropologist, Australia, Ballybane, chair, Ciaran Mcloughlin, Combustion, death, facebook, Facebook Inc, Fire, Florida, Florida,United States, forensics technology, George Mott, Helen Conway, Henry Thomas, Human Interest, Ireland, Jackie Park, John Irving Bentley, Mary Hardy Reeser, Mary Reeser, Michael Faherty, New York, Olga Stephens, paranormal, police officer, REpublic of Ireland, South Carolina, spontaneous human combustion, Sydney, The Entrancing Flame, Wick effect
Motivational posters are commonly used in companies, schools, and other instituions. Famous inspirational quotes and motivational posters seem to haunt every wall, but do they really work? Some might be inspired and encouraged by them, many won’t even notice their presence. “If they’re part of a broader campaign, with clearly outlined goals and a commitment [...]
Posted by Timeea on Thursday, December 1, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Humor · Tagged Antarctica, Arctic Circle, Bolt, canada, Coca-Cola, DESPAIR INC., first-class dancer, Graphic design, Hollywood, Human Interest, Kenneth G. Brown, Mexico, Motivational poster, New York, New York City,New York,United States, New York,United States, Ornithology, owl, Penguin, Poster, psychology professor, researcher and associate professor of Management, Richard Gilman, Sandra Murra, State University of New York, State University of New York at Buffalo, study lead author, The Coca-Cola Company, Tippie College of Business, United States
Everybody loves watching cute animal videos online. They rule the Internet and people can’t get enough of them. Perhaps no other animals have risen to fame as quickly as the sneezing panda and the surprised kitty did. They are the stars of this list, but also less famous animal videos are guaranteed to make you [...]
Posted by Timeea on Friday, November 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Animals, Humor, Internet, Nature · Tagged animal videos, Animals, Apes, Aude Baron, Austria, Biology, Brian Ladoon, chemicals, Chicken Police, chimpanzee, chimps, Conservation, cute animals, cute kittens, Cuteness, Giant Panda, Gut Aiderbichl Animal Sanctuary, Human Interest, Jenny Walsh, Lesley Hammond, Norbert Rosing, Save the Chimps, sleeping puppies, sneezing pandas, surprised kitten, Wildlife photographer, Zoology
Note: TopTenz does not endorse the practice of witchcraft or sorcery, and is pretty glad it’s hard to get your hands on these books because we want y’alls souls to stay sparkly clean. “Let no one be found among you who makes his son or daughter pass through fire, no… an augur or soothsayer or diviner [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, October 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Literature · Tagged Abra-Melin, adam, Ahmad Al-Majriti, Andalusian mathematician, astrologer, Cornelius Agrippa, egypt, Esotericism, Grimoires, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa, Human Interest, Key of Solomon, Lamech, Marsilio Ficino, Peter de Abano, Pietro d'Abano, Pietro de Abano, Sefer Raziel HaMalakh, Sepher Ha-Razim, Solomon, The Book of Abramelin, The Sworn Book of Honorius
If you’re anything like us me, your first, greatest concern when you wake up every afternoon is “will something very unpleasant happen to my genitals?” Then we move on to career, finances, family, meaning of life and all that. We like to think celebrities are often the same way. If there’s anything that unites the [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre · Tagged Andrology, artsy film director, Forrest Whitaker, Grigori Rasputin, Human Interest, Human reproduction, Independent Film Movement, Jaye Davidson, Julia Sweeney, koko, Medicine, Napoleon Bonaparte, Neil Patrick Harris, New Jersey, penis, Penn & Teller, Penn Jillette, rasputin, Saturday Night Live, Siegfried, spiderman, Stephen King, Stephen Rea, Television in the United States, Teller, The Crying Game, Willem Dafoe, William Shatner
We have all heard the famous saying ‘strong essences come in small bottles’ or ‘great things come in small packages.’ Well, today I have ten small packages that I want to ‘deliver’ to you: ten exceptional children and teenagers who amazed the world with their extraordinary talent and intelligence. Here are ten little geniuses, ten [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under People · Tagged abstract painter, Ainan Celeste Cawley, Akrit Jaswal, Alexandra Nechita, Bild Deutschland, Bill Clinton, brazil, Celeste Cawley, Christian Children's Fund, composer and conductor, computer scientist, Coventry, Cubism, Desmond Tutu, Elaina Smith, Elise Tan Roberts, Ethan Bortnick, Genius, Gregory Smith, Himachal Pradesh, human behavior, Human Interest, intelligence, Intelligence quotient, Jay Leno, Kenya, Macedonia, Marko Calasan, Marko Casalan, Mensa International, Michel Gorbachev, Pablo Picasso, physician, professional painter, Psychology, Randolph-Macon College, Rwanda, Singaporean School, songwriter, The Daily Telegraph, Wall Street Journal, youngest professional painter
Finding love is hard, and it’s even harder when you’re only attracted to Asian midgets with Parkinson’s disease and a lisp. In the old days you would have died alone, but thanks to the Internet we now know that no matter how insane your tastes are there’s a community out there that shares them. If [...]
Posted by Mark Hill on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet · Tagged Ashley Madison, Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, Beautiful People, bestiality site, date my pet, datecraft, Dating with Benefits, designer, facebook, Facebook Inc, facial recognition, facial recognition software, facial recognition technology, farmer, farmers only, Gattaca, genuine dating site, George Clooney, Gleeden, head, honest dating site, Human Interest, Internet dating, Internet hold, Jerry Miller, Ku Klux Klan, Online dating service, Professor, scientific match, the atlasphere, USD, vampersonals
We have all heard about Eye-Popping Man or Lee Redmond and her 28 ft and 4.5 in long nails. Dennis Avner is widely known as Cat Man, the American who underwent many bizarre surgeries to look like a tiger, and Garry Turner is the man with the stretchiest skin on earth. All these Guinness World [...]
Posted by Timeea on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged Ashrita Furman, Augusta Bung, Austria, Bedford, Bryan Flessner, California, Charlie Wilson, Chayne Hultgren, Chris Elliot, Chris Stevens, Christina Flessner, Croatia, Dennis Avner, Discovery Science Center, Entertainment, European Union, Fan Yang, Fingernail growth world record holders, Garry Turner, guinness, Guinness World Records, head of the global records management team, Human Interest, Illinois, Ireland, Janice Wolf, Japan, Kam Ma, Kenichi Ito, Krunoslav Budiseli, large media coverage, Lee Redmond, Marco Frigatti, Milano, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, New York City, Ohio, proud farmer, REpublic of Ireland, Santa Ana, Space Cowboy, Texas, Tokyo, Tyson Turk, Tyson Turk Tattoo Studio, United States, Vienna, Wisconsin, World Championship, Year of birth missing