Every culture, race, and age group seems to have them: traditions. A tradition is set to be simply a set of practices. Christmas festivities are seen as traditions, just as throwing rice at a wedding is considered a tradition. Traditions are just one of the many things that allow people from all over to interrelate [...]

In these times of natural disasters, man-made catastrophes and civil unrest, it’s a boon to hear of against-the-odds survival stories. Of course, many brave people overcome mental and physical illness everyday – but this list concentrates on the most weird and wonderful death-defying experiences in history.
10. Mike the Chicken

This bird proved that, yes, a chicken [...]

Viruses can often be seen in a very poor light, but they aren’t all bad. In fact, we humans probably wouldn’t exist without viruses. Author Michael Brooks writes about the upside of sharing the planet with these ruthless killer machines. Here are the top 10 reasons to love viruses. Ah-Choo!

10. The virus gave us complex [...]

Most of the time when thinking of language, people will automatically think about English, German, French, Spanish, and maybe others like Japanese, Arabic, Russian, and possibly Latin. Language is something that many people today take for granted. Without it, there’d be no communication, and no way to connect with others in the world. Imagine a [...]

Congratulations to our Kathy Wood, 3rd place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest.
No matter what clique you identify with, from the jocks to the Goths, everybody is a little geeky on the inside.  To help us embrace our inner geek here is a list of the top 10 coolest movies for Geeks.
10: The [...]

The universe is indeed a curious place. Even stranger are the processes and phenomena that occur in the universe, some are without explanation, some are quite dangerous, and some are just really cool.
10. Life itself

It is truly amazing what goes on in our body. Think about it. You are nothing more than a random assortment [...]

Just because they’re lesser in height, it doesn’t mean they’re lesser known. From minuscule movie stars to petite pop stars, here’s a list of famous short people through history.
10. Edward Carl Gaedel

Standing at 3”7, Eddie was the world’s shortest pro-baseball player – albeit briefly. Born in Chicago in 1925, “Eddie” aspired to be a sportsman, [...]

Many people throughout history have thought it noble to run for political office. Some have felt it their civic duty, while others have truly wanted to affect a change in their world. Unfortunately there are some people who just have no business running or being in a political office, no matter how noble their intentions [...]

A natural disaster is something that no one in their lifetime wants to experience. These disasters are extremely crushing, to those who are both affected directly, and even indirectly. You have probably seen coverage in the newspapers and on the television, showing media reports of these devastating times. One I remember like it was yesterday [...]

We all know about to how-to, DIY, books for dummies, whatever you want to call them, pieces of literature. Many have proven to be extremely helpful, such as those dealing with computer programming or doing something simple such as knowing how to prepare a great Italian dinner for your family.
With censorship out the window and [...]