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Throughout the history of mankind, many men (and women) have claimed to be the flesh and blood incarnation of God. As time has worn on, the general populace has grown savvy to such outlandish claims, but not everyone. Even with the onset of cutting edge technology to help the population sort through the allegations of [...]
Posted by Fred Hunt on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People, Religion · Tagged alan john miller, branch davidians, cults, david koresh, david shayler, false prophet, God, great britian, islam, Japan, jesus, Jesus Christ, jim jones, Jonestown, Messiah, Mitsuo Matayoshi, modern day messiah, modern god, People's temple, prince philip, prince phillip duke of edinburgh, prophets, rabbi schneerson, Reincarnation, South America, Texas, vissarion, waco, Warren Jeffs
We’ve all achieved something in our lives, and some of these feats are quite amazing. Just today, for example, TopTenz sent this page to hundreds of millions of homes, and made billions of people happy when they read it aloud for the amusement of friends and family. If you aren’t doing that now, by the [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 12:10 am
Filed under People · Tagged Antioch, Ashrita Furman, athlete, Britain, California, David Wimp, driver, Dustin Koski, El Paso Mountains, Fort Worth, head, Houston, Indian government, Istanbul, James Johns, Jeff McKissack, Jim Carrey, Los Angeles, Lucy Pearson, media darling, Mobin Khan, New York City, Pearsonville, postal worker, printing press, Riverton, Robert Coates, scrap metal, Simeon Stylites, Syria, Texas, Tommy Wiseau, Turkey, United States, Vermont, William Schmidt, William Schmidt’s Tunnel, Wyoming
Obviously, soldiers have amongst the most dangerous jobs in the world. When it’s not the enemy, friendly fire, weather, or disease that gets them, their commanding officers step in to endanger them through stupidity. Now imagine being one of the soldiers under the commanders who ordered things this stupid: 10. Build Those Defenses… Backwards! The [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, History, Politics · Tagged 1st Earl Haig, Ambrose Burnside, Ambrose Burnside Hey, American Civil War, andrew jackson, Antietam creek, Battle of Antietam, Battle of the Crater, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle to the Southwest of Xiakou, Cao Cao, Cao Cao Admittedly, Chancellorsville, Douglas Haig, Dustin Koski, Edward Pakenham, Field Marshal, George Armstrong Custer, George Custer, George Custer Everyone, George Meade, Gideon Pillow, Gideon Pillow Pillow, Italy, James Polk, Joseph Hooker, Joseph Hooker It, Louisiana, Marcus Licinius Crassus, Mexican Army, Military personnel, New Orleans, Pang Tong, presidential elections, prime minister /general, Province of Rome, Richmond, rome, Southern army, Stony Creek, Texan army, Texas, United States, United States of America, Virginia, War_Conflict, Washington, Winfield Scott
After an interesting response from my, “Top 10 Reasons not to live in California” list, we now turn our attention to other spots around the nation that one might not want to call home. Moving all the way across the country to the east coast, we find one of the original states of the great [...]
Posted by Lee Standberry on Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Travel · Tagged Black P. Stones, Born to Kill, California, china, Crime, Criminology, crips, East Coast, Ethics, federal government, gang, Gangs in the United States, Houston, i.e. manufacturing, law abiding citizens, law enforcement, lee standberry, local law enforcement, Maine, New, New York, New York can the, New York City, new york yankees, Rodney King, Snatch, Sociology, South Dakota, Texas, The Warriors, Times Square, United States, Urban decay, US Federal Reserve, USD, Washington, Washington DC
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
After winning an Oscar, an actor’s career is usually marked by the question: Did they live up to the award or not? Here are 10 Oscar-winning actors who have gone in completely different directions. 10. Donna Reed-Riding the Highs and Lows of Television Best Supporting Actress for From Here to Eternity (1953) Reed’s career after [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, July 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged 10 Oscar, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, Academy Award for Best Actress, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Actor, Actor for Ray, actress, Alan Arkin, Alexander Payne, American Idol, Antony's College, artist, Artistic Director, Barbara del Gettes, Beyond the Sea, Bobby Darin, California, Cannes, character actor, Cinema of the United States, classical pianist, Conservative Party, crooner, Dallas, Donna Reed-Riding, Entertainment_Culture, film, Foxx, France, Gene Wilder, George C. Scott, Glenda Jackson, goop.com, Grace Kelly, Grace Kelly-Princess, Greater London, Gwyneth Paltrow, Gwyneth Paltrow-Lifestyle Blogger, high profile actress, Human Interest, Jackson, Jamie Foxx-Multitalented Singer, Jennifer Young, Junior Transportation Minister, Kevin Spacey, Kevin Spacey-Real, London, Luise Rainer, Luise Rainer-Pioneer, Margaret Thatcher, mayor, media icon, Member Research Advisory, Monaco, original actress, Oscar, Oxford, player, Poseidon, Prime Minister, prince, Princess, queen, Rainier, Ray Charles, replacement actress, replacement judge, Richard Dreyfuss, Right, Shakespeare in Love, Sideways screenwriter, Singer, singer /songwriter, Soapdish, St. Antony's College, Star Trek: The Next Generation, suicidal poet, Supporting Actor, supporting actress, Texas, the Cannes Film Festival, The color Purple, The Country Girl, The Donna Reed Show, The Great Ziegfeld, the Oscar, the Oscars, The Player, tortured mathematician, transportation, United Kingdom, United States, Whoopi Goldberg, Women in Love
We are all familiar with the phrase “your mind plays tricks on you.” In many scientific cases, this statement has proven to be true. The human brain is extremely complex and organized. Professionals are skilled at making observations surrounding cognitive tendencies, but understanding the mechanisms behind human perception is challenging. The cognitive map that develops [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Tuesday, July 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, Nature · Tagged America, Aristarchus plateau, artist, bad Internet behavior, Bryan Johnson, Cocktail Party Effect, Contagious Shooting, developed advertising techniques, disorientation, Electronic games, Entertainment, fellow officer, Forced Perspective, Games, Grand Canyon, Green Flash, hallucination, Harry Potter, Havasu Falls, Houston, Illusory Superiority, Index of psychology articles, Internet users, Las Vegas, Michelangelo's statue of David, Moons, Nevada, New York, online advertising purposes, online disinhibition effect, online message board, Optical illusion, Oregon, Oxford, Peter Jackson, queens, Rogue River, Statue of Liberty, Tetris, Tetris Effect, Texas, The Color of Water, The Gruen Transfer, The Lord of the Rings, The Moon Illusion, United States, Vert, veterinarian, water
You can’t watch a NASCAR race without seeing at least one crash. And with all the new safety features, such as the HANS device (head and neck support), along with the safer wall barriers at the tracks, it’s still incredible that drivers can walk away without a scratch, even when their cars are completely totaled. [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, June 24, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Sports · Tagged Alltel, ALLTEL Corporation, blocking Brad Keselowski, Brad Keselowski, Bristol Motor Speedway, car crashes, car racing, Carl Edwards, Daytona 500, Derrike Cope, Disaster_Accident, elliot sadler, Elliott Sadler, International Motorsports Hall of Fame, Jocelyn LeBlanc, Johnny Sauter, Ken Schrader, Kurt Busch, Memorable races at Talladega, Michael McDowell, Michael Waltrip, Mike Harmon, Motorsport, NASCAR, nascar crash, NASCAR Winston Cup Series, Nationwide Series, race car, racing, Richard Petty, Rookie of the Year, Rusty Wallace, Ryan Newman, Samsung, Samsung C&T, Sports, talladega, Talladega Superspeedway, Texas, Texas Motor Speedway, the Nationwide Series, United States, Ward Burton
Of course, coincidences happen all the time: we were just thinking of someone when they call us on the phone, or we have this song in mind when it suddenly plays on the radio. Most of the time they don’t mean much, but every once in awhile there is a coincidence that’s outright spooky, or [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Monday, May 9, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged abraham lincoln, Actor, Adams, and guitarist, Andrew, Andrew West Stockbrokers, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Atlantic, Attica Prison, author, Barbara Forrest, Beatles singer, Birmingham, Causes of World War I, Coincidence, Colorado, Crime, Daily Telegraph, Dakota Apartment Complex, Dallas, death, Declaration of Independence, Denver, driver, Edwin, edwin booth, Erdington, Evelyn Lincoln, Finland, food preferences, ford, Ford Motor Company, Garfield, Garfield’s Secretary, General, Greater London, HMS, Hungary, Jeff Danelek, Jefferson, Jersey City, john f kennedy, John Lennon, john wilkes, john wilkes booth, Kennedy, leader, Lee Harvey Oswald, Leonard Dawes, London, Mark Chapman, Mary Ashford, McKinley, Morgan Robertson, NBC, NBC Limited, New Jersey, New York, New York City, Omaha, president, President of the United States, Robert Todd, Robert Todd Lincoln, schizophrenic night security guard, school teacher, Schoolbook Depository Building, secretary, songwriter, Sophie, Texas, Titan, United Kingdom, United States, United States ambassadors to the United Kingdom, Utah, Vice-President, well known actor, West Midlands, White House, www.ourcuriousworld.com, Yoko Ono
The first of April is widely recognized and celebrated as All Fools’ Day. The master of irony, Mark Twain, once said that “April 1. is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four”. Believe it or not, some of the biggest companies and governments get [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, April 1, 2011 at 12:04 pm
Filed under Holidays, Humor · Tagged April Fools' Day, Associated Press, Asterix, Astronomer, AUSTRALIAN ASSOCIATED PRESS PTY LIMITED, author, Barry Cunliffe, BBC Radio, BBC Radio 2, Belgium, British Broadcasting Corporation, British Foreign Office, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, comics, Congress, Constantine, correspondent, Dallas, Edward Kennedy, European Union, favorite food, Feralmone, Fiction, France, Guinea, Hitler, Human Interest, Information Highway, Internet usage, John Dvorak, Joseph Boskin, Jovian-Plutonian gravitational effect, King, Lannion, Minister, National Public Radio, Netherlands, normal food, notable history professor, Obelix, Oxford University, Patrick Galliou, Patrick Leahy, Patrick Moore, PC Magazine, Poland, president, Professor, Rene Goscinny, reporter, Rich Little, Richard Nixon, Sveriges Television, Sveriges Television Aktiebolag, Sweden, Texas, The Guardian, The Netherlands, the Times, THE TIMES HERALD COMPANY, Tristan Garel Jones, twitter, Twitter Inc, United Kingdom, United States, University of Brest