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Thermic vegetables, also known as free or negative calorie vegetables, burn more calories than they contain: “Your body requires on average 150-250 calories to digest your food, depending on your weight, gender and activity level. If you eat something that has a caloric content of 100 calories, you will actually burn more calories than you [...]
Posted by Tanya Bennett on Sunday, April 28, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Health · Tagged alicia silverstone, Antioxidants, Bean, bell peppers, calorie counts, food, skunks, top 10 list, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, vegetarian, vitamin A, Vitamin C, weight loss
TopTenz.net had its 4th birthday on May 23, 2012, so it seemed appropriate to reflect on the site and provide some statistics and background. I started this top 10 list site back in May of 2008. At that time I wanted to write something about comic books and decided to write a list about the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet, TopTenz News · Tagged anniversary, bart simpson, companion site, iphone, list site, lists, search traffic, Social bookmarking, social media idols, stumbleupon, top 10, top 10 list, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Vatican City
While most human beings enter and leave this planet with little notice, there are those among us whose passing—especially if untimely—captures headlines. Celebrity deaths are not only top news but can, in some cases, create entire cottage industries dedicated to keeping alive the memory of those we deem worthy of our affections. I’ve included individuals [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Tuesday, December 14, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Bizarre, People · Tagged Bob Crane, buddy Holly, California, car accident, celebrity deaths, celebrity murders, Donald Turnipseed, Elvis, Elvis Presley, Entertainment_Culture, Hall of Unwanted Martyrdom, Hogan, Holly, hollywood deaths, hollywood murders, James Dean, Jayne Mansfield, Jeff Danelek, John Carpenter, John Landis, John Lennon, Marilyn Monroe, Mark David Chapman, Massachusetts, media circus, media circuses, Michael Jackson, Movies, Music, New York, New York City, Nicole Brown Simpson, O.J. Simpson, OJ simpson, Ritchie Valens, Roman Polanski, Ron Goldman, Sharon Tate, Steven Spielberg, top 10 deaths, top 10 hollywood deaths, top 10 list, tv, Twilight Zone: The Movie, United States, Vic Morrow, www.ourcuriousworld.com
Overall, scientists in movies have been given a bad rap and they are invariably depicted as insane and power hungry. The audience has often laughed at the science used in the plots but some of these ideas predicted future scientific developments. Truth is always stranger than fiction. Many films tap into our fears and our [...]
Posted by Anne Iredale on Wednesday, December 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People, Science · Tagged Andre Delambre, Austin Powers, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me, Australian National University, B movies, Basil Rathbone, Brett Halsey, Burt Lancaster, California Institute of Technology, Caligari, Captain, car trouble, Cedric Hardwicke, Central Intelligence Agency, Cesare, Charles Laughton, Christopher Lloyd, Cloning, Colin Clive, crazy scientists, David Hedison, denmark, Dr. Caligari, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Energy, Eric Stolz, Evil, film, Film genres, Frank N. Furter, Frankenstein, Frederick March, Gene Roddenbury, Gene Wilder, George Baker, George Langelaan, h g wells, Horror film, Hyde, Jeff Goldblum, Jekyll, John Barrymore, mad scientist, mad scientists, manufacturing, Marlon Brando, Martin Brundle, Martin Delambre, Marty McFly, Mary Shelley, Mass media, metropolis, michael j fox, Mike Myers, Moreau, Movies, New York World, Niels Bohr Institute, Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Peter Cushing, Peter Sellers, Philippe Delambre, president, Robert Louis Stevenson, Rotwang, Rudolf Klein-Rogge, science, scientist, Seth Brundle, sleepwalking assistant, Spencer Tracy, Star Trek, stephen hawking, Strangelove, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Fly, The Fly II, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The Men Who Stare at Goats, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Tim Curry, time travel, top 10 list, top 10 mad scientists, TopTenz.net, U.S. military, United States, wacky scientist, Washington DC, Washington,United States, Werner Krauss
Historically, gamblers haven’t all been deadbeats, outlaws, criminals and derelicts nor are they today. In this day and age, more and more people of all walks of life are gambling as both a form of entertainment and as a way to make fast, easy cash. From celebrities playing Texas hold’em to business men playing the [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Games, History, People · Tagged 4th Earl of Sandwich, and gambler, Bill Hickok, Blaine Pascal, Charles de Ligne, Charles II, claude monet, Dead Man's Hand, famous gamblers, famous poker players, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Gambler, gambler and chess player, gamblers, gambling, Games, Giacomo Casanova, Jerome Cardan, John Aspinall, John Montagu, John Montague, Kenny Rogers, Michael de Montaigne, Natalie Jaro, People, poker, Rene Descartes, top 10 list, top 10 poker players, wild bill Hickok
The history of American coinage is really the history of America itself, and the stories each coin tells are as varied and unique as the people who have used them. They are pieces of art in their own right, and a piece of Americana any person can own, which is what makes coin collecting such [...]
Posted by Jeff Danelek on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under History · Tagged american coins, cent, coin collecting, Coins, Coins of the United States, Coins of the United States dollar, collectibles, collectors, Currency, Dollar coin, Double Eagle, famous coins, Fort Knox, gold, History, hobbies, http://www.ourcuriousworld.com, Jeff Danelek, Liberty Head, Liberty Head nickel, Louis E. Eliasberg Sr., Martin A. Logies, mint cashier, money, most valuable coins, Nickel, Numismatics, rare coins, San Francisco Mint building, silver, Silver dollar, top 10 coins, top 10 list, TopTenz, U.S. Treasury, United States dollar, United States Mint, valuable coins
This list is dedicated to all of the flabbergasted readers of my previous list, “Top 10 Things Better Than Sex.” If you can’t think of one thing that is better than sex, then I hope will enjoy this list about nymphomaniacs. “Some things are better than sex, and some are worse, but there’s nothing exactly [...]
Posted by Tanya Bennett on Friday, June 4, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Health · Tagged addiction, addicts, Alfred Kinsey, Carol Groneman, Casual sex, Caveh Zahedi, christiannymphos.org, Daily Star, Elizabeth Landau, Famous sex researcher, female sex, human behavior, Human sexual behavior, Human sexuality, Hypersexuality, I Am A Sex Addict, Masturbation, midlifebachelor.com, Nymph, nympho, nymphomaniac, Peter Morrell, Sex, sex and religiion, sex researcher, sex toys, Sexual acts, Sexual addiction, Sexual health, top 10 list, top 10 nymphomaniacs, TopTenz, TopTenz.net, Victorian sex, Women
Recently, you’ve probably heard all about “going green” and how it seems to be the new fad. A lot of people from all different parts of the world are doing their part in order to keep the earth healthy. More and more people are switching to behavior that is safer for the earth: they are [...]
Posted by Ash Grant on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 8:55 am
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They say that necessity is the Mother of invention but some inventions weren’t really all that necessary. And even worse, some inventions should never have been imagined, much less mass-produced and then thrust upon an unsuspecting world. Some of these inventions you know and some, thankfully, you are remain blissfully ignorant of. Well, sorry to [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, March 18, 2010 at 8:55 am
Filed under Bizarre, Science · Tagged aviation, Bird Trap and Cat Feeder, CFCs, Chlorofluorocarbons, Dan L. Fain, Glider, Grunenthal, handheld throttle device, In-Vehicle Rear-Flushing Spittoon, Inventor, Japan, Joseph Wilbrand, Jr, Keihin Electric Express Railway, Keihin Railway, Kenneth E. Brock, Leo O. Voelker, Made in China, Morning Sickness, Moto Razr, Motor Powered Roller Skates, Motorola, Otto Lilienthal, Passenger Seat Fuel Tank, Razr Phone, Small Sacrifices, small sacrifices must be made, Smile Scanner, Terrible Inventions, Thalidomide, the Glider King, Thomas Midgley, TNT, top 10 list, TopTenz
One of the most important parts of blogging, beyond creating great content, is making sure that your blog is comment friendly and social. This means that visitors are able to have in-depth discussions through the comments with extra features. After commenting, they are easily able to share a blog post with others on their favorite [...]
Posted by Kristi Hines on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 8:55 am
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