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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 [...]

It’s that time of the year again.  The time of the year when traditions are carried out faithfully and decorations are mounted precisely where they were a year ago.  If you look close, you might even see contrasting dust layers form a sort of farmer’s tan where holiday spirit has offset natural progressions.  The holiday [...]

Isn’t it scary how many people don’t know if Europe is a country or a continent? Wow… What kind of expectations should we have from the poor, ignorant people if even the president called Europe a country?! Now, let’s give the man the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he wanted to say “countries like in [...]

Crime does not pay, so the old saying goes, but take a look at the top ten crimes in the world today and the amounts involved and you have to admit why some decide it is far too lucrative to be bad. There are some illegal activities you will not find surprising, such as the [...]

World War I will be remembered as one of the bloodiest wars in human history.  Millions of soldiers died on both sides, and whole generations of young men were wiped out.  Armies were bogged down in impenetrable trenches, resulting in thousands dying in futile assaults against fortified enemies.  The war also introduced new and terrible [...]

Kids love Halloween: between staying up late, dressing up with their friends and getting a ton of free candy, they always have a great time. But if you’re a parent who had a miserable childhood, or if you just hate your children, then watching them have so much fun can be unpleasant. So why not [...]

Life is uncertain.  Eat dessert first. (Ernestine Ulmer) Sure it’s great to have a nice hearty meal, but what’s a nice meal without the perfect dessert to end the night? There’s nothing better than being able to enjoy something sweet and tasty: cake, cookies, pie, pudding, or anything else- as long as it has sugar [...]

There are many different types of buildings all throughout the world, and occasionally a building is built that captivates a city or even a nation. Over time these buildings become the defining pinnacle of the greatness of the city they improve the skyline of. This is a list of buildings that the world wouldn’t be [...]