The Strange Stories Behind Famous Logos
Logos are a ubiquitous part of the urban ecosystem. With so many companies bombarding us…
Author Karl Smallwood
Karl Smallwood
When Karl isn’t writing lists for Toptenz, he’s the researcher and writer for Factfiend.com, a website dedicated to sharing facts that weren’t on the front page of Reddit three days ago like all those other fact based sites. Fact Fiend is also on Youtube.
Was Bruce Lee Actually Superhuman?
Bruce Lee is a household name and, although he died relatively young, the legacy he…
Top 10 Strongest Marvel Heroes & Villains
In the Marvel universe there’s something called the “strength scale”, against which all heroes are measured…
10 Famous and Powerful People (Who Were Also Childish Pranksters)
The rich, famous and powerful got that way by being committed, dedicated, and serious as…
10 Words That Don’t Really Mean Anything
If the omniscient tome known colloquially as the Big Ol’ Book of Words for Nerds, and…
10 Things That Only Exist to Annoy People
If necessity is the mother of all invention, then the concept of annoyance is probably…
10 Schemes to Shame People Into Being Better Humans
Shame is a powerful emotion, a fact a number of enterprising businesses and government entities…
10 More Impressively Dedicated People
As we’ve mentioned before (several times now), the world is full of people who commit…
10 More Awesome Military Mottos
A while ago we published a list of badass sounding military mottos giving both some…
10 Horrible Insect and Pest Infestations
Nobody really likes dealing with creepy crawlies and pests, but just like family members you…
10 Video Games That Look Completely Different When Played Perfectly
As an active, rather than a passive medium, the way most video games look in…
10 More Objects Clearly Invented to Annoy Physics
A while ago we personified the nebulous concept of physics and wrote an article about…
10 Hilarious Ways to Dominate Popular Games
Board games allows us to live out our greatest fantasies, such as bankrupting our parents…
10 Weird Things Stored in Giant Vaults
The world is full of valuable objects, objects their owners want to squirrel away and…
10 Bizarre Things Americans Believe (According to Studies)
As famed American philosopher H.J. Simpson once so eloquently put it, “facts can be used…
10 Far Out Facts About David Bowie
David Bowie was a man who lived a life filled to the brim with adventure,…
10 Mind-Bogglingly Terrible Decisions Made by Schools
There’s a lot of pressure on schools these days, both to perform academically and mold…
Just How Crazy Were Egyptian Pharaohs?
Like many rulers from the time before we had running water and microwaves, the pharaohs…
10 Surprising Facts About RoboCop
RoboCop (by which we mean the original 1987 masterpiece and not the crappy 2014 reboot)…
10 Things So Terrible, They’re Terribly Good
“So bad it’s good” is a concept that applies to all forms of media. Basically,…
10 More Quotes That Prove the Spartans Were History’s Best Trash Talkers
As we’ve discussed before, the ancient Spartans loved them some trash talk and greatly respected…
10 More Awesome Military Mottos From Around the World
A while ago we published a list of badass sounding military mottos giving both some…
10 Movie and TV Props That Were Actually the Real Thing
Set design is an important aspect of filmmaking and for the most part, many of…
10 Fascinating (But Ultimately Pointless) Studies
At this very moment there are likely countless men and women standing in immaculate white…