Author: Karl Smallwood

We think it’s fair to say that we at TopTenz have a man crush on Bruce Lee, and judging by how popular the articles and videos we’ve dedicated to him are, we think that’s a feeling you share. So we reached out to the biggest Bruce Lee fan we had on staff and asked him…

The world is full of awesome and useful inventions, like the George Foreman Grill. But for every invention with a clear purpose, there’s one that was apparently just invented to make you question your own sanity. Such as… 10. The Gomboc The gomboc is what mathematicians like to call a “mono-monostatic object,” which is a…

One of the many reasons we love animals is because they’re dumb and make us feel better about our own lives. Sure, we may have spent the last two hours watching Pokemon on Netflix, but at least that was more productive than the four hours our dog spent trying to bite his own reflection. But…

Not every movie is going to be a winner, and for every Dark Knight we have a Batman Forever. But that’s okay, because without terrible movies the films we fawn over wouldn’t look as awesome in comparison. Today we’re here to discuss 10 famously awful movies and the little known facts that pick them up off…

The modern world revolves around the idea of disposable technology, the idea that we need to constantly upgrade and replace the things we own with something bigger and better that can also sync with our fridge. So we wanted to take a few minutes to talk about 10 items you could find in an average…

You’d think that one of the best parts about being involved in a movie is getting to watch it with your friends afterwards, point at the screen whenever you’re on it, and grin like a huge idiot. But apparently there are lots of actors who have never felt the urge to watch the very movies…

Here at Toptenz we’ve never been ones to shy away from admitting our faults, and we know that in the past we’ve been guilty of over-analyzing pop culture perhaps a little too much. That said, we always did so with a tongue planted firmly in our cheek. Today we’re here to talk about 10 aspects…

There are a lot of jobs from history that would make even the most cynical person wince. They involved long hours, demeaning labor and often the rick of serious physical harm. However, even the worst sounding jobs came with perks that actually made them quite appealing to the right kind of person, such as… 10.…

Usually, the more expensive an item is the more money people will invest to protect, store or transport it. Every now and then though, people throw caution to the wind and say, “Hey, why can’t I just send this big-ass diamond through the mail?” Far from being an exaggeration, people have actually done just that,…

There’s an old saying that “beauty is a curse.” Today we want to explore that concept and share with you 10 stories of people who suffered in one way or another for being too good looking, apparently for their own good. 10. Debrahlee Lorenzana Up until around 2010, Debrahlee Lorenzana worked in a branch of…

Nobody pulls a fictional character out of thin air. Even the craziest, most ridiculously over-the-top characters have some basis in reality. Today we want to discuss ten of the most curious inspirations we could find. For example, did you know that … 10. Shredder was Inspired by a Guy with Cheese Graters in His Arms…

Sequels are a funny thing. Sometimes they improve upon an existing franchise and add to the overall story and established mythos, and sometimes they’ll ruin everything. But sometimes, just sometimes, they’ll disappear into total obscurity. Here are 10 sequels to a variety of things you probably had no idea existed. 10. Welltris, the Official Tetris…

Actors are kind of like children: give them a funny costume and an audience and they’ll run around like idiots until they pass out from exhaustion. Some are more dedicated to it than others though. Today we’re going to list the ten most hilarious things actors did while they were still dressed like the character…

There’s an oft-repeated quote that we know more about the surface moon than we do about the depths of our own oceans. Which makes perfect sense because the moon is a barren ball of dust and the ocean is a teeming ecosystem of stuff that punched its way out of a sci-fi movie. Today we’re…

Laconic humor was the term invented specifically to describe the dry, biting wit of the Spartan people. We personally think it’s a little unfair that pop culture has mainly portrayed the Spartans as a bunch of ass-kicking, throat-ripping slabs of beef. Though that description is entirely correct, it ignores the fact that the Spartan’s were…

Since Oscar season has been and gone, it’s important to remember that not every actor cares about awards or recognition — some of them just want to show their kids something cool. For example, consider that … 10. Richard Harris Continually Refused the Role of Dumbledore Until His Granddaughter Told Him to Take It Richard Harris,…

Spend 10 minutes on Facebook or 5 minutes on Tumblr and you’re bound to see a spelling mistake. They’re an unavoidable fact of life born from a combination of laziness and more laziness. However, some spelling mistakes and typos are more curious than others. Here are 10 of the best we could find. 10. Jesus’…

Security exists to keep people like us, the smelly unwashed masses away from people or objects of importance, or in some cases, just a stuck up celebrity with a ton of cash. With the amount of coin people drop for such security, you’d expect it to be pretty hard to bypass, but people are persistent…

We think it’s safe to say the majority of people reading this wish they could make money doing nothing. Hell, half of the spam ads on the web are ways you can supposedly “earn $5,670 a week from home” while sitting on your progressively richer and fatter ass. With that sentiment in mind, we wanted…

Here at TopTenz, we love math. We also love fictional entertainment, but we don’t like what happens when you combine the two. Because apparently, when you really look at fictional worlds and crunch the numbers, things don’t actually add up, which kind of ruins them. For example … 10. Harry Potter: The Wizarding Population is…

We’re going to bet everyone reading this has spent a good amount of time imagining all the cool stuff they wish they could do. Yet we almost always refuse to act on these thoughts due to lack of money, balls, or both. With that in mind, we thought it’d be fun to list ten people…

We can’t begrudge a business for making money — that’s the basis of capitalism, baby. But we can get annoyed when businesses decide to make or save money in ways that are clearly not in the best interest of us, the customer. Or when businesses show us their really unattractive, penny-pinching side, because no one…

Wikipedia is pretty great. It contains virtually every piece of information mankind has ever known, available for you to read and learn from for free. It’s also editable by anybody, which leaves it massively open for abuse. Here are some of the most pathetic ways people have done exactly that. 10. Walmart Edits Its Own…

Everyone knows corporations are evil, not to be trusted, and are completely willing to kill on a whim, but we don’t expect them to be so brazen about it. We want their decisions, especially the ones where they show they don’t care about their customers or the law, to be made behind closed doors, not…