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As a society we love to hear about the weird, the odd and the bizarre. And we like our information in a 10-pack usually. TopTenz delivers with a collection of Top 10 Bizarre lists.

Facts of Life from the 28th Century (From Someone Who’s Supposedly Been There)

By Ed Hingston on November 18, 2018 Bizarre

You’ve probably heard of the Philadelphia Experiment. You may also be familiar with the extended Montauk mythos that surrounds it. Both have, after all, spawned several pop cultural adaptations—from The Philadelphia Experiment (1983) to Stranger Things (2016-present). But what you might have missed are the details. From 1931, as the story goes, Nikola Tesla and…

10 Extreme Stories of Weight Challenges and Weight Loss

By Dustin Koski on October 21, 2018 Bizarre

Many of us at Top Tenz have dealt with the modern problem of being overweight. We’ve counted calories by the thousands. We’ve endured a parade of diets and cleanses with only a few cheats for solace. Most of all, we’ve turned ourselves into sweat sprinklers at the gym. So we have some firsthand perspective on…

Top 10 Most Valuable Cryptocurrencies In 2018

By Damien Troy on August 15, 2018 Bizarre

Ever since Bitcoin hit the headlines in the latter half of 2017, cryptocurrencies have been gaining more and more momentum as a currency that truly does hold potential for the future. However, while they may be gaining recognition, can the same be said for their worth? While Bitcoin is up there as the most valuable…

The Bunny Man: Myth or Reality?

By Jocelyne LeBlanc on June 28, 2018 Bizarre, Misc

There aren’t too many urban legends out there as creepy as the Bunny Man. Although it’s labelled as a myth and a legend, there is some truth to the story of the terrifying man dressed in a bunny costume who would terrorize unsuspecting victims with an axe. Starting with the legend, followed by the truths…

10 Depressing Facts About Popular Days of the Year

By Karl Smallwood on June 23, 2018 Bizarre, Culture

With 365 days in a year, it’s a statistical unavoidability that at least some of them are going to suck. Surprisingly though, even popular holidays aren’t immune from this, which is why we’re able to compile this list of 10 popular days of the year with all together depressing facts behind them. For example did…

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The Story of Mexico’s Infamous Island of Dolls

By Jocelyne LeBlanc on June 8, 2018 Bizarre, Travel

If you want to explore an incredibly creepy and bizarre location, Mexico’s Island of the Dolls is definitely the place to go. Located in the Xochimilco canals, approximately 28 kilometers south of Mexico City, the island is entirely full of dolls – thousands of them – hanging from trees and wires. From the sad legend…

10 Strange Research Projects Done About Sleep

By Gregory Myers on April 19, 2018 Bizarre, Science

Dreaming is the both one of the most commonplace — and one of the most bizarre — things in the world. Every night, while asleep, we vividly hallucinate impossible things and then remember little to none of it in the morning. When we do remember, it makes almost zero sense and its incomprehensibility makes it…

10 Outrageously Dumb Darwin Award Winners

By Shannon Quinn on April 15, 2018 Bizarre, People

When Charles Darwin studied the process of evolution in the 1800s, he realized that animals have a selective breeding process he called “natural selection.” Animals who were born with a predisposition to survive longer in their environment were the ones to survive and mate with one another, passing on their DNA. Because of this process,…

The Most Ridiculous Things You Can Buy in Japan

By Nolan Moore on February 17, 2018 Bizarre, Culture

Got some extra cash but don’t know where to spend it? Then you should definitely visit Japan. The Land of the Rising Sun offers more bang for your buck than any other country on the planet. Whether you’re looking for something unique to eat or want a crazy way to spend the day, if you’ve…

Crazy Conspiracy Theories That Turned Out to be True

By Gregory Myers on January 27, 2018 Bizarre, History

Conspiracy theories will always fire up the imaginations of even the most reasonable of us. It’s fascinating to imagine a bunch of people in a dark room, controlling actions from their chairs and encouraging events that change the course of the world, with no one truly being the wiser. Now, most conspiracy theories are flimsy…

10 Bizarre Things Americans Believe (According to Studies)

By Karl Smallwood on January 2, 2018 Bizarre

As famed American philosopher H.J. Simpson once so eloquently put it, “facts can be used to prove anything that’s even remotely true.” Well, join us today as we discuss 10 studies showing that a not insignificant percentage of the American population believe in everything from lizard people running to world, to HTML being an STD……

10 Mind-Bogglingly Terrible Decisions Made by Schools

By Karl Smallwood on December 21, 2017 Bizarre

There’s a lot of pressure on schools these days, both to perform academically and mold their students into productive members of society. Given that most kids are, well, terrible, schools can be given a lot of leeway when it comes to making mistakes. Then you have these 10 schools, which couldn’t have made worse decisions…

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