Started by Allan Pinkerton in 1850, the Pinkerton Detective Agency grew so large that it…
Browsing: Misc
Sometimes we are at a loss for where a top 10 list should go and that means we toss it here. Sure, some lists defy categorization, but Miscellaneous is a category, right?
When you can’t avoid a war but your enemy is outnumbering you with ridiculous numbers,…
If you’re an adrenaline junkie, you probably enjoy going on roller coasters and other high-speed…
The world is full of important world leaders, or at least world leaders who think…
They say that truth is stranger than fiction. While storybook detectives like Sherlock Holmes, Hercule…
In 1915 the French World War One pilot Roland Garros hit upon the novel but…
Here at TopTenz, we have already talked about both Florida Man and Florida Woman (with a…
For some people, a house is four walls and a roof. Others see it as…
In his 2014 article for Elite Daily, Adam Pliskin argues that milennials are especially fascinated by…
When you hear about someone serving a life sentence, you probably imagine that they committed…
There’s a scene in the film The Princess Bride in which Vizzini tells Westley, “You fool!…
As the old saying goes, “you do the crime, you do the time,” but for…
How clean, composed, and trustworthy politicians like for us to think they are. It’s no…
Texas is the second largest state in America, and it even won its independence and…
From 1921 to 1927, flapper bandits were all the rage in the media. Young women,…
Conspiracy theories are very popular today, but they are not a new phenomenon. There have…
In 1975, the communist revolutionary group Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, had taken over…
Speculation as to what the government might be hiding from us is an easy way…
Although the word “Zulu” means “Heaven,” for generations Zulu warriors gave their enemies hell. From…
Many people like to think of big corporations as their friends, and the corporations certainly…
Here on TopTenz, we’ve covered the Darwin Awards once before. Of course, one list is…
Flying might be statistically safer than driving, but there’s still an inherent level of wrongness…
Weapons of mass destruction come in many shapes and forms, but for the poor souls…
Criminals tend to have a grandiose view of themselves. They think that they’re smarter than…