Das boot! Schiff verlassen! While lesser known to many than the British pirates of popular…
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?
By this point, regular readers and viewers of TopTenz have surely been made so wealthy…
Ancestry tests provided by companies like 23andMe, Ancestry.com, and Helix are more popular than they’ve…
According to the CDC, roughly 10 million people every year are subject to spousal abuse…
The Medjay are mostly known only because of the blockbuster Mummy trilogy starring Brendan Fraser,…
For the first time since Roswell, coverage of UFOs has entered serious, mainstream news—featuring even…
Daredevils are everywhere, and a quick Google search for the “Darwin Awards” will prove just…
While most would suspect that the celebrities on our list have amassed millions of dollars,…
Accounts of sexual misconduct, assault, and even rape have rocked the entertainment industry over the…
The specter of the American government declaring bankruptcy gets trotted out particularly often any time…
Nowadays, giving to charity has become an almost social experience. With challenges and campaigns like…
There are a lot of different options about what to study in college. Schools have…
With all of the hostility around the world today, it’s understable if you may be…
Since the first modern homo sapiens emerged some 50,000 years ago, it’s estimated that 107…
Like a movie, a person’s life consists of three acts. For most people, the third…
At this point in time, essentially the entire world (barring the depths of the oceans)…
The study of place names and their origins, known as toponymy, can reveal a lot…
Conspiracy theories will always fire up the imaginations of even the most reasonable of us.…
The history of our world is full of men who are larger than life –…
Decoying, or the use of body doubles by political and military leaders, has been in…
Born Joseph Carey Merrick on August 5, 1862, the Elephant Man is far better known…
A staple trope of popular culture, the mad scientist is epitomized by a white robe…
The world is full of valuable objects, objects their owners want to squirrel away and…
Sweden is a well known country today, but they are not particularly well known for…