Oliver Cromwell hated so many things that brought people joy, scientists still aren’t sure if he was an internet troll who stumbled
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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?
Tragically, middle age has come and roosted on my front porch. Can’t drink milk, for…
Even if you got an A+ in English, chances are you’re still not fluent in it. It’s not entirely your fault though; society has a bad habit of taking certain words and using them incorrectly for so long, and so often, that actually using them properly makes you look like an idiot. it’s time for that to change.
Rock ‘n’ Roll has traditionally been a minefield of wild stories about sex and drugs.…
What’s the only thing more terrifying than a serial killer? How about a serial killer that’s still on the loose? Unfortunately, not every crazed murderer out there is behind bars. Many are free as can be, committing crimes to this very day. They might even be near you at we speak. Sweet dreams.
Jack LaLanne was more than a fitness guru — he was THE fitness guru, sent from the planet Pushup to school all us mere mortals on how to properly sculpt a set of abs. His daily routine was so absurdly impressive that the only sane conclusion one can possibly reach is that he was a superhero. Need proof? Click here, and ye shall find.
The mystical realms of Fairy tales, leading us to an imaginary world of fantasy, never…
There’s not much doubt that Michael J. Fox is one of the most beloved entertainers…
A murder-suicide involving a celebrity is always horrible and tragic, even though we only knew them as celebrities. Usually, these entertainers seemed well-off emotionally, which leaves us all wondering what in the world happened. Here are ten of the more famous examples of celebrities offing themselves and others in the worst manner imaginable.
Few miscarriages of justice are worse than the one where someone is arrested, tried, convicted, and sentenced to years behind bars for a horrible crime they did not do. A huge chunk of their life has just been torn away, for literally no reason whatsoever. The following people have lived that nightmare and, sadly, they’re not the only ones.
Bill Murray is awesome on many levels. He’s absolutely hilarious, obviously, and over the years…
When it comes to the internet it’s sometimes quite hard to trust or believe what…
Dolly Parton is kind of easy to pick out of a crowd, for a variety…
When you think of The Beach Boys, you think of good times, and probably enjoying…
On paper, Zero Tolerance in schools sounds good. Classroom violence and brutality has gone too far, and by gum we won’t let it stand even one more time! However, in practice it fails far too often, as perfectly innocent accidents and misunderstandings get treated like major crimes, ruining lives for little reason other than “we gotta look tough, dang it.”
Some facts just about everybody knows, even if they’re totally useless. Others, however, are a bit more obscure, but likely more important than whatever pop culture nugget dominates your subconscious. Here are ten facts that should get shared at parties way more often.
It seems to be true that many people around the world tend to believe that…
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, says just about everybody who can’t think of their own damn line. But cliched as it may be, it’s usually true, especially in these ten cases. When nobody has the ability to overrule a psychopath with power, everybody loses. Except the psychopaths, who tend to do OK in such cases.
It’s always a horrible casualty when a police officer is forced to shoot a suspect to death. But when word gets out that the shooting might not have been necessary at all, things become even worse. And when you realize that this kind of thing happens a LOT, that pit in your stomach drops deepest of all.
1800 did not look one thing like 1899, thanks to incredible advancements in both technology and society. It’s odd to think about it at first, especially since photos from that century are rare, and voice recordings are even rarer. But amazing things happened over those hundred years, just about every day. Here are ten of the most news-worthy stories of the bunch.
There has been much said about the general public’s ability to trust the criminal justice…
Museums and libraries are human treasures, but they aren’t eternal. All it takes is one well-timed disaster, man-made or otherwise, and the entire thing could go up in flames. Today, we focus on the man-made disasters, those cases where people actively, and successfully, destroyed human knowledge and delayed our advancement as a species.
If you didn’t commit the crime you were convicted of, a pardon would truly be a gift from Heaven. Unless, of course, you’re already in Heaven when it happens. Post-mortem pardons are almost always a cases, made even worse once you realize even a freakin’ turkey can get pardoned in a timely manner.
If you had to pick a city to bestow the title Serial Killer capital of America onto, you’d probably nominate Detroit, or maybe Miami. Well, Cleveland, Ohio has something to say about that. Over the years, they’ve racked up a impressive number of mass murderers that might well trump every other city in the nation. And none of them were motivated by LeBron leaving.