When you think of Russia, several things come to mind. Cold. Vodka. Fuzzy hats. Vodka. Smoking hot double agents. Extra-strong vodka. But there’s so much more to the world’ largest country than perhaps you realize. Luckily, we’re here to educate.
Despite enduring the association of women with domesticity throughout much of world history, various women…
Thanks to the movies, we think of revenge as something filled with anger, rage, and violence, and resorting to any means necessary to get even with those who wronged you. But there are plenty of real-life examples of people settling scores without losing their temper or physically harming anyone. Mentally though? They beat the crap out of their targets..
Most species have a shelf life and, once that expires, so does the animal. Others, however, take the Twinkie approach to life, in that they never, ever go away. Like the great-great grandmother who’s survived dozens of family members over the years, here are ten species that clearly intend to hang around until the planet’s inevitable heat death.
TopTenz is a PG site, and naughty words are strictly forbidden. But words that only SOUND naughty are not only perfectly acceptable, they get a whole article written about them. And it’s this one! What a fecking coincidence!
Most video games have a main character, specifically designed to be the star. Even so, many times another character proves to be more entertaining and more interesting, turning them into the first thing we think of when we talk about the game. They’re like video game Urkels, only much much much much much less annoying.
From the Paleolithic paintings of the Chauvet Cave to Tolkien’s Shadowfax, horses have played a…
Espionage is something just about every country takes part in, even though it’s illegal in just about every country. The United States, being the biggest superpower on Earth, is no exception. Th number of foreign spies that attempt to infiltrate America’s ranks is truly mind-boggling. Here are ten of the most famous cases.
I’m going to take a break from my usual lists about politics and guns to…
Just because the people in charge decide a war is over, doesn’t mean every soldier knows about it. Many wars have experienced a number of bloody, violent, and fatal battles fought days, weeks, or even months after the war officially ended. This is yet one more reason that war is bad; because stupid carp like this happens far too often.
While the overwhelming majority of the world is still religious, the number of people who reject it in favor of atheism and rational thinking grows every year. Many well-known thinkers, scientists, writers, and even comedians are spearheading this new age of skepticism, which will almost certainly keep growing for years to come.
One of the easiest ways to make your product recognizable and successful is to slap a celebrity’s face on it, because famous people are never wrong about anything. Sometimes, celebrities become unwilling endorsers, with their likeness slathered all over stuff they want nothing to do with. It’s like identity theft, only without all the maxed-out credit cards.
Catching a train on time should be fairly easy considering that virtually everyone now carries…
It’s sadly common knowledge that the Jewish people have not gotten fair treatment over the years. In fact, they’ve been hunted down a d massacred, sometimes literally, for the past 2,000 years. The bevy of myths and stereotypes that paint Judaism as the embodiment of pure evil do not help one bit.
When many people think of diets, the first thing they think of is losing weight.…
The Chain Chomp is one of the most enduring foes in the Mario series, for…
Tom Clancy’s passing came as a blow to the writing community. The author of such…
Tanks, though formidable, are slow and more often than not, stuck to the ground, which…
If you were ever going to commit a robbery (don’t,) you’d probably use a gun or a knife, right? Well, tell that to these jokers, who couldn’t find an actual weapon, but still wanted to rob something. So, they just grabbed the first thing they could find, and hoped for the best. For the most part, they didn’t get it.
Modern art gets a lot of flak for being pretentious and adored by people who…
At some point, most of us have probably gone to work despite being sick, or…
Remember when that guy in a newspaper drew a picture of Muhammad and everyone totally…
For most, ants are just harmless insects (unless you find a red one; then run away to another country IMMEDIATELY.) We know they can lift extremely heavy stuff but, other than that, they’re pretty insignificant, right? WRONG. Ants are basically little humans in buggy form, who can do just about anything we can, for better or for worse.
Most of us probably played with Lego’s as kids and built amazing structures to show…