10 Forbidden Places You’ll Never Be Able to Visit
For a huge part of human history, there were plenty of places left that remained…
10 of the Most Heavily Guarded Houses in the World
For some people, a house is four walls and a roof. Others see it as…
10 of the World’s Most Heavily Guarded Public Figures
In his 2014 article for Elite Daily, Adam Pliskin argues that milennials are especially fascinated by…
Top 10 Strongest Marvel Heroes & Villains
In the Marvel universe there’s something called the “strength scale”, against which all heroes are measured…
10 Incredibly Unfair Life Sentences
When you hear about someone serving a life sentence, you probably imagine that they committed…
10 Crazy Facts About the Vietnam War
There’s a scene in the film The Princess Bride in which Vizzini tells Westley, “You fool!…
10 Outrageously Dangerous Situations Caused by Selfies
In today’s world, almost everyone is taking selfies on a regular basis. It doesn’t seem…
10 Bizarre Last Words of Death Row Inmates
As the old saying goes, “you do the crime, you do the time,” but for…
10 Obscure Eccentricities of Famous Politicians
How clean, composed, and trustworthy politicians like for us to think they are. It’s no…
Top 10 Countries Where You Can Get Legally High
In 1936, the film Reefer Madness depicted the terrible consequences of just a single toke…
10 Wild Adventures of Texas Man
Texas is the second largest state in America, and it even won its independence and…
Top 10 Famous Songs (That Are Widely Misunderstood)
It’s often been said that songs are largely driven by emotion rather than meaning or…
10 Widely Misunderstood Scientific Theories
People often misunderstand scientific theories — partly because science can be complicated, but also because…
10 Flapper Bandits from the Roaring Twenties
From 1921 to 1927, flapper bandits were all the rage in the media. Young women,…
10 Most Terrifying Places in the Known Universe
Like Great Cthulhu, who lies dead and dreaming in the sunken city of R’lyeh, or…
10 Scary Things About Space
Since the dawn of man (and woman), humankind has gazed longingly at the flickering stars…
10 Historical Conspiracy Theories
Conspiracy theories are very popular today, but they are not a new phenomenon. There have…
10 Brutal Realities of Life in Pol Pot’s Cambodia
In 1975, the communist revolutionary group Khmer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, had taken over…
Top 10 Horrifying Declassified Secrets
Speculation as to what the government might be hiding from us is an easy way…
10 Terrifying Scientific Theories and Hypotheses
You’re no doubt used to sensationalist headlines, especially when it comes to bad science. But…
10 Logical Fallacies (And How People Misuse Them)
Logical fallacies are something we all learned about in high school at least a little…
10 Amazing Facts About the Zulu Warriors
Although the word “Zulu” means “Heaven,” for generations Zulu warriors gave their enemies hell. From…
10 Strange Facts About Antarctica
Antarctica: the frozen continent — essentially a huge island at the bottom of the world…
10 Incredible Modern Engineering Achievements
Humanity likes nothing more than building insanely large and complicated structures, except maybe reading about…