Some of the most important advances in science, technology, engineering, and math were accomplished as a direct result of the missions talked about below. Here are some of the coolest and most important missions ever launched by NASA. 10 WMAP Satellite Did you know that humanity has a baby picture of the early universe? We can’t get any images from the moment of the big bang. For the first few hundred thousand years of the universe’s life, stuff was just too hot and close together for photons to get anywhere....

Of course, as with any form of public transportation, the passengers themselves can also be involved in some bizarre situations while on board. From a man tugging on the plane’s back door in search of the lavatory to a woman who likes to travel with her “emotional support squirrel,” some of these incidents make for some unbelievable stories. 10 Flight Attendant Accused Of Stealing $5,000 Three brothers were on a business-class Emirates flight from Thailand to Dubai along with their father in June 2018....

10The Hunger Games The most lucrative and controversial story of teens killing each other under controlled conditions for public consumption, The Hunger Games has the world’s attention by the eyeballs. While many have criticized Suzanne Collins’s prose and certain contrivances in the story, many think the premise and characters transcend the limitations of the writing. Film it’s uncannily similar to: Slashers Thought we were going to say Battle Royale, didn’t you?...

10New York Subway’s Mysterious DNA In 2014, a team of scientists from Weill Cornell Medical College sequenced genetic material found in the turnstiles, seats, and ticket booths of all 468 New York City subway stations. They discovered bacteria known to thrive on human skin, as well as those associated with gastrointestinal and urogenital systems and human feces. They discovered remnants of neighborhood-specific cuisine like pizza and falafels, though considering the fecal bacteria situation, eating on the subway might be ill-advised....

10 Retired Husband Syndrome Japan is famous for its work ethic, with many spending long hours at the office and devoting all their waking hours to their careers. Couples neglect their marriages in favor of business, and once the man retires, all sorts of problems follow. Once couples have no careers to focus on, forcing them to spend more time together, spouses find they don’t really know each other. Arguments pile up—especially after trips to celebrate retirement....

10 Vatican Secret Archives The Vatican’s Archivum Secretum is one of the world’s most mysterious libraries. Founded in 1612, the archives were closed to the public until 1881. Pope Leo XIII allowed only Catholic scholars into the collection. Since then, the restriction has loosened—slightly. Journalists, students, and amateur historians are strictly prohibited. Only accredited scholars who meet the Vatican’s stringent requirements can enter. Even then, they can only request three items per day....

Here are ten tribes of humanoids that were once thought to live at the edge of the known world. 10 Headless Men The Greek writer Herodotus wrote his history in the 5th century BC. He did not, however, constrain himself to pure history. His works are full of anthropological details about societies that the Greeks had heard of. Because he was not always accurate in what he wrote, Herodotus is not only known as the “Father of History,” but he is also called the “Father of Lies....

Some of us enjoy subverting traditions, even newer ones like the watching of horror movies—so this is a list for you! Here are 10 non-horror movies (with as few spoilers as possible—you MUST watch these films) that are guaranteed to scare you at least 35% more than 2005’s ‘House of Wax’ starring Paris Hilton. It’s science. WARNING: Some footage on this list is disturbing. Proceed with caution. Top 10 Disturbing Movies You’ve Never Heard Of...

10Emile Zola Well-known French writer Emile Zola sought the exoneration of the falsely accused Alfred Dreyfus. After Zola’s prosecution for libel in 1898, he fled France and arrived in London. In 1899, he returned to France in time to see the government fall. On September 29, 1902, Zola died of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning caused by a poorly ventilated chimney. His enemies claimed that he had taken his own life. However, rumors quickly began to circulate that Zola had in fact been poisoned by his opponents....

1039 Due to the supposed “curse of 39,” the number 39 is avoided in Afghanistan, mostly in its capital of Kabul. According to the belief, some pimp once owned a car with 39 in the license plate number and lived in a house with 39 in the address. There are also speculations that the hatred of the number is due to an old form of calculation called abjad. No one has firm details on the origin, but it’s enough to give the number a seedy reputation....

Here today, we have collected ten of Andersen’s many peculiar, and sometimes downright disturbing, fairy tales, all of which are far more obscure than his more well-known works, which include such beloved childhood classics as “The Ugly Duckling,” “Thumbelina,” “The Princess and the Pea,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” Come for a little wander with us into the clearly troubled but undeniably creative mind of one of history’s most popular fairy tale authors....

10 The Surprise Nuclear Sinkhole In 1984, the Midas Myth nuclear test was conducted 361 meters (1,184 ft) underground in the Nevada Desert. Several equipment trailers were situated over the detonation site in order to collect data about the test. Immediately after the test, after no radiation had been detected above the detonation site, teams of technicians moved in to remove the cables leading down into the borehole where the nuke had been lowered....

10 Continental Drift Ask a handful of random people just how the continents split apart, and chances are still pretty good that at least a few of them will tell you about Pangaea and continental drift. At the beginning of the 20th century, Alfred Wegener published his work on continental drift and the movement of the world’s landmasses. After studying the plants and animals that lived along the coastlines, comparing fossils and rocks, and coming across evidence like the mesosaurus, a freshwater reptile that has been found in both South America and southern Africa, he came to the conclusion that everything was once one giant landmass....

10Toys Beginning in 1985, when the shuttle Discovery took 11 toys into space, playthings have made regular trips above the ethers. They are usually part of educational programs, where astronauts or cosmonauts record themselves playing with the toys to demonstrate how they perform in microgravity. STS-54 (1993) took 40 toys into space, and STS-77 (1996) carried 10. Sixteen more toys and sports-related equipment went up to the roomier International Space Station to be tested, and web videos were available to classrooms around the world as a part of the “International Toys in Space” program....

Sometimes, prestigious people with medical licenses and no ethics find that they have the freedom to carry out atrocities that go undetected, unquestioned, or both. Here are 10 cases where raving madmen were allowed to take the reins of medical power and use them for nefarious purposes under the guise of care and compassion. 10 Michael Swango Medical doctors who commit murder in their professional practices often go undetected for long periods of time....

However, some drugs have some weird and often nasty side effects, like those that can make people violent and suicidal. Sometimes, the unintended consequences are good, such as making people less racist. Here we go. 10 Propanolol Makes Users Less Racist Propanolol is used to treat heart disease, high blood pressure, the physical effects of anxiety, and migraines. But in 2012, researchers at Oxford University found that it can also reduce racism....

10Archimedes’s Treatise On Infinity Imagine discovering a set of designs for the Apollo Moon Lander in a cache of ancient manuscripts. In 2011, mathematicians experienced the closest thing to that when they uncovered a previously lost work by Greek genius Archimedes. By bombarding a 13th-century prayer book with X-rays, scientists discovered that it had been written on sheets of reused paper. Specifically, they’d been reused from an old book by Archimedes—a book with information far ahead of its time....

Along the way, designers—especially prominent design houses—have come up with questionable items that have sold for thousands of dollars. Of course, if you can afford it, then you definitely see something that most of us don’t. Below is a list of questionable items produced by fashion designers that still leaves us with visible question marks above our heads. 10 Alexander McQueen’s Hoof Shoe This shoe came out during the Plato Atlantis Spring/Summer collection in 2010 and is also referred to as the “armadillo boot....

From a unique sketch that escaped Michelangelo’s pyromania to numbers in the Mona Lisa’s eyes, here are 10 rare finds involving well-known painters. 10 Amazing Artistic Works Lost To History 10 The Grasshopper On Van Gogh’s Brush Vincent Van Gogh painted “Olive Trees” in 1889. Countless people have seen the painting since but it took a surgical microscope to spot the grasshopper. The artist did not hide a drawing of a bug between the trees....

Opportunities for lower class women to move ahead were few and far between, to say the least. The world was most certainly not their oyster: among their few career options were the roles of domestic servant, seamstress, laundress—and when all else failed, prostitute. And each occupation brought with it a distinct set of challenges. Prostitutes were of course viewed as the lowest of all, and they often suffered from police persecution....