In four days I will be flying to New Zealand from England where I have lived for the last three years. It is a permanent move. As a result, I am now in the final stages of preparing to depart which involves the awful task of farewelling family and loved ones. You might have noticed that I have not been as vocal in the last couple of weeks – this is due to packing and other preparations for the trip....
It’s a surreal and gruesome scene that set the tone for one of the most adored TV series of recent years. But it isn’t just fictional meth labs that use acid in their criminal escapades. Plenty of real-life villains have used acid to maim, torture, and, in some cases, kill their victims. These are some of the most violent acid crimes in history. 10 Muhammad and Zaheen Zafar In 2012, Muhammad and Zaheen Zafar murdered their fifteen-year-old daughter because of her boyish looks....
Whatever the reason may be, these buildings have histories and are a constant reminder of what they once were to those who see them in their abandoned state. This list showcases 10 prominent skyscrapers that are now empty. 10 Sterick BuildingMemphis, Tennessee The Sterick Building was completed in 1930. At that time, it was the tallest building in the Southern United States. It remained the tallest building in Tennessee until 1957 and was known as the “Queen of Memphis....
These ten adventures are those Grylls hasn’t done, and they may even be too extreme for him… or he hasn’t gotten to them yet. Either way, these adventures are some of the most extreme you can go on if you think you’re anywhere near Grylls’ level of intense adventuring. 10 Wild Stories Of How Celebrities Got Their Scars 10 Volcano Boarding Down Cerro Negro If you’re not familiar with “volcano surfing,” and think it has something to do with surfing a lava flow, you’re not too far off....
10 Movie Scenes That Predicted Tragic Moments In Actors’ Lives 10 Gerard Butler Zack Sneider’s “300” is the movie that revealed Gerard Butler to the world in 2006. He played the main role of Leonidas, king and leader of the Spartans during their vicious war against the terrifying Xerxes. The movie became an instant classic, and Butler became a household name overnight. People were very excited to find out where he would go next, but, unfortunately, it doesn’t look like his seemingly bright future played out the way everyone had hoped....
Here are ten animals that have won high honours from their human colleagues. Top 10 Cutest Animals In The World (According To Science) 10 Magawa Rats are generally not the most respected of animals. But this year a rat called Magawa has been presented with a small gold medal for “lifesaving bravery and devotion to duty.” Magawa is a giant pouched rat who has the dangerous job of clearing landmines in Cambodia....
10 Exercising Before Breakfast Burns Fat Faster The rationale here is that if you’ve not had anything to eat, your body will burn the pesky fat in your cells for energy. Well, that’s not how things work. The problem is that your body relies on a carbs and fats combo for energy—it will turn to your muscle stores and fat fragments within your bloodstream—and not the fat in the fat cells to power your workout....
Some of these hoaxes were believed for months or even years. The veracity of a few are still adamantly proclaimed by some people even today. Here are ten of the biggest hoodwinks in history, from dead giants and fairies to math whizz horses. 10 The Tasaday Many called the Tasaday tribe “lost” or “undiscovered.” Yet, Survival International simply stated they had not been contacted due isolation since the Stone Age....
Despite often digging up obscure recipes for the bakers to try out there are some traditional bakes that we are unlikely to see tried out. Here are ten cakes too weird for TV. Top 10 Bizarre Food Festivals 10 Witch Cakes For centuries witches were among the most feared creatures a person could meet. Everything from a missing cow, to failed crop, to bread failing to rise could be laid blamed on a witch and her nefarious powers....
They leave cell phones in the woods to catch loggers and turn rhino horns pink with poison. Then there is EAGLE, the only eco-group that takes down the bad guys James Bond–style. All right, maybe not entirely like 007, but they are still pretty badass. 10 Environmental Disaster Time Bombs 10 Saving Water By Turning It Into Art Fine living often comes at the expense of the environment. But a few years ago, a design student named Simin Qiu proved that taps can be upper-crust utensils and save water....
On May 25, 1988, the final episode of the show, “St. Elsewhere”, aired on NBC. At the end of the episode (Spoiler Alert!), it is revealed that the events of the entire show…were all in the mind of the character Tommy Westphall, as played by Chad Allen, an autistic actor. Many characters from “St. Elsewhere” appeared in other shows, such as “Law & Order”, “The X-Files”, “Homicide: Life on The Street”, “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”, and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent”....
The Devil might be synonymous with evil, but if these legends are true, he might also be a master architect, mason, and engineer. As things go, there are several castles and bridges across the world whose construction is credited to the Devil. Most of these castles and bridges are still standing today despite being hundreds or even thousands of years old. If the Devil actually built them, then he’s a very good architect....
In this list, we delve into the top 10 Christmas movie moments! 10 “You’re an Idiot!”—The Grinch More often than not, Christmas films have that comedy element to them, and that is no different in The Grinch Who Stole Christmas from 2000, which stars Jim Carrey as the grumpy, Scrooge-like character in the chirpy town of Who-ville. (It’s crazy to think it’s from that long ago!) Although there are so many hilarious and moving moments in this film, the one that’s most loved is the scene in which The Grinch is seen lounging about, wallowing in self-pity, staring into the abyss… In the scene, he plays around and yells a bunch of things into the massive cave, along with jabs at himself....
Krusty the clown should be well known to everyone reading this list. He is, of course, one of the characters from the popular television program The Simpsons. Krusty is famous for being loved by all the kids for his humorous antics on the screen, whilst being rather different offscreen. Krusty is a hard-living entertainment veteran, sometimes depicted as a jaded, burned out has-been, who has been down and out several times and remains addicted to gambling, cigarettes, alcohol, Percodan, Pepto-Bismol, and Xanax....
Today, the phrase doesn’t necessarily mean that the person is about to go on a murderous rampage but instead that they are uncontrollably angry over something seemingly trivial. Here is a list of 10 instances when people let their anger get the better of them. (Warning: Some of these videos contain language; watcher beware.) 10 Satan Is Not my God Flying is one of the worst best things that has ever happened in the history of transportation....
10 Deadly Household Items You’ve Probably Used Today One study found over 340 different bacteria on 30 different objects in your home.[1] Being aware of where these bacteria appear and what you can do can help lower your risk, and help your state of mind as well. And, with so many of us stuck in our houses under quarantine or lockdown from the Wuflu pandemic, it seems timely to look at the hotspots in our homes: the places that we should give an extra going over when we clean....
Most people think that Russian brides are desperate women who want nothing more than to marry a foreigner (preferably American) to get the hell out of Russia and start a new life. But in fact, this is almost always incorrect. Russia has a man shortage; there are roughly 8 men for every 10 women in a very marriage-oriented culture. Consequently, many Russian women are compelled to look outside of Russia for a husband....
Although there are many different species of rats, the one most people associate with the word are Brown or Norway rats. Likely originating in China, the largest specimens can top 2.2lbs. Norway rats plague cities such as New York (where population estimates vary wildly- from a few hundred thousand to a few hundred million depending on your source) and London and have pervaded nearly every corner of the globe with the rare exceptions of Arctic and Antarctic areas, the Canadian province of Alberta, and pockets of New Zealand....
10 Crazy Sex Facts From Ancient Times It turns out that science, like much of human culture, has focused a fair amount of time on sex. What it has shown time after time is that sex, on the whole, is not just fun – it is good for us. Here are ten reasons why sex may be the best way to fill your time. 10 Sex is good for the immune system In the middle of a flu pandemic wouldn’t it be good if there was some easy way of boosting our immune system?...
Inspector Linley is a British detective created by the American author Elizabeth George. He’s the eighth Earl of Asherton. He solves crimes with his Scotland Yard colleague Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, who has a working class background. In the third Linley novel, “Well-Schooled in Murder”, Linley and Havers solve a homicide case in an elite British public school, which is remarkably well depicted for a non-British author. George always prepares her novels by studying real locations in England, which makes her stories more realistic than those of many other crime writers....
