We have officially engaged the talents of Zack Sultan to redesign Listverse from scratch. Zack has done great work for other significant companies and his designs are exceptional. You can see his freelance portfolio here. Zack is very enthusiastic about the redesign and we are extremely pleased to have him on board. If you want to make a donation to the site revamp – which will make the site far more intuitive, faster, and more attractive, please make a donation via paypal....

There are numerous great innovative apps that change people’s lives for the better, and even some that have the possibility to save lives. These ten apps represent of sampling of the numerous versions that are available—not to mention the ones still in development with better tech and more dynamic features. 10 ICE Medical Standard ICE stands for In Case of Emergency. This app has been developed to be the industry-leading medical ID for both iOS and Android phones....

10 Krazy Kat Krazy Kat was written and drawn by George Herriman, and ran in the papers from 1913 to 1944. It was the primary influence on Chuck Jones’s Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. Herriman set it in his native Coconino County, Arizona, where there is a lot of sagebrush desert, but also a lot of beautiful green scenery with mountains and lakes. The standard comedy of the strip is good old fashioned slapstick, but it has an air of surrealism about it that lends a timeless quality....

At the time of the Crusades, Europe was divided into states whose rulers were involved in petty territorial disputes. In Jerusalem (the most popular site for pilgrimages in Medieval Europe) at the time, the Seljukian Turks were gaining power and Europe saw it as a threat to the safety of the Pilgrims and to Christendom. In 1070 Jerusalem was taken, and in 1071 Diogenes, the Greek emperor, was defeated and made captive at Mantzikert....

SEE ALSO: 10 Bizarre Celebrity Conspiracy Theories 10 Area 51 The Conspiracy: Area 51 is not a hiding place for aliens after all In June this year, a California student uploaded a post to Facebook encouraging people to “storm Area 51 to see them aliens.” The storming event was meant to take place on Sunday 22 September, but as is usually the case with incidents such as these, only a few dozen people pitched up....

She doesn’t gun down busloads of people, but there’s more than one way to be bad-ass. Mrs. Iselin is the wife of a senator, and her son, Raymond Shaw, hates her domineering attitude toward him. Shaw has been brainwashed by Soviet Communists years before the movie begins, and his own mother is a communist agent working undercover in America in order that she and her husband (really just she) gain all power in the White House....

Jan Ullrich is a German former bicycle racer born in 1973. He won the Tour de France in 1997, the white jersey in 1996, 1997 and 1998, and he has 5 second places in the Tour, this earned him the nickname: The Eternal Second. Ullrich has also won Vuelta a España in 1999 and the Tour de Suisse in 2004 and 2006. Other notable wins are the World Time Trial Champion in 1999 and 2001 and the Olympic Road Race in 2000....

Because the tournament only takes place every four years, this makes the stakes even higher than an annual tournament. And, because every country in the world has an opportunity (even if it is a long shot) to qualify, it is the biggest field of teams in any tournament. Of the many countries competing in the World Cup, only eight teams have won. They are Italy, Brazil, England, France, Spain, Argentina, Uruguay, and Germany....

Unsurprisingly, the offender at large will oftentimes refuse to be detained willingly, prompting unscrupulous characters with questionable tactics to abuse their authority in a malevolent manner. The following examines ten cases of bizarre and asinine agents whose immoral practices have lead to unthinkable mishaps and horrors. 10 The First Bondsman Records dating back four millennia indicate that the earliest practice of posting bail began in what is now Iraq, when wealthy landowners would use their sheep as collateral to secure their release....

Koro is a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of penis shrinkage and retraction into the body, accompanied by panic and fear of dying. This delusion is rooted in Chinese metaphysics and cultural practices. The disorder is associated with the belief that unhealthy or abnormal sexual acts (such as sex with prostitutes, masturbation, or even nocturnal emissions) disturb the yin/yang equilibrium which allegedly exists when a husband has sex with his wife, i....

Top 10 Strangest Theories About Mysterious Occurrences 10 Skid Row The Elisa Lam story starts in one of the most violent and dangerous places in the United States: LA’s infamous drug- and crime-infested Skid Row. The crime scene? The cursed Cecil Hotel (affectionately called “The Suicide” by its long-term residents). Also known as Stay on Main, Skid Row’s budget hotel has served as a temporary residence for homeless people, prostitutes, and drug addicts who needed a place to stay....

10How We Die The leading cause of death around the world is heart disease. In 2015, over eight million people lost their lives due to Ischaemic heart disease, making up about 15 percent of the 56.4 million deaths that occurred that year. Heart disease can take various forms, but ultimately restricts blood flow to the heart and increases the risk of a heart attack. It can be caused by a number of factors, including smoking, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and even inherited diseases....

10Suicide by Volcano On February 11, 1933, student Kiyoko Matsumoto took her life by jumping into the Mount Mihara crater, Japan, from the platform that allowed viewing of the molten lava below. She died from a combination of the fall and the lava itself, which ranged in temperature from 1,450°F to 2,200°F (800°C to 1,200°C). Matsumoto had fallen for a fellow female student at Tokyo’s Jissan College, which was forbidden. Although a few suicides had taken place from the observation platform over the Mihara crater, Kiyoko Matsumoto’s death captured the attention of the public, and 944 similar suicides occurred over the following year....

SEE ALSO: 10 Insanely Brutal Traditions That Were Meant To Do Good 10 Geisha The full traditions of the Geisha have now been replaced with a modern system. Once Geisha were plentiful in number. In 1900s, there were over 25,000 geisha. In the early 1930s, there were 80,000 geisha. Most geisha were in Kyoto, the old capital city of Japan. Nowadays, there are less than 10,000 geisha left. In Tokyo, there are only 100 geisha left....

There are strange-looking remnants that stand alone in the isolated fields along Britain’s coast. They are the long-forgotten acoustic reflectors, dubbed by locals as the “listening ears.” These lonely structures were built to protect harbors and coastal towns from airborne attacks. Serving as an early warning system, microphones placed at the focal point of the reflector enabled it to detect sounds from flying aircraft over the English Channel, at a range of 30 kilometers....

So let’s do that. Here are ten examples of Wokeness run amok. Please check your privilege before reading. Top 10 Ways Social Media Is Ruining The World 10 Whites Need Not Apply: Racist Mayor Lori Lightfoot “[Chicago is] a city that has almost three-quarters people of color,” Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. “I believe that the City Hall press corps needs to reflect the diversity of our city.” Watch this video on YouTube Fair enough....

Top 10 Secret Languages 10 Hungarian (and other free word order languages) Watch this video on YouTube 9 Tsez (and other languages with a lot of cases) In language-speak a “case” is a category that a word falls into that changes how it’s spoken depending on its grammatical role in the sentence. For example, in some languages a word changes if it’s an object instead of a subject, so using the example above, “the ball” would be a different word depending on whether the ball was kicking the person or the person was kicking the ball....

We are counting down the top ten conspiracy theories involving clones. Let’s look into the bizarre and sometimes incredible beliefs about some of the most famous people on the planet. This is a conspiracy theory, characterized by the more peculiar and impossible ideas. 10 Paul McCartney The conspiracy theory goes that Paul McCartney died in a car accident in 1966 on his way home from the EMI recording studio. His Beatles bandmates were very worried that their careers would be affected by this event, so they replaced him with an orphan named Billy Shears....

However, some countries break the mold and establish new categories for obsession. Whether banal, obscure, or just plain goofy, the following national obsessions make you wonder what exactly is going on in their respective nations. 10 Russia Is Obsessed With Not Smiling Russians are not big on smiling. With that in mind, psychologist Kuba Kyrs at the Polish Academy of Sciences ran an experiment. He had thousands of people in 44 countries look at a series of eight smiling and non-smiling faces and asked them to assess those people for intelligence and honesty....

10 Dogs Sniff Out Disease Dogs are man’s best friend, but we’re now learning that they’re also a doctor’s best helper. The sensitivity of dogs’ noses has found them roles in the armed forces, police, and hunting. Able to recognize trace scents at low concentrations, dogs can be trained to alert us nasally blind humans to the presence of a great many things. With bombs or drugs, this ability has long been used, but now hospitals and researchers are employing canine assistants to help with medical problems....