Polysyndeton Employing many conjunctions between clauses, often slowing the tempo or rhythm. Asyndeton The opposite of polysyndeton – the omission of conjunctions between clauses – employed in a very famous quote: Brachylogia is similar to this though it omits conjunctions between single words to give a hurried feel: “John! Rise, eat, leave!” Hysyteron Protoron I love this one because you can have a lot of fun with it. This is the reversal of words based upon the order of time....

10 Banned Words We are fairly liberal in allowing the use of profanity in comments but we never allow it when those words are used against a person. Due to popular demand we do not restrict any profanity, but if profanity is used against another commenter the comment will be deleted. Other than that, we also auto-moderate certain words that are frequently seen in spammer’s comments. 9 Nickname Hijacking If you comment using the nickname of another person, we will ban you immediately from commenting....

But Harry has been dead nearly 90 years. Despite their claims, few modern illusionists use his dated techniques. And the great magician’s secrets had been revealed decades earlier. He had been in his grave just three years when his team began spilling the beans. This list is for those who want to know Houdini’s secrets. Those who don’t want to know should stop reading now. 10The Radio Of 1950 Houdini developed the “Radio of 1950” illusion for his evening shows from 1925 until his death the following year....

Unfortunately, famous people are frequently bad choices for role models. No matter what their public persona shows, they have their own faults like anyone else and would oftentimes prefer if you didn’t remember many of the things that they have actually done or look too closely at their leisure activities. While any person should be allowed to believe what they want, as long as it is not hurting anyone, below are several good reasons why you should think twice before choosing to model yourself after a celebrity....

There is a dearth of evidence for this grand claim. Psychiatry, ably abetted by the drug industry, has created an idea of mental health that may bear little resemblance to reality. Listed below, in no particular order, are the 10 biggest myths of modern psychiatry. 10Mental Illness Is The Result Of A Broken Brain Most psychiatrists believe that the main cause of mental illness is a life-long brain defect. We are often told that people diagnosed with schizophrenia (a severe mental health problem involving hearing voices, jumbled thoughts, and unusual beliefs) display brain deformities....

10 Wild Drug Stories About Your Favorite Musicians 10 “All Shook Up” – Elvis Presley The history of the Elvis Presley hit “All Shook Up” is somewhat convoluted. It is widely accepted that songwriter, Otis Blackwell, wrote the song after one of the owners of Shalimar Music saw him shaking a bottle of Pepsi and suggested he write a tune incorporated the phrase ‘all shook up.’ Another version has it that during an interview in October 1957, Presley said that he’d never had ideas for songs, except for the night he “had quite a dream, and woke all shook up....

10 An Entire Soccer Team Killed on the Field It’s quite common for participants in sporting events to pray or appeal to a deity for help in a game. Apparently, in the central African nation of Congo, they may also utilize witchcraft. In late October 1998, the village of Bena Tshadi was hosting a soccer (football) match against the nearby village of Basangana in the south-central Congolese province of Eastern Kasai....

10 Sauron’s Ring Wouldn’t Make Him Invisible When Bilbo, Frodo, or Sam put on the Ring of Power, they turn invisible. Sauron made the ring to conquer Middle-earth, so you might assume that he chose this invisibility as a tactical feature. It would be a convenient way of making sure no one could strike him. And yet when elves and men do attack him, they manage to hit him and even cut the ring right off his finger (launching the story)....

10 Nixon’s Pretend Attack On The Soviets In October 1969, nuclear-armed bombers took off from the US and raced over the North Pole. The move looked very much like a preemptive strike against the communists. It wasn’t; it was just part of Richard Nixon’s crazy plan to make the Soviet Union think he was crazy. Nixon’s thinking was that if the Soviets thought he was crazy, they would tell the North Vietnamese to back off in Vietnam out of fear he would do something rash....

10St. Augustine’s First British Schools The structured, teacher-led group sessions that we usually picture as being the setting for modern learning happened in Britain around A.D. 597. They were formed by St. Augustine after the Romans left, so it’s not surprising that they were religious in nature. In fact, the main purpose of these first schools was to make sure that there was no shortage of people who were educated enough to lead a congregation in prayer and song....

10Mousewitz Although described by many visitors as “the happiest place on earth,” Disney parks often prove just the opposite to their employees. The staff at Disneyland Paris seem particularly hard-hit; in 2010, after a shift in management that increased their workload, two park employees committed suicide. One, a chef named Frank, scratched a message into his wall before hanging himself: “Je ne veux pas retourner chez Mickey” (I don’t want to go back to Mickey’s house)....

The following are 10 cases of the US receiving foreign assistance, despite the commonly held belief that the rest of the world couldn’t care less. 10Russia Sends Tons Of Supplies After Two Hurricanes Quickly, name one of the closest allies of the United States. The UK, Canada, or Australia might come to mind. This may be true, but some might find it surprising that Russia was actually one of the first nations to send humanitarian aid in the aftermath of 2005’s Hurricane Katrina....

10Language One of the clearest ripple effects from Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s legacy is the way the characters speak. One example is the tendency of the characters in the show to turn nouns into verbs, such as lamenting that they might have all been “Keyser Soze’d” or Buffy telling another character “don’t Psych 101 me.” The specific phrases may not have lingered, but the transition of nouns into verbs is still more predominant in modern culture than it was pre-Buffy....

10They Play Music On The Web A spider plays music on its web, using the vibrations as though it were a plucked guitar string. This fetches information about its mate, its prey, and even the strength and flexibility of its web. “Most spiders have poor eyesight and rely almost exclusively on the vibration of the silk in their web for sensory information,” says Beth Mortimer of Oxford University. “The sound of silk can tell them what type of meal is entangled in their net and about the intentions and quality of a prospective mate....

Some of them weren’t just good for their own time. They also rival anything we have today. Here are 10 surprisingly awesome things from history that we somehow lost. 10 Wootz Steel Damascus swords are quite famous for their quality and craftsmanship, though they are only one of the things made from a lost, ancient material called wootz steel. Once shipped from India across the entire world for its high quality, wootz steel is said to be the best steel ever made, even by today’s standards....

10 Christian Bale Nearly Kills Himself For The Machinist Christian Bale can best be described as the real-life Nutty Professor. But instead of putting on a fat suit and pretending to be everybody in a film, Christian Bale opts for the more subtle approach of just going on insane diets to help him lose and gain weight like it’s nobody’s business. And I don’t mean something like dropping 20 pounds so you can look more like an action hero either....

But it may be best to plan for the worst, and history provides a number of examples of things to avoid on your wedding day. Here are 10 of the most disastrous royal weddings of all time. 10 George IV And Caroline Of Brunswick There are many reasons for a royal wedding to take place. Diplomacy, inheritance, and even love can all be pressing reasons. In George IV’s case, it was money that made all the difference....

10 Violent Deaths Most action movies make it seem like people instantly die from gun and knife wounds. Let us clear this up once and for all. Humans do not die instantly from gun or knife wounds. Instant death only occurs when a person is shot or stabbed in the brain, heart, or cervical region (the part of the spinal cord in the neck). Shoot or stab a person elsewhere, and they will bleed to death instead....

If there is a World War III, Earth and human life could become extinct. Mars is a proposed backup plan for when our home planet is no longer habitable. The self-made billionaire, entrepreneur, and CEO of SpaceX has already begun his mission, and he’s sharing updates with the world every step of the way. Here are ten things we know about Elon Musk’s future colony on Mars. 10 Mission To Mars Announced In 2016 In September 2016, Elon Musk first painted the picture of a human colony on Mars....

From novels that proved eerily prophetic to famous faces who met their end in uncannily familiar ways, here are some of the most tragic examples of life imitating art. 10 Carrie Fisher And The Fate of Princess Leia We picture her with cinnamon bun hair, a flowing white gown, and a blaster gun in hand. Indeed, actress and writer Carrie Fisher is best remembered as the woman who breathed life into the iconic Star Wars heroine, Princess Leia....