Ancient China had their own definition of beauty, and it was cruel, disfiguring, and harmful to all those who underwent the procedure. Lotus feet, acquired by extreme foot-binding, was all the rage, and those who had bound feet were said to be of utmost beauty. To gain such tiny feet, however, woman and children had to undergo a crippling procedure that disfigured them for the rest of their lives....
10Footprints In The Snow This urban legend involves a teenage girl who was home with her little sister while their parents were out on the town. After watching some television together, she sent her little sister to bed and then went back downstairs to watch more TV. Eventually, she got bored with what she was watching and turned it off, then curled up in a blanket on the couch and watched the snow fall through the large sliding-glass window in the living room....
After death, the Egyptians had to battle their way through the 12 lands of hell. They had to pass through rings of fire, sneak past gods, and hide from serpents and crocodiles that would try to devour their souls. It was a brutal, horrific journey, and it was a lot more exciting than your history teacher let on. 10 Fighting Through The 12 Lands Of Hell Like most religions, the Egyptian faith promised a land of eternal paradise....
However, you may not have known that food manufacture can sometimes be a dangerous business. Many of our most common foods are capable of going off with quite a bang under the wrong conditions. Did you know that we have had fires, floods, and explosions caused by some of our most seemingly innocent foodstuffs? 10 London Beer Flood A tsunami of beer may seem like an ale-lover’s dream, something that might even be joked about around the bar....
While it is probably true that most people are not scientifically illiterate, it is likely to be equally true that many, if not most, individuals have gaps in their knowledge and understanding of the sciences and have several false ideas about such fields of study. People who labor under the misconceptions on this list certainly do. 10 Dumb Lies That Tricked People With Numbers 10 Bubbles in Boiling Water Consist Primarily of Air Oakland University researchers found that some people find “scientific concepts too difficult ....
10 The Death Of President Zachary Taylor Sixteen months into his first term as president, Zachary Taylor suddenly took ill and died. His death is usually blamed on a batch of bad cherries and some spoiled milk, but this was also on the cusp of the Civil War, making the event a perfect target for conspiracy theorists. Taylor’s stance on slavery was ambiguous. Although he owned slaves himself and favored westward expansion and war with Mexico, he didn’t support the idea of expanding the right to own slaves into the west....
In February 1983, Wanda Lopez, was stabbed to death during her night shift at the gas station where she worked. After a brief manhunt, police found De Luna hiding under a pick-up truck. Recently released from prison, he was violating his parole by drinking in public. De Luna immediately told police that he was innocent and he offered the name of the person who he saw at the gas station....
But it was a great year for scientists, too, and researchers from across the world made all sorts of fascinating discoveries about our animal friends. So much like we did for 2013, let’s cover some of the quirky and crazy facts the world learned about animals in 2014. 10Coral Camo Covering your scent is crucial when you’re out hunting. That’s why hunters spend so much cash on odorless soaps, scent-free detergents, and specially made outdoor clothing....
Turns out, the process of appreciating art is much more complicated than that. There are numerous strange, subtle forces that make us embrace some art, push other art away or magically transform non-art into art. Here are 10 fascinating examples. SEE ALSO: 10 Great Easter Eggs Hidden In Works Of Art 10 Being Told Fact: Simply Being Told That Something Is Art Changes Our Response To It Recently, a group of Dutch scientists, from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, conducted a series of experiments....
While some of the revenge plots listed in this article led to deaths, all were ingenious, despicable, or flat-out horrifying and show how far people will go just to hit their ex in the right places. One might say that vengeance, not necessity, is the mother of invention. 10 Man Gets Ex $105,000 In Parking Fines Jennifer Fitzgerald and her unnamed boyfriend were still together in 2008, when he bought a car for $600 and registered it in her name....
SEE ALSO: 10 Misconceptions About Christmas That Get Repeated Every Year But there are also a lot of things in the Bible that the majority of Christians do not even know about, things so taboo that most religious people would instantly denounce them as “ungodly.” As it turns out, getting down to some of the more obscure passages of the Bible can open some pretty weird doors, and some of them even seem downright terrifying....
SEE ALSO: 10 Creepy Reasons Climate Change Is Starting To Look Like A Religion 10The Haiti Earthquake In 2010, an earthquake of terrifying proportions hit the Republic of Haiti. Thousands were killed, whole villages annihilated, and the capital turned into a wasteland of ruins and suffering. For geologist Claude Prepetit, it was validation of the worst possible kind. Since 1998, researchers had been predicting a major earthquake in the region at some point....
What history usually doesn’t mention, though, is that it was also one hell of a good time. 10Thomas Jefferson Was Sure They’d Find Giant Monsters Officially, the goal of the expedition was to find a route across the western half of the country. Privately, though, Jefferson had different plans. “Mammoths,” he told them. They needed to keep an eye out for any woolly mammoths that might be prowling the countryside....
A wealth of stories about the cryptid exist, and they warrant an in-depth look. To this very day, people still say that they’ve seen it roaming the New Jersey woods. In fact, the Jersey Devil (aka the Leed’s Devil) has been a part of its state’s history for so long that, in 1939, New Jersey became the only US state with an official state demon. Their hockey team is also named after the beast....
10 Moses Of Crete In the fifth century A.D., Christianity was the dominant religion of the Mediterranean world over Judaism. This was partially due to the failed Bar Kokhba revolt in A.D. 132 against the Roman Empire. This rebellion, led by the messianic preacher Simon Bar Kokhba, culminated in an estimated 585,000 Jewish casualties. This significant depopulation sapped hope from the Jewish people. This malaise set the stage for Moses of Crete’s antics around A....
But making a film that intends to sell more than cinema tickets often leads to disaster. Whether through poor box office receipts, awful reviews, or cinematic karma that derails the production, these thinly veiled advertisements litter cinema’s graveyard as rarely mentioned embarrassments. 10 The InternshipGoogle Although Google didn’t hand the makers of The Internship a blank check with the words “Make people forget we’re mining their private data for profit” scrawled on the back, they were so highly involved in the film that they may as well have codirected it....
10 Jeremy Kilburn In 2012, paramedic Tony Stanley was attempting to airlift an injured man from a hiking trail when a surprise came crashing down on his head. While exiting a rescue helicopter, a propeller blade thwacked him in the back of the noggin. The top of Stanley’s cranium appeared to be leveled, and he was gushing blood. Fortunately, an Air Force doctor named Jeremy Kilburn was already in the area....
10The Taste Of Long Pig Most cannibals say human meat tastes porky, sweet, or very much like veal but looks a lot like beef. Probably one of the best people to ask is Armin Meiwes, the famous German cannibal who killed a seemingly willing participant and ate up to 20 kilograms (44 lb) of his flesh. During an interview from his prison cell, he described human flesh as tasting like pork “but a little bit more bitter, stronger....
That’s why it can be surprising when you stop to take a look at some of the tech that we use every day and realize just how old some of it is. From ancient operating systems and programming languages to network protocols developed decades ago, some parts of our tech-heavy world have been around for decades now. And they show no signs of going away anytime soon. Here’s a look at ten examples of very old computing technology that are still widely used today....
10 Scientology Scientology hws featured on a previous list, but if I didn’t include it here, the comments would be inundated with “where’s Scientology?” questions. The Church of Scientology is a cult created by L Ron Hubbard (Elron) in 1952 as an outgrowth of his earlier self-help system called Dianetics. The Church of Scientology holds that at the higher levels of initiation (OT levels), mystical teachings are imparted that may be harmful to unprepared readers....
