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10 Missing Links Charles Waterton’s 1825 book Wanderings in South America was a well-received record of his trips to Guiana and of the people, sights, flora, and fauna that he encountered there. It was written more as an entertaining travelog than a scientific study, but it inspired many later scientists and explorers to visit Guiana themselves. One aspect of the book, however, caused some controversy. Waterton was also for his talent as a taxidermist, and he returned from each of his trips with a literal boatload of preserved specimens, which he displayed in his home as a museum for all to peruse....

10 Islands You Would Not Want To Be Shipwrecked On 10 Seychelles Starting off, The Seychelles island is our first destination. It’s located in the Indian Ocean near Kenya/Madagascar and is host to some of the most beautiful greenery in the world. It unabashedly is the definition of a tropical island, with the sun beaming at crystal clear waters and having plenty of palm trees to go around. Lucky for you though, there is a bit of a human footprint already here meaning you can fly over and stay at a beautiful lodge, instead of having to fend for yourself and forage for food....

10Bestiarii Unlike other gladiators, the bestiarii were combatants who fought animals and not humans. Roman emperors and senators used exotic and powerful animals (for example lions, tigers, elephants, and bears) imported from Africa or Asia to show off their wealth, and put on a spectacle for the crowds at the Colosseum and amphitheaters. Some animals such as elephants were captured to shock and entertain the crowds with creatures they would not have seen before....

It might not happen every time, but sometimes, the good people do get rewarded for their deeds. And sometimes, the payoff is so perfect that it’ll leave you wondering if maybe, just maybe, karma really exists. 10 James Harrison Donated Blood And Saved Two Million Babies When James Harrison was 14 years old, he nearly died. It took a major chest operation to save his life. The surgeons had to remove one of his lungs, allowing 2 liters (0....

Peanut butter is an excellent lubricator. If your lawnmower blades are getting a little tight and rusty – smear on some of the spread and voila – perfect lubrication. This hint is particularly useful because almost every time I need lube, I don’t have any around – but I always have a jar of peanut butter in the cupboard. It can be used for virtually all your lubrication needs....

Top 10 Thanksgiving Lies You Believe 10 Kadazan Harvest Festival – Malaysia On the west coast of Malaysia, in the city of Sabah, the month of May culminates with a grand Harvest Festival Celebration. The Kadazan people started celebrating harvest festivals in the 1950s to promote identification with their rice farming background. Rice is a main food in the Kadazan diet; they believe a spirit called a ‘Bambaazon’ is present in each grain of rice....

Couch Potato Like a Surgeon Gump Watch this video on YouTube Eat It Smells Like Nirvana Watch this video on YouTube 5. Another One Rides the Bus The Saga Begins White and Nerdy Amish Paradise Fat Watch this video on YouTube Read More: Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

Born into wealth, the niece of Teddy Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt might have lived the quiet life of many upper-class women of her day. She married her cousin, Franklin Roosevelt, in 1905, and soon became involved in his political life. This union would shape American politics for a generation. Eleanor was an instrumental part of her husband’s campaigning, especially after his attack of polio. This activity was widely mocked in the press when she continued to speak out on social matters as first lady, a position previously involving only being hostess at the White House....

Why any person would want to own a Michael Jackson doll is beyond me. Surely even his most die-hard fans would draw the line here. It is also extremely out of date – both the skin color and nose are nothing at all like the “real” Michael. More disturbing than the fact that this doll was even made in the first place is the “try me” button on his stomach....

SEE ALSO: 10 Of Human History’s Most Atrocious Plagues The first signs of plague in Moscow appeared in late 1770, which would turn into a major epidemic in the spring of 1771. The measures undertaken by the authorities, such as creation of forced quarantines, destruction of contaminated property without compensation or control, closing of public baths, etc., caused fear and anger among the citizens. The city’s economy was mostly paralyzed because many factories, markets, stores, and administrative buildings had been closed down....

Sugar Apples or Sweetsop is native to the tropical Americas but is also widely grown in Pakistan, India, and the Philippines. The fruit looks a bit like a pine cone and is about 10 cm in diameter. Under the hard, lumpy skin is the fragrant, whitish flesh of the fruit, which covers several seeds inside, and has a slight custard taste. Mammee Apple, Mamey Apple, or Santo Domingo Apricot is an evergreen tree native to South America, introduced to various other regions of the world, including West Africa and Southeast Asia....

An Elevated Duel Two Frenchmen chose to fight from balloons over Paris because they believed they had ‘elevated minds’. Monsieur de Grandpre and Monsieur de Pique quarreled over a famous dancer called Mademoiselle Tirevit, who was mistress of one and lover of the other. So, at 9am on May 3, 1808, watched by a huge crowd, the two parisians climbed into their aircraft near the Tuileries and rose gently up in to the morning air....

When you give us your view, try to tell us why you have chosen the particular film, and also, as a secondary question, tell us what style of horror is best – for example, psychological horror (with little or no blood) or slasher films. Tell us why you think one is superior to the other. What is the best horror movie ever made? My answer is The Exorcist – My reason for this is that the film doesn’t rely on cheap bloody tricks or fright tactics to make you jump – it simply shows you a situation that makes us all afraid – the concept of the devil existing, meaning Hell existing and the fact that we may end up there for all eternity....

Yet there is often a pervasive sense that one’s vote doesn’t really matter and that individuals are powerless to exert influence over the political system as a whole. When people say that democracy is in crisis, it sounds as if there are no alternatives other than repressive autocracy. In reality, there are a number of hypothetical variations on the democratic system that we haven’t fully tried yet. 10 Zapatista Democracy The revolutionary Zapatistas of Mexico believe in a definition of democracy based on the concept of mandar obediciendo (“lead by obeying”)....

Scientists had been trying to cultivate human tissue in the lab for many years without success. But after Henrietta’s tumor was biopsied, the answer finally came. The events that followed created a ripple effect so great that the world of medicine was never the same. 10 Henrietta’s Tumor Produced The First Immortal Human Cells Grown In Culture In January 1951, Henrietta made the journey to Johns Hopkins Gynecology Clinic after she began bleeding profusely....

10Bellevue Hospital Medical College In 2011, New York University were in the process of demolishing the Bellevue Hospital Medical College building when they discovered a long-forgotten time capsule. It had been placed in the cornerstone of the building in 1897, and when a bacteriologist from NYU opened it, he found a vial of bacterial spores that had been prepared for him 114 years earlier. The capsule had been put together by Bellevue Hospital Medical College bacteriologist Edward Dunham, who included the vial alongside more traditional time capsule contents like student medical records....

10 Yi On September 24, 2015, two men snatched a 13-year-old boy identified only as Yi from the streets of Deyang, China. He was taken to an abandoned house where his hands and ankles were bound. His captors put a clear plastic bag over his head, leaving a hole in the plastic around his mouth so that he could breathe. While he was captive, Yi thought about gangster movies where people had been placed in similar situations....

10 Gigantic Versions Of Childhood Games Long before board games such as Monopoly, Yahtzee, Clue, and Candy Land were enjoyed by families on game night, ancient board games were thriving in parts of the world. The ancient Romans, Egyptians, and Chinese were creative in the ways they made boards and pieces from stones, rocks, and wood. Many of these games resemble modern games in the way they look and play....

10Greek Magical Papyri The Greek magical papyri from the second century B.C. listed spells, rituals, and divinations. These included instructions for how to summon a headless demon, open doors to the underworld, and protect yourself from wild beasts. Perhaps most tantalizing of all, they describe how to gain a supernatural assistant, an otherworldly entity who does your bidding. The most commonly found spells in the Papyri are divination spells—ceremonies that offer you visions of the future....

10 Cutting TeethFrance The term “cutting teeth” isn’t only an idiom that means learning basic skills in a new line of work; it used to be a medical practice. When a baby starts to grow teeth, we call this teething, but this word comes from a medical practice that began in France in the 16th century. When a baby’s teeth would begin the process of coming through the gums, doctors would take a scalpel and slice open the tissue over the teeth to allow them to come through....