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10 George Desdunes While most fraternity hazing rituals involve elder members testing newer members, a particular ritual of Cornell’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was a reverse of this concept: Younger members would haze older members. In February 2011, George Desdunes and another Cornell sophomore were kidnapped and blindfolded, and their wrists and ankles were bound with duct tape and zip ties. As scary as this sounds in hindsight, it was all in “good fun....

From 19th-century mines to billion-year-old isolated caverns, cave systems are everywhere and are every type of spooky. Over the centuries, they have amassed a seriously twisted collection of forgotten and deliberately hidden items, including people, left to gather dust in the crushing silence and blackness. This list gathers ten of those lost artifacts that have since been found, ten of the most shocking things ever found in caves. 10 The Bone Theater The Paris Catacombs are notorious for being one of the largest ossuaries on Earth....

These people have no control over their actions, and most of the lawbreakers have no memory of their crimes. When they wake up, they realize they have done terrible things. 10 Joseph Mitchell Joseph Mitchell was under a tremendous amount of pressure. He had been unemployed for a while, and unpaid bills were piling up. The stress affected his sleep, and Joseph only slept an hour a night. The stress and lack of sleep also caused Joseph to sleepwalk....

Sticky Situation: Wait on Elephant Island for help, or open ocean sailing? A tragic 1914 expedition went bad after getting crushed by a large section of ice. This led to Ernest Shackleton’s fight for survival. Shackleton, over the course of two years, safely led a boat crew through the nightmarish Antarctic waters, until he found an island. It was called Elephant Island, and was an ice covered mountain island off the coast of Antarctica....

A vicar forced a would-be robber to his knees when he tried to steal from a church. Eric McDougall, 54, was in need of some quick cash and knew exactly where he could get it: church. He was halfway through stealing from the church collection box when assistant Christine Cargill caught him in the act and cried out for help. Vicar Andrew Cain ran valiantly to the rescue. Cain – still dressed in his vicar’s outfit – ordered the thief to drop to his knees and empty his pockets of any ill gotten gains....

10‘One After 909’The Beatles Let It Be was the last Beatles album released, but it was actually recorded before Abbey Road. The record sat on the shelves for over a year before its May 1970 release. The idea behind Let It Be was to get back to the original sound of the band—in fact, the album’s working title was Get Back. Part of that effort involved digging up old recordings, and that’s when the band rediscovered “One After 909....

Incredibly, more than we’d like to believe. Here are 10 times when individuals in positions of power were suspected of engaging in cannibalism or became victims of it themselves or through their families. In all cases, it is truly as disgusting as it sounds. 10 Lon Nil Cooked And Eaten By Angry Cambodian Mob In 1970, a coup took place in Cambodia that removed Prince Norodom Sihanouk as the head of state and installed Cheng Heng....

The ichthyosaurs were marine predators that looked like modern dolphins and could reach a massive size during the Triassic period over 200 million years ago. Shastasaurus, the largest marine reptile species ever found, was a variety of ichthyosaur that could grow to over 65 feet (20m), much longer than most other predators. But one of the largest creatures to ever swim the sea wasn’t exactly a fearsome predator; Shastasaurus was a specialized suction feeder, eating mainly fish....

10Password Length And Complexity One of the most enduring nuggets of computer-related wisdom is to make your password as long, complex, and cryptic as humanly possible. As a result, incredibly easy-to-guess passwords like “password” are becoming a thing of the past. However, that doesn’t mean that people have learned their lesson. Some people make passwords so long that they have trouble remembering them, so they write them down somewhere. This makes it very easy for someone else to find their way in....

SEE ALSO: 10 Unsolved Mysteries About Satan 10 The Church Of Satan Doesn’t Worship Satan Popular images of the Church of Satan frequently depict ethically questionable people who perform dark rites, sacrifice animals, drink the blood of small children, or something else to that effect. According to the Church of Satan itself, though, worshiping Satan isn’t what they’re about at all. Their mission statement stresses that they don’t believe in a literal Satan....

This list is not meant to discuss the differents sides of the gun arguments but instead to discuss the history of firearms and provide information about them. Guns are very prevalent, especially in the US, and it is important to learn about them because they, and articles about them, are all around most of us every day. Here is a list of ten things that you may not have known about firearms....

In these writings, Plato wrote that the Greek sage Solon was given the story in Egypt by a priest. Upon his return, Solon shared the story with his relative Dropides. Then Dropides passed it down to his son Critias, who told his grandson, also named Critias, who finally shared it with the philosopher Socrates and others who were present. This list should not be taken as historical fact but as a true account of what Plato wrote....

Our bodily functions aren’t simply mechanisms that keep our bodies functioning: they also give us a vital glimpse into what’s going on inside us. As uncomfortable as some individuals might be with the idea of looking down into the toilet when they’re done, doing so can alert them to problems within their body, and help doctors intervene before these issues get any worse. No, we’re not referring to the environmental movement here....

The darker skills are enough to make anyone wear an anti-AI device, which is being developed. Some AI systems show signs of mental illness and prejudice, while others are too dangerous for release to the public. 10 Deepfakes In 2019, a video was released on YouTube. It showed different clips of the famous Mona Lisa. Only this time, the painting was disturbingly alive. It showed the woman moving her head and looking around, and her lips moved in silent conversation....

10 Francis Bacon (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) Manner of death: Stuffing snow into a chicken Francis Bacon; statesman, philosopher, creator of the English essay, and advocate for the scientific revolution (he established “The Scientific Method” still used today), was one of very few people to die as a result of one of their own experiments. In 1625, whilst gazing out the window at a snowy afternoon, Sir Francis Bacon had an epiphany of sorts....

The Study: The Elephant Self-Recognition Study Conducted By: New York’s Wildlife Conservation Society Three Asian elephants named Happy, Maxine, and Patty were observed by researchers after a large mirror was placed in the elephant’s yard. Happy was marked with a white X painted above her eye and a similar mark was made on the opposite side of her head in invisible paint of an identical smell and texture. When Happy saw her image in the mirror she repeatedly brought her trunk to her own head to touch the white mark....

It would appear that UFOs, and the intelligence behind them, have had an interest in North America since European settlers first set foot on its shores. And if the accounts of the Native American tribes are to be believed, said interest existed a long time before that. Here are ten otherworldly accounts from the early years of the United States. 10 The Aurora AlienAurora, Texas, 1897 According to the April 19, 1897, edition of the Dallas Morning News, a strange metallic craft screamed out of the skies over Aurora, Texas, early one evening, eventually crashing into a windmill on the land of a local judge, J....

Or is it? Look beyond what you learn in 10th-grade history, and you’ll find a wealth of people, things, and events that were the earliest of their kind yet remain curiously unrecognized today. In some cases, this is due to new evidence only recently coming to light. In other cases, it’s because we straight-up forgot about them. 10 TV’s First Interracial Kiss It’s often said that Star Trek featured TV’s first interracial kiss, when Captain Kirk was mind-controlled into locking lips with Lieutenant Uhura....

10 Qing Dynasty Vases Destroyed By Loose Shoelaces For several decades, three priceless Chinese vases from the Qing dynasty (specifically the late 17th and early 18th centuries) were on display in the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge. Although they weren’t protected by a glass case of any sort, they remained untouched until 2006, when an unfortunate visitor tripped down a staircase and subsequently destroyed all three of the vases. The visitor, a 42-year-old man named Nick Flynn, said that he realized he’d stepped up the wrong staircase, and while turning around to go down, he stepped on his untied shoelaces and fell down due to a lack of handrails....

10 The Highway That Sings We all know one of the major reasons for motor crashes is speeding. However, the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) curbs the speeding trend along Route 66 with a very creative trick. Route 66 in New Mexico plays the tune of “America the Beautiful” whenever someone drives over it. The highway itself is the musical instrument. Watch this video on YouTube The patriotic tune can only be heard when drivers drive over the rumble strips on the right side of the highway at the speed of 72 kilometers per hour (45 mph)....