See Also: 10 Ways You’re Picturing The World Incorrectly As it turns out, there are many inaccuracies in that perception we simply never bother to correct, mostly because they don’t directly affect us. Inaccuracies like: 8Brazil Is Bigger Than The Entire Contiguous USA Brazil may come across as a relatively big country by global standards, though we don’t really consider it to be anywhere near as big as the absolute behemoth that is the USA....
The Nazis already had already written up the blueprints for their new order. If everything had gone according to Hitler’s plan, the world today would be a different place. And in many ways, the Nazi new world order wouldn’t have been what you’d expect. 10 Returning American Land To The Natives The Nazis might have been genocidal white supremacists, but when it came to Native Americans, they were surprisingly accepting....
8 Listverse’s Place In The World As most of you probably know, Listverse is run primarily by me (Jamie Frater) from Wellington, New Zealand. This is the land that the billionaires bug out to and our current government is very friendly indeed with those people, so let’s hope that means things will remain calm. At this stage aside from closing our country’s borders, all schools remain open, and all shops, businesses, and restaurants continue to operate....
Pioneering scientific experiments, macabre reminders of history both recent and remote, and life forms that eluded mankind’s discovery for millennia are just part of the sublime subterranean scene. Here are ten fascinating things happening underground. 10 The Search for Dark Matter In an abandoned gold mine nearly 1.6 kilometers (1 mile) below the Black Hills of South Dakota, 250 scientists from 37 institutions have constructed the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF)....
Straight out the gate, Edgar Allen Poe had it rough, as if he were literally born into misfortune. Born in 1809 (the middle child of three), his birth parents, Elizabeth and David Poe were both actors. In 1810, his father abandoned the family. In 1811, his mother died of consumption, also known as pulmonary tuberculosis; Poe was effectively orphaned. Little did he know, this would be the start of a cruel sort of tradition in his life....
A small, rare artifact is valuable, but entire temple complexes, lost geoglyphs, and castles invigorate history in leaps and bounds. Building projects can betray the fear, vanity, or social aspects of whomever raised them. But perhaps the most magnetic moments are the unexpected structures, some found in huge numbers or in thoroughly investigated monuments, and their purpose cannot be deciphered. 10 The Gegharot Occult Center During a violent era in Armenia’s past, one settlement used divination to make sense of the future....
Names for these animal thespians can be confusing as many were billed not by their given names but by the role they played, or not billed at all. The top five animal actors on this list are all dogs. These dogs all gave performances that many times went beyond doing tricks. The top dog on this list could shame Keanu Reeves, Matthew McConaughey, and many other A-list actors. A tip of the hat must go to Frank Weatherwax, his better known brother Rudd, and Frank Inn....
With so many off field dramas, including his own steroid use and the controversial tell-all book Juiced, in which he ratted out fellow baseball players for steroids, Jose Canseco is well known for being an unsavoury character. But when ‘Homer at the Bat’ first aired, starring him and eight other Major League Baseball stars, Canseco was one of the most popular power hitters in the game. Unlike his co-stars, Canseco was extremely un-cooperative, and intimidated the cast....
Valiant, played by Bob Hoskins, is a toon hating policeman charged with the investigation of a murder wrapped around a love triangle. This is a cartoon that is more geared for adults but still appropriate for children. Valiant plays the standard hard drinking, cursing, fighting cop of the mid. 20th century. Acting with co-stars that aren’t real certainly poses a challenge but Hoskins manages to turn in a good performance in spite of this difficulty....
SEE ALSO: 10 Futuristic Forms Of Transportation We Could See Soon 10 Canada – The Horse Ferry Whether in a small country like France, or a large one like China, there are usually bodies of water which require traversing. Canada is no different. Around the middle of the 19th century, they developed the horse ferry to take people and supplies across their lakes. Anywhere from two to five horses walked on a type of treadmill that was attached to paddlewheels....
Thanks to better monitoring technology and an active online community of activists and civil rights defenders, police brutality is being exposed on a daily basis. Though this can create problems for good-hearted police officers who are just trying to do their jobs, it also exposes the police brutality incidents that might once have stayed hidden. Here are ten of the top incidents that hit the media. Incident: Phoenix anti-cop blogger raided One blogger named Jeff Pataky turned to the web to express his outrage at the incompetency of the Phoenix police....
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Ewoks Hailing from Endor, or, if you’re a stickler, a moon of Endor also, coincidentally enough, called Endor, the teddy bear-like Ewoks turn out to be quite the little allies and serve, in their own little way, to turn the tide on the Empire. Standing basically knee-high, the Ewoks are a primitive race specializing in antique weaponry and the ability to hide just about anywhere. During The Battle of Endor, many of these miniature marauders lost their lives and the audience was actually witness to one such tragic event after an explosion on the forest floor....
These tasty mutants come in a variety of colors, carry religious symbolism, and can even clean your water. They also just might help you out in bed. These are ten of the most obscure facts about bananas. 10 They Are Important To Hindus We all enjoy a banana as a snack, but for committed Hindus, it can have much greater significance than that. The banana takes on a central role in much of Hindu belief, such as the pontianak (called the churel in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh), female spirits which are believed to live within banana trees, among other plants....
1970 B-movie classic, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, depicts the tale of an American writer in Rome who lives with his model girlfriend and suffers from severe writer’s block. He plans on returning to the US until he witnesses the brutal attack of a woman by a black gloved, raincoat wearing assailant. For some reason the police take his passport as he bears witness to the supposed serial killer that’s been terrifying the capital....
Top 10 Harrowing Depictions of Insanity In Movies If you’re looking for violence, gore, or just over-all creepy then you’ve come to the right place. We’ve searched high and low for the most out-there movies that will make you squirm and cringe to your heart’s content. WARNING: The selected trailers contain disturbing footage. We advise discretion when viewing if there is a risk that a child will see or hear the content....
The current Space Race sprawls much further than the US-Soviet schism of the 1900s. These days, there are dozens of contenders desperate to plaster the skies with their national flag or corporate logo. From Beijing to Bavaria, Bangalore to Jeff Bezos’ boardroom, plans are being drawn up, spacecraft designs finalized. But with an abundance of space agencies comes an abundance of scandals. Plenty of Listverse writers have covered NASA’s murky history before, but for some reason, they chose to ignore the US’s aerospace rivals....
Rich’s death sparked a media circus, as rumors and theories started to spread about why a young man in the prime of his life had met his end on a dark street in Washington, D.C. The police said it was an attempted robbery gone wrong—but stories soon started to spread that Seth’s death was planned, and that he was the man who had leaked the Democratic Party’s e-mails to Wikileaks....
Found only in certain swamps of Cuba and Isla de la Juventud, this crocodile is highly endangered nowadays. At three meters (9.84′) long, it is not particularly large for a crocodile, and it doesn’t have a very unusual appearance either, but don’t let this fool you; it is actually one of the most unique crocodilians, and according to zookeepers who have worked with them, they are also the most aggressive of them all....
In recent years, glowing has shown up in strange places, in unexpected species, and in surprising ways that are invisible to the human eye. Even more intriguing, fluorescence is woven into several unsolved mysteries, can be seen from space, and might even be deadly to humans. 10 Bioluminescent Mushrooms It may be hard to believe that glowing mushrooms exist, but fluorescent fungi pop up all over Brazil and Vietnam. For years, the secret behind their glow could not be explained....
