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It is causing countries to close their borders, urge people to stay indoors, and order businesses to cease operations. However, this isn’t the first time that a pandemic has affected so many lives at once. In this list, we’ll check out some of the deadliest pandemics of the past. Top 10 Worst Plagues In History 10 Leprosy The Middle Ages Leprosy (aka “Hansen’s disease”) is a slow-developing bacterial disease that can lead to damage of the nerves, skin, eyes, and respiratory tract....

Top 10 Failed Apocalyptic Predictions The information on the virus is limited at the moment, as there will need to be a great deal of study before it is fully understood. In the meantime, information is power, so this list contains ten things you should know about COVID-19 and how best to protect yourself from misconceptions, misunderstandings, and outright media lies about it. This information is just the tip of the iceberg, so keep up to date on outbreaks in your area from official sources, and everything should be fine....

The first reason: we act like the world revolves around us. America presumes much for a country generously dated at 300 years old. China has latrines ten times older than that. A quick example: many countries play baseball, but only we have the “World Series”. We’re getting better about our egocentrism, but it’s been a loooong time coming. And don’t get me started about our tourists. Just smile and take the money- they’re loud, but they’ll be gone in a week....

Who is Saint Nicholas? Saint Nicholas (in Greek: “Victory of the People”) the common name of a Lycian saint and Roman Catholic Bishop of Myra in Anatolia (in modern-day Turkey, though then it was a Greek-speaking Roman Province). He was born during the third century (around 270 AD) in the village of Patara. He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, but is now commonly identified with, and often as, Santa Claus....

South Korea ranked #1 in math and reading, #3 in science. Finland ranked #2 in math and reading, #1 in science. Canada ranked #5 in math and science, #3 in reading. New Zealand ranked #4 in reading and science, #7 in math. The United States ranked #14 in reading, #25 in math and #17 in science. The UK ranks #20 in reading, #22 in math and #11 in science. Students in the UK and US are not being taught the basic fundamentals of space, science, computers, disease, war and the atmosphere....

You can expect new houses to contain quarantine amenities (just like the Cold War inspired bomb shelters), TV shows to add coronavirus episodes, and more people to ditch underwear after having discovered during their time working from home that fewer layers are more comfortable. In the past, there have been at least 10 such cultural, scientific, and politically defining moments. Top 10 Worst Plagues In History 10 The Origin Of The Word ‘Quarantine’ The English word “quarantine” was initially used to describe a period in which a potential disease-carrying ship was kept in isolation....

Some songs, however, have more horrifying tales to tell. Here are some lesser-known myths hidden in 10 of the most cryptic songs ever written. 10 Famous Urban Legends Come To Life 10 The Forest Ogre “The Erlking” In 1782, young German poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe wrote a ballad that soon launched a terrifying urban legend. Entitled “The Erlking,” the musical piece tells the story of a sinister creature who preys on travelers and children....

The Beach Boys are an American rock and roll band. Formed in 1961, the group gained popularity for its close vocal harmonies and lyrics reflecting a California youth culture of surfing, girls, and cars. Brian Wilson’s growing creative ambitions later transformed them into a more artistically innovative group that earned critical praise and influenced many later musicians. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988...

P.S. Of course the best way to cure a hangover is not to develop one by not drinking alcohol. I abstain from everything, including abstinence. The Romans, like the Greeks before them, were fond of wine. They usually drank it diluted with water but it was not unknown, even if frowned on, for people to get a little too merry. Pliny the Elder wrote of drunks and drinking- “…drunkard never beholds the rising sun, by which his life of drinking is made all the shorter....

The cards are placed in your hand one by one and always in the sequence shown below. There are ten cards in total. The therapist will not give you any help and will generally start by telling that you can do anything with the cards – for example flip them, or rotate them. As you respond, the therapist will take notes (either using the special shorthand designed for the test, or in long hand)....

10 Al Swearengen1904 Fans of the TV show Deadwood will recognize Al Swearengen as the foul-mouthed owner of the Gem Theater brothel. However, the cancellation of the show meant that most viewers never found out what ultimately happened to their favorite characters. Swearengen left Deadwood in 1899, after the Gem burned down for a second time. He went to Oskaloosa, Iowa, to live with family. For decades, the story was that a penniless Swearengen died in 1904 while trying to hop on a freight train....

However, as a diaspora population, Jews have frequently found themselves in less than ideal situations. They needed to band together in gangs—not just for criminal glory but for survival. 10 Red Mafia The Red Mafia is a notorious faction of the Russian mob run by the enigmatic Semion Mogilevich. Known as the “Brainy Don,” Mogilevich is a Ukrainian-born Jew with an economics degree from Lviv University. The Red Mafia is a tight-knit organization, composed mostly of the Brainy Don’s family....

Whether failed franchise starters, ill-advised sequels, or films without clear target audiences, these are the year’s “event” movies that turned out to be the opposite of crowd-pleasers. 10 Ben-Hur Budget: $100 million Domestic Box Office: $26.4 million Rotten Tomatoes Score: 25% The 1959 Charlton Heston vehicle Ben-Hur is one of the original event films, full of spectacle the likes of which audiences of the day had never seen. Its $15 million production cost made it the most expensive film ever made at the time, with the climactic chariot race requiring a year of preparation, five weeks of shooting, and $1 million to get on film....

Blood pressure screening Though not a fancy diagnostic test, monitoring blood pressure is crucial for vascular health, as elevated blood pressure is a risk factor for heart disease and stroke. At the doctor’s office, many patients get nervous, which typically causes blood pressure to rise. That’s why relying on your physician’s reading alone may not be ideal. At-home blood pressure machines are widely available and are especially helpful for those trying to monitor the effects of a blood pressure medication like a beta-blocker....

From uniforms through armour to daily fashion, it’s a field packed with misconceptions, ten of which will be addressed here today. 10 Common Articles Of Clothing And Their Origins 10 Skirts—Unisex Skirts, while perhaps not at their peak of popularity today, are still a large cornerstone of primarily women’s fashion as of this writing. In certain cultures and communities it’s still accepted for men to wear them, though this is something that’s currently viewed as unacceptable or at least strange by the majority of people in Western society regardless....

Consider how many visitors pass through an average hotel room. Once you get over the horror stories of germs lurking on the TV remote, other tales need to be told about these hotbeds of tragedy and scandal where legends are made and crimes are committed. Here are 10 hotels with reputations that far exceed any star rating. 10 Dreaming of The Shining The classic horror film The Shining was released in 1980....

10 Metropolis (1927) Fritz Lang’s 1927 classic Metropolis remains relevant in the science fiction (sci-fi) genre of futuristic possibilities. While it wasn’t the first sci-fi film, with the short film A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès released in 1902, it was the first feature-length film that transcended filmmaking during its time. The film’s futuristic approach included superhighways, large skyscrapers, robots, and underground machines, which set a standard for what sci-fi should involve....

Myth: The death penalty was common in the Middle Ages Despite what many people believe, the Middle Ages gave birth to the jury system and trials were in fact very fair. The death penalty was considered to be extremely severe and was used only in the worst cases of crimes like murder, treason, and arson. It was not until the Middle Ages began to draw to a close that people like Elizabeth I began to use the death penalty as a means to rid their nations of religious opponents....

Many are familiar with the Crusades in which Christian forces clashed with Muslim forces in an effort to regain access to Christian holy sites around Jerusalem. However at the same time Crusades were underway in the Holy Land, the Northern Crusades were occurring in Scandinavia. In these Crusades, the goal was to eliminate the various pagan groups and their followers. The Northern Crusades began with the Wendish Crusade in 1147....

But whether credible or simply incredible, nations that are no more often have fascinating backstories. Here are ten, listed in order of their founding. Top 10 Countries With Bizarre Obsessions 10 Sikkim (1642-1975) Now India’s least populated state, Sikkim – located in northeastern India bordering Bhutan, Nepal and China’s Tibet Autonomous Region – was a sovereign nation for centuries. According to legend, a 14th Century Tibetan prince named Khye Bumsa came to Sikkim after a divine revelation promised him riches....