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10Antarctica Antarctica is one of the most desolate places on the planet and also the coldest continent. In spite of the cold and the fact that it contains about 90 percent of the world’s ice, Antarctica is classified as a desert because of its minimal rainfall. Over the years, scientists have made many discoveries here, including a valley deeper than the Grand Canyon that lies under the ice in west Antarctica as well as an undersea volcano off the Antarctic coastline....

Fisher lists some awkward and unusual party game suggestions that were sent to her from hosts and hostesses around the world. These 10 games highlight exactly how bored people must have been to come up with some of these ideas for their dinner parties. 10 Colonial Mitten According to Fisher, the mitten game was a favorite of George and Martha Washington when they invited people to their home. In fact, this American dinner party tradition continued well into the 1930s....

Elisha was a prophet who is believed to have lived during the 9th century B.C. When Elijah, who was Elisha’s teacher, was called up to heaven, God commanded him to appoint Elisha as the new head prophet. He performed a good many miracles, such as conjuring water for the city of Jericho and bringing a woman’s son back to life, but there’s one “miracle” that really stands out. Sandwiched between various blessings and acts of kindness are two verses at the end of 2 Kings Chapter 2—verses 23-24—that seem so completely out of place you almost wonder if they were added as a joke....

I love a good meal as much as the next guy, and believe me, there are some tasty eats out there. Steak is delicious, frozen yogurt bars are irresistible, the list goes on. But I think it’s ridiculous that I MUST eat. Other diversions in life, some more enjoyable than stuffing my face, often require so much time that I don’t feel like stopping just to chew some crap and sit there, drinking some crap, and so forth....

10The Covenant, The Sword, And The Arm Of The LordCyanide The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord (CSA), established in 1970, was a militia-style white supremacist group organized by Texas minister James Ellison. The CSA settled into a camp they christened “Zarephath-Horeb” on the border of Texas and Arkansas. For over a decade, they stockpiled supplies and recruited members in preparation for a race war, which leaders believed would eradicate everyone except “God’s People” (i....

SEE ALSO: 10 Shocking Scientology Conspiracies 10 Psychiatric Meds Cause School Shootings The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) was formed in 1969 with the sole goal of exposing abuse and practices that put the lives and mental well-being of patients in danger. Founded by the Church of Scientology and Dr. Thomas Szasz, the commission claims to be a nonreligious organization that doesn’t force any opinion on anyone. It supposedly exists only to provide all possible information on a particular subject, in order to allow people to make educated choices and decisions for themselves....

Over the years since Darwin and Wallace established an understanding of Natural Selection, which is the basis for the theory, many strange and bizarre claims have emerged trying to dispute it. Some are well known while others are only found in the deepest, darkest recesses of the Internet. Here are the ten most bizarre claims made by people trying to prove Evolution is “Just a theory.” See Also: 10 Ways Evolution Made Humans Worse...

At a time when poverty was rife and safety laws almost nonexistent, Victorian street entertainers had to go to desperate lengths for their art. The tales of many of these performers would have been lost if not for the investigative journalist Henry Mayhew. In his London Labour and the London Poor, Mayhew went out into the city to interview a range of fascinating working-class characters. 10 Breathing Poison One of the most daring characters was a fire-eater known as “The Salamander....

Boys of the Algonquin Indian Tribe of Quebec were brought to a secluded area, often caged, and then given an intoxicating medicine known as wysoccan, an extremely dangerous hallucinogen that is said to be 100 times more powerful than LSD. The intention of the ritual was to force any memories of being a child out of the boy’s mind. Unfortunately some boys also suffer memory loss to the extent that they lose memory of their family, their identity, and even the ability to speak....

The Theory: The theory is by using certain objects such as a candle, a dagger and a wide variety of things you can bend the universe to your will completely ignoring the laws of physics and the practical laws of the universe. The facts: Many people claim that they can use such powers as summoning demons, angels or other things and the OOBE or out of body experience under laboratory conditions but no one has been able to prove it so far....

Weddings aren’t always the happy occasion couples hope for, however. For one, they usually feature a lot of alcohol, and guests are happy to indulge. After celebrating for several hours, drunken people become quick to argue, and they freely throw punches. 10 Leichhardt’s Albert Palais Theatre A wedding guest groped several women—including the groom’s mother—at a wedding in New South Wales in Australia in May 2017. After the groper pinched the bottom of the best man’s girlfriend, the partygoers realized that one man had molested numerous wedding guests....

10 The CIA’s Interrogation Architect Dr. James Mitchell has had the kind of career they make movies about. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1974, where he became an expert in defusing bombs. Toward the end of his military stint, he served as a psychologist to a North Carolina special-ops unit. His retirement coincided almost perfectly with the 9/11 attacks. Subsequently, he joined up with fellow former military psychologist Dr....

These 10 cinematic chillers and thrillers based on horrific crimes are no exceptions. Like the movies they are based on, the crimes—chillers and thrillers in their own right—continue to horrify us as much today as when they were first committed. 10 A Place in the Sun Directed by George Stevens and starring Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, and Shelley Winters, A Place in the Sun (1951) is based on the same horrendous crime that inspired author Theodore Dreiser to write his 1925 novel An American Tragedy: Chester Gillette’s 1906 murder of his girlfriend, Grace Brown....

Most people never think of serving in the military, and their only interaction might be through Hollywood. Although some films have depicted military life accurately, most miss the mark entirely. So many people have a great number of misconceptions about service in the armed forces. 10 Go To Jail Or Go To The Military All branches of the military conduct a thorough background check before you can even begin the process of enlistment....

See Also: Top 10 Bizarre Modes Of Transportation Cycling was for everyone, and it became one of the defining Victorian obsessions. Another thing the Victorians were famous for, was their ingenious, and sometimes wacky inventions. It was only a matter of time before the ever-curious Victorians decided to combine the two. Here are 10 of the strangest. 10 John Otto Lose and his Monowheel John Otto Lose’s patent application for the monowheel shows a gentleman in a hat, seated on a bench suspended inside a very large wheel, casually smoking a cigarette, while he pedals a smaller wheel at an angle that looks rather improbable and certainly uncomfortable....

How valid these claims might be is clearly open to debate, but they are indeed intriguing and not as outrageous as we might first suspect. Indeed, if such notions prove to be accurate, they will force us to rethink both religious and world history. 10 The Alpha Omega in the King’s Chamber Without a doubt, one of the most intriguing points on our list is the discovery of the Alpha Omega symbols on the sarcophagus in the King’s Chamber in the Great Pyramid....

10Mountain Biking Mega Cavern Bike Park in Louisville, Kentucky, is home to the world’s first underground mountain biking course—and the largest indoor bike park ever built—with something for bikers at all levels. Even expert bikers will be able to maneuver through advanced trails and jumps in caverns with 30-meter-high (90 ft) ceilings. “Think about riding or skiing down a mountain,” says co-owner Jim Lowry, describing the trails. “You don’t go speeding straight down, you go back and forth, over bumps and smooth sections....

In 2011, however, Whitey was captured and ultimately found himself serving a life sentence. In spite of his many enemies, the gangster-turned-FBI-informant managed to avoid getting whacked until the age of 89 years old. These are the craziest facts about Bulger’s ruthless, murderous rise to the top of his criminal empire and his eventual downfall that ended in his murder. 10 His Criminal Career Started At Age 14 Born on September 3, 1929, in Boston, Massachusetts, he was one of six children raised by his American father and Irish immigrant mother....

They called it Lisztomania—and in the 19th century, that wasn’t just a cute name. Women went so crazy when Franz Liszt’s fingers touched a piano that doctors seriously believed that his fandom was a mental illness epidemic. 10 Women Threw Their Underwear At Him Franz Liszt was a sex symbol the likes of which the world had never seen. Until then, classical musicians had considered an audience out of control if they applauded for a little too long....