The situation is so bad, it’s being described as another “cold war,” and this one is truly global and largely invisible. Even corporate brands are targeted by states seeking an economic edge over competing nations. Since computer defenses are laughably easy for hackers to compromise, offensive capabilities become more tempting, until eventually everyone is attacking each other. It’s only a matter of time before cyber attacks are considered an act of actual war (a stance that the US is already veering toward)....

Referred to as Jupiter’s “pizza moon” due to its bright and blotted landscape, Io has also been regarded as a moon of fire and ice since it resides in an utterly cold place in our solar system (nearly 400 million miles from the Sun), but, unlike Jupiter’s other moons, it emits massive amounts of heat despite its small size. As a highly volcanic place (perhaps a bit of an understatement after reading further below), modern-day scientists have observed a hellish landscape in the cosmos if there ever was one....

10Super Acute Hearing Just imagine one of your so called “friends” is talking about you behind your back. You get frustrated at the sound of muttered whispers that you can’t seem to understand. Instead of asking them about what they said, you’d rather hear it for yourself, and you might even wish you had some sort of super hearing ability. Well, that sort of ability is exactly what Stephen Mabbutt once acquired....

Alfred Kinsey was an infamous American biologist and professor of entomology and zoology, who made groundbreaking research on human sexuality. Undoubtedly, he helped to progress social values – but, nevertheless, he took sadistic pleasure out of his research, and did some very weird stuff, including exploiting children for sex. Moreover, much of his research was fraud. Many people agree that Napoleon Bonaparte, heavily involved in the anti-clerical French Revolution, was atheist – he claimed that “all religions have been made by men”....

10 Islamic Finance The first Islamic banks emerged in the mid-20th century, but have since become one of the fastest-growing forms of financial institution in the world. Islamic banks differ from conventional banks in the nonexistence of interest, considered a form of usury allowing the rich to exploit to poor without creating value themselves. The Quran has very strict rules against collecting interest, as is evident in Al-Baqarah 2:275: Those who consume interest cannot stand [on the Day of Resurrection] except as one stands who is being beaten by Satan into insanity....

Far from being the apocalyptic symbol of the end of the world that religion and blockbuster movies would have us believe, a fish fall is a very natural—not supernatural—phenomenon. Dr. Randy Cerveny’s book, Freaks of the Storm, notes that contemporary observations “of a waterspout lifting fish out of water and depositing them elsewhere date as early as 1889. Even today, the odd selectivity of fish falls remains a difficult aspect to explain scientifically....

According to recent reports, Castro survived over 600 assassination attempts by the US government throughout his tenure as the prime minister and then the president of Cuba. As many of the relevant files were classified until recently, we originally only knew of a handful of them (like the Bay of Pigs invasion). Thanks to the modern declassification of those files, we now know the full extent of America’s plots against Castro....

However, once in a while, a completely bizarre and eccentric political party crops up. Although we don’t usually expect these bizarre parties to get elected, we are sometimes pleasantly surprised when they do. 10 Polish Beer Lovers’ Party Registered in 1990, the goal of the Polish Beer Lovers’ Party was to engage in political discussions while drinking excellent beer in pubs. Although the party was started as more of a joke at first, they eventually developed a serious platform....

Fonts have sometimes become symbols of progress and political allegiance. They can also be used to expose fraud or delay court judgments. They have caused centuries-old disputes, brought down governments, and fomented protests and public outrage. 10 A Two-Century-Old Dispute Over A Font Ends After Hitler Intervened From the 1800s until World War II, Germany was enmeshed in a weird controversy over the use of two fonts: Fraktur and Antiqua....

10Eyeballing Alcohol Not long ago, the media was breathlessly reporting that young people were consuming shots of vodka through their eyeballs. If that sounds like an utterly insane thing to do, that’s probably because it is. Throwing booze in your eye could cause permanent damage and would certainly result in a terrible burning sensation. Yet various media outlets made it clear that this dangerous trend was sweeping multiple nations—and that parents everywhere should be talking to their teens about it....

10 Benedetta Carlini Born in Italy in 1590, Benedetta Carlini, in her defense, probably didn’t have much of a chance at a nonreligious life. With her mother close to dying while giving birth to her, her father prayed for their survival. He promised the baby to God, should they be saved, and they were. Benedetta entered the abbey at Pescia when she was nine years old, and before she was 30, she had risen through the ranks to become abbess....

Many theories have been proposed as to what ghosts actually are. Are there possible scientific explanations for that shadow following you in an empty house? How about that tingling sensation on the back of your neck in a dark room? Lastly, what about demons? Do they really invade our world to leave claw marks on our backs while we sleep? Let’s investigate ten possible theories for these paranormal wanderers that are rooted in science rather than the supernatural....

It might be impossible to truly understand why serial killers do what they do. Some, though, have tried to explain it, and have given a little insight into what it’s like inside the mind of a killer. 10Jeffrey Dahmer “The killing was just a means to an end,” Jeffrey Dahmer told a reporter for MSNBC. In his case, killing really was just a small part of his crimes. Over the course of 13 years, he raped, murdered, dismembered and cannibalized men—choosing, in his words, “the best-looking guys” that he could find....

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The prison has since calmed down, but it is still home to thousands of inmates who will never enjoy life outside its walls again. And despite improvements over the years, legal battles concerning its conditions are hardly a thing of the past. Here are ten shocking facts about Angola and its history. 10 America’s Largest Maximum-Security Prison In 1880, former Confederate major Samuel James purchased an 8,000-acre plantation in West Feliciana Parish called Angola....

10Nazi Sex Dolls It is easy to forget just what a horrifying scourge syphilis used to be. Today, the offending bacteria is easily cleared up with a regimen of antibiotics, but not so long ago, it waylaid entire generations. The latent stages of syphilis ravaged the entire body and left victims brain-damaged. Al Capone, a well-known sufferer, was said to be raving and disoriented toward the end of his life, with the mental capacity of a child....

Part of this may be due to the fact that despite her achievements, Bush has retracted from the limelight. A recluse for 35 years, she is notoriously secretive. She does not appear in interviews unless she has something to promote, which is rare. However, she has an untouchable legacy that spans not just music but technology and wider artistic mediums. 10 She Shared a Dance Teacher with David Bowie David Bowie was a huge influence on Kate Bush’s work, and if you can’t hear it musically, then you can see it in her evocative dance routines and expression....

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10Lancelot Blackburne, Archbishop of York Lancelot Blackburne was a mysterious figure. To this day, his legacy remains steeped in intrigue and scandalous rumor. While the Anglican Church likes to style him as a pious missionary who presumably risked his life serving as a chaplain aboard a Caribbean pirate ship, Blackburne was clearly no innocent. He was widely believed to have indulged in piracy himself. One story claims that a buccaneer asked about his old shipmate, Blackburne, upon returning to England....

10Mosquitoes In Buddhist lore, mosquitoes are the jerks of the spiritual world. Lafcadio Hearn’s Kwaidan talks about how Buddhists believe that the pervasive bloodsucker is the spiritual reincarnation of the wicked of the Earth. A Vietnamese folk tale also tells of the origins of the mosquito. According to the tale, a young man desired to resurrect his dead wife, a vain women to whom he had been devoted. After making a deal with a genie to bring her back from the dead, the young man used three drops of his blood to revive her....