We all know about beings such as dragons, the Minotaur, and even kappas, but not much is known of the creatures that originate from Native Americans. Even more interesting are the tales that can be traced back to each individual tribe, creating a collection of creatures from all kinds of cultures from America. Some creatures are kind and passive while others are more ferocious in nature. 10Bookwus Also known as “Bakwas,” “Bokwus,” or “Bukwis,” the Bookwus is known as the “Wildman of the Woods” among the Kwaqiutl tribe....

Honorable mentions go to two people we’ve mentioned before—Napoleon IV, killed by Zulus, and Duke Charles Edward of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, who went from Queen Victoria’s favorite grandson to a Nazi—as well as Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, who returned to his country after the fall of communism and was elected prime minister. 10Prince Henri d’Orleans 1867–1901 Henri was a great-grandson of the last king of France, Louis-Philippe (deposed in 1848) and was born in Ham, England....

10The Suspicious Deaths Of Helen Smith And Johannes Otten In 1979, Helen Smith was a 23-year-old British nurse working at a hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. On the evening of May 20, Smith attended a party hosted by Dr. Richard Arnot, a surgeon at the hospital, and his wife, Penny. At some point, Helen and a 35-year-old Dutch tugboat captain named Johannes Otten died after an apparent 20-meter (70 ft) drop from the sixth-floor balcony of the Arnots’ flat....

I have limited myself to works from western European Christianity, which is where my experience is. I have limited myself to one work per composer. With some tweaking at either end, the list is in chronological order. The information is as brief as I could make it and still be comprehensible, but I hope I have given you enough information to understand the composer and the work. There is necessarily a large amount of Christian church history, theology and imagery here....

The lister has set out to examine both sides of the debate over the ethics and legality of capital punishment, especially in the US, and chooses neither side in any of the following entries. They are not presented in any meaningful order. What is the purpose of punishment? We take our lead from one major source, our parents—and they no doubt took their lead from their own parents. When your young child emulates what he just saw in a Rambo movie, you give him a stern lecture about what is real and what is not, what is acceptable in real life and what is not....

Lucius Cornelius Sulla was a general and Consul of the Republic and Dictator of Rome. Despite being born into poverty, Sulla achieved rank within the Roman army and became an essential cog in winning the Jugurthine War. Jugurtha, head of the Numidians, had defied Roman decree by dividing up Numidia among his royal family. Rome retaliated, defeating the leader and driving him into exile in Mauretania. Sulla struck a deal with Bocchus, King of Mauretania, that had Jugurtha handed to the Romans, bringing a bloodless end to the war....

8 Candy Extends Lifespan Some scientists, who possibly felt that their own childhoods had lacked serious candy saturation, decided that they should give children candy—lots of it—and see what happened. It turned out that the children who regularly ate sugar candy ended up healthier, weighed less and were at a lower risk for heart disease. Fantastic: time to start ordering in bulk! Not so fast: another study found that those effects change over time....

One reason we believe that is because the fictional tech we’re looking for – like, again, flying cars—is almost always inefficient and unnecessary. Truly groundbreaking and futuristic technologies are actually getting developed as we speak; we just never get to hear about them because they don’t sound as cool. In the spirit of consistently reminding everyone just how scary science is turning out to be, here are 8 recent breakthroughs that prove that we’re already living in the future....

On April 26, 1986, Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Facility exploded. The fallout was something the world had never seen. The disaster left many dead and other’s would suffer a grisly demise years down the line. Radiation from the accident could be measured around the world. Livestock and water supplies were contaminated and tens of thousands of civilians were evacuated from surrounding areas. The threat of a thermonuclear explosion was very real and Europe came very close to total annihilation....

David is about to complete the BFA program at San Jose State University in California. The text of his brief follows: A good logo clearly communicates the mission and ideals of the organization it represents with a simple and engaging visual statement. A great logo not only does this successfully, but it also inspires. I believe that this logo is a clear and profound representation of your vision, and that it will inspire an interest in learning and discovery among visitors of The List Universe....

10New Commenting System In the next month or two, we will be launching a brand new commenting platform. It is an entirely native platform designed and built for Listverse by our great web design team. The platform will add new features such as favorite lists, sharing your favorite or recently viewed lists (optional), adding friends, and blocking comments. This is a much-needed update: It will also increase the speed of page loading and make it possible to keep up with your favorite commenters....

From sacrifices made to the gods to pets buried together with their owners, the eventual nationwide mania around the animal mummification industry came to require such large numbers of live animals that large-scale farms, resources, and extra staff to breed and look after an incredible range of animals almost became the norm. Over 70 million animals were mummified and buried in Egypt’s catacombs. We thought it would be interesting to take a look at some of the most incredible mummified animals discovered so far....

Though most species know their place, rightfully subservient to the royal lion, some have grown bolder. Some would plot to use their size, their venom, and even their spears to claim the throne… and it would totally work. As fast and powerful as lions are, there are a lot of animals that best them in the wild. And though lions technically have no natural predators, there are plenty of animals that will take advantage of superiors numbers, or target the young, old, or sick, to bring down and feast upon a lion....

Red-Sided Garter Snakes These snakes are small and poisonous, and live in Canada and the Northwestern United States. Their highly unusual mating takes place during an enormous orgy. Hundreds snakes slither together in a large den, eager to copulate. In that pile, one female may have as many as 100 males vying for her. These ‘nesting balls’ grow as large as two feet high. Now and then a female is crushed under the heavy mound....

A mandatory course for some freshmen at Occidental College, ‘The Unbearable Whiteness of Barbie-Race and Popular Culture in the United States” tries to explore ways in which “scientific racism has been put to use in the making of Barbie.” Elizabeth Chin, the instructor of this course warns students that the course itself is no child’s play. With assigned readings ranging from Sandra Kisneros to Karl Marx, the course incorporates some pretty hardcore academic content....

10 Truly Disgusting Facts About Life In Ancient Egypt 10 The Disturbing Corpus Clock The Corpus Clock is a well-known sight in Cambridge. After it was donated in 2008 by designer John Taylor to Corpus Christi College, clock fans have visited the public monument. The device is plated with gold but some visitors are creeped out. The twinkle cannot hide the monster nor its message. Things look good at first....

Consequently, by absorbing various rituals and practices, devotees came up with creative and somewhat bizarre ideas to express devotion toward their chosen deity. Listed below are the most eccentric festivals celebrated with extravagant pomp in India. While some might make us flinch, some festivals will have us wanting to pack our bags and head straight to India to witness this large variety of cultural traditions. 10 Puli KaliKerala At the festival of Puli Kali in Kerala, thousands of tigers come to life, dancing and prancing around in the streets....

On the island of Bali an amorous 18 year old boy, Ngurah Alit, was discovered in a delicate situation with a neighbour’s cow. The boy was questioned as to what he had been doing; he claimed that he had believed his partner to be a beautiful woman, who flirted with him and led him on. Wise men have said that every punishment should match the crime: fittingly enough, the boy was sentenced to marry the cow; his bestiality-out-of-wedlock was evidently scandalous to the community....

What most people are not aware of, are the smells involved with such methods of ‘Hygiene’. The following list is a collection of delightful aromas from a period that coincided with the Romantic Era, but they are not nearly as charming. Brace yourself—It’s Georgian England. 10 Times Nature Smelled Like Something Totally Unexpected The majority of people are aware of humanity’s less-than-hygienic history. Between fabricating eyebrows from the skin of a mouse, a British monarch’s belief that a bath would be detrimental to his health, the Romans’ use of lye (An ash and urine mixture) to wash clothes and taking more than 300,000 years to invent toilet paper, we’ve had far from a sterile track record....

Photo.Net This is a long running website by Philip Greenspun that covers all areas of photography. It includes reviews of virtual all cameras, as well as sample photographs. There are forums and you can even post your own photographs for criticism. It is a very simple site which makes it a pleasure to use. If you are planning to buy a new camera, you will spend hours here. Visit Photo....