See Also: 10 Beloved Pop Culture Icons With Hateful Histories 10 Tipping Tipping is the simplest thing on Earth. At the end of a meal, you look at the bill and leave an additional 15 to 20 percent, or you simply pay up and leave if the service was bad. It’s a tiny piece of social etiquette that in almost no way affects the quality of your life—and the mere mention of it will send otherwise normal people into a meltdown....
The movie was shot under a veil of secrecy. It was only a few months before its release that we were given any information on what to expect from the film. On top of some fun and freaky secrets from behind the scenes of mother!, we will also tell you everything we think you should know before saddling up and buying your ticket for (or renting, when available) this controversial film....
10Kneeling On Frozen Peas Recently, a picture surfaced on the Internet and quickly went viral. At first glance, it seems like two fingers with some sort of odd disease, but on closer examination it’s actually the legs of an Asian schoolgirl who was forced to kneel on frozen peas for a long period of time. This punishment seems to be growing in popularity and more and more schools, especially in Asia, are using kneeling to deal with disobedient pupils....
While lakes may scare some people away, others actively go to them to search out the mysteries they hide. Here are 10 discoveries that might make you want to go lake diving. 10 Religious Site Lake Titicaca is both the largest freshwater lake in South America and the highest navigable lake in the world. It has long been a focus for human interest, with many ancient cultures living beside it and including it in their mythologies....
10A Falcon Feather Galileo is known, in part, for suggesting that heavy things and light things fall at the same rate, at least if there’s no air resistance. Unfortunately, he had no way to remove air resistance in his experiments. Instead, he rolled balls down ramps to minimize air resistance and keep the balls to measurable speeds. Watch this video on YouTube The Moon has no air, and hence no air resistance....
Pigs have been around for thousands of years and are among the most common farm animals. They’re intelligent and trainable; they even make great pets! But what’s most remarkable about these creatures is their ability to overcome incredible odds to save their friends and family. So here are ten stories about heroic pigs from all over the world, from fire rescues to fending off robbers and more. 10 Pet Pig Saves Veteran Owner from Apartment Fire It’s no secret that pigs are some of the most heroic animals on Earth; they’re just too cute to be anything but....
Most of these books were traditionally published, although a few were self-published or released on the Internet. All of them have a well-earned reputation for being masterpieces of failure. These books have provided many laughs to many people, even decades after their publication and long after better works have faded into obscurity. 10 The Eye Of ArgonJim Theis The Eye of Argon, one of the most famous sobig books, is regularly read at science fiction conventions....
Many recognize these truths, and yet few have fully comprehended just how daunting a task it was to settle a strange continent. The following 10 entries will not only provide greater detail about memorable events, but many will also provide a new appraisal of certain moments in history. 10 The Pre-Pilgrim Settlers Of New England Most US students can rattle off the dates concerning when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock....
10 The Greater Israel Conspiracy Similar to the world-famous conspiracy theory that the Jews are planning world domination is their alleged plan for the creation of a “greater Israel.” According to this conspiracy theory, this super-state would contain virtually all of the Middle East, with Israel as the capital. Although Israel’s neighboring Arab countries peddled this theory for decades, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat in particular spread this theory in the 1990s when he pointed to three supposed pieces of evidence of Israel’s expansionist goals....
So it might come as a surprise to learn that, from 1925 to 1936, French automobile manufacturer Citroen essentially utilized this extraordinary structure for the mundane task of advertising their brand. In fact, the very thing that saved the Eiffel Tower from demolition was its role as a radiotelegraph communications tower in World War I, hardly a glamorous occupation for one of the most romanticized structures in the world. Despite having a functional purpose, the Eiffel Tower still remains extraordinary, but what about things mankind has created that are ordinary, even mundane in their very creation and essence?...
SEE ALSO: Top 10 Mad Scientists 10 MIT Tricked Children Into Eating Radioactive Cereal In the 1940s, Quaker Oats issued a research grant to MIT. Their competitor, Cream of Wheat, was flooding the media with ads claiming that the nutrients in their product traveled through the whole body. Quaker wanted to be able to say the same, but they refused to claim anything in an ad without proving it first—because Quaker wasn’t about to do anything unethical....
If you’re a total politics dork (welcome to the club!), Tuesday, August 21, 2018, was like all your geeky Christmases come at once. Not one, not two, but three major political stories splashed within minutes of one another . . . and that was just in America! Fear not, though, those of you who come here hoping for some nonpolitical stories. There was plenty else happening, too. But first, let’s go swimming in the filthy, intoxicating waters of news from Capitol Hill....
However, records are made to be broken, and stunt performers are always pushing the boundaries of what’s considered possible. Believe it or not, over the last several years, some people have pulled stunts that make Knievel’s look tame by comparison. 10 Danny Way Ollies The Great Wall Of China On A Skateboard A skateboarder doing something crazier than Evel Knievel? “That’s ridiculous!” I hear you say, but it’s true. In 2005, Danny Way stunned the world by ollying over the Great Wall of China on a skateboard....
These monarchs didn’t settle for a time-out or a slap on the wrist when they felt that their children were misbehaving. Being the child of a monarch could prove to be deadly as these royal kids found out the hard way. Here are 10 monarchs who felt that crowns were thicker than blood. 10 Ivan IV Of Russia And Ivan Ivanovich Ivan IV of Russia (aka Ivan the Terrible) had a son, Ivan Ivanovich, with his first wife, Anastasia Romanovna....
Part of that adventure is the fact that you can end up with some strange, sometimes just downright scary, dishes. Below are examples of live animals you could find in front of you if you let yourself venture into the dining extremes. 10 San Zhi Er While you might be inclined to run and call the health inspector if you were to spot mice in a restaurant, not everyone feels the same way....
Some stories about Nero can be viewed as apocryphal as well as patently false. For example, he never played the fiddle while Rome burned because the instrument hadn’t been invented yet. Even so, long-standing accounts and recent archaeological findings reveal a remarkably complex and disturbed young man. 10 All In The Family Hoping to keep their bloodlines pure, the Julio-Claudian dynasty instead created a murky gene pool and who’s who of Roman nobility....
We at Listverse have already gone through 10 odd occurrences in the course of the Nobel Prize’s history. It seems that everyone has their own opinions about the prize winners and the award itself. These debates are helped along by the generous supply of controversies and general strangeness attached to the most prestigious prize in the world. 10Gerhard Ertl In 2007, German chemist Gerhard Ertl received the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his studies on the way chemicals react to metals and other surfaces....
Relationship: Man and mannequin This is item 10 on the list because I can’t, for the life of me, work out whether it is for real. In June, 2009, Dauveed (whose surname is so complex I can’t work out what it is) had a faux-wedding ceremony in which he married Clara the mannequin. He telephoned a media company and asked them to record the ceremony. They did so and you can watch the youtube clip here....
Most of us have seen or heard of the short-lived MTV show Jackass, which starred Johnny Knoxville and his gang of stooges. Although the show featured disclaimers that urged viewers not to mimic the program’s dangerous stunts, that did not deter the dim-witted. 10 Drugs, Alcohol, And A Bulletproof Vest In July 2014, 30-year-old Mark Ramiro and his friend of 15 years, Darnell Mitchell, were on an all-night binge of drugs and alcohol when the duo began daring one another....
Despite their aggressive nature, the Vikings were also tender and caring beings who cared much about their looks. They groomed themselves a lot; archaeological sites have taught us that they carried combs made of animal horns, especially deer antlers. They also used to bleach their hair and beards blonde and took frequent baths. There is a popular misconception that the Vikings belonged to a particular race or tribe. This could not be further from the truth....
