Note: Depending on your definition, many of these videos may not be safe for work or your peace of mind. Proceed with caution. 10 Phil-a-del-phi-a The premise of this one is much more fantastical than most horror shorts attempt to be, but the execution by a director with the alias “Broadway” is sufficiently down to Earth that it’s believable anyway. There’s no explicitly portrayed threat to anyone’s safety in it....
10 The Volcano Bird Not all creatures think of volcanoes as instruments of destruction. One very strange bird actually depends on them to survive. The Maleo is a highly endangered species that relies on geothermal energy to incubate its eggs. During nesting season, the maleo specifically seeks out exposed volcanic areas and uses their heat for the eggs to hatch. They do this because their eggs are so enormous—about five times the size of a chicken egg—that the female, which is only the size of a small duck, would have no chance of incubating them on her own....
You might be disgusted by what you are about to read. 10 Traditional Medicine A very long time ago, our ancestors depended solely on traditional remedies to cure their ills. They used plants, animals, magic, and a lot of different minerals. Even today, a lot of people still use a wide range of traditional medicine. In China, tiger parts and products are some of the most important ingredients in traditional medicine....
The Mattel Intellivision was a home game console released in 1979. Development began less than a year after the introduction of its main competitor / arch-nemesis, the Atari 2600. It had graphics and sound capabilities that put the 2600 to shame, but that was only the beginning of its innovations. Intellivision was the first 16-bit gaming system, the first to feature voice synthesis, and easily the first to feature downloadable games via cable....
When online: Be wary of websites that use “http” rather than “https” at the beginning of the site URL. Check to see that there is a padlock icon next to the URL. Watch out for deals that are too good to be true, a sense of urgency (only 6 hours left to take advantage of this opportunity), and being asked to pay through a non-secure method such as a money order or transfer....
We love it on our toast, and we love it smashed with onions and cilantro on our tacos. But we sure hate it when we’ve had 18 conversations about avocados this week and it’s only Monday. The average consumption of avocados in the US is projected to reach up to 22.7 million kilograms (50 million lb) per week by 2019. With that many avocados moving around us, there is a lot of talk about what they can do....
Although well known to Egyptians in ancient times, and to pygmies since prehistory, the Okapi’s existence was only confirmed and accepted by western science in the 20th century. At first, scientists thought it was some kind of forest dwelling zebra, because of the stripes on its legs, but now it is known to be the closest and only living relative to the giraffe! Just like the giraffe, the Okapi is an usually peaceful vegetarian with a very long, bluish gray tongue that comes in handy to clean its eyes, ears and nostrils… both inside and out....
Almost. 10 Stevie Nicks in “Gold” by John Stewart A former member of the Kingston Trio and author of such songs as “Daydream Believer” (among many others), Stewart was a music industry veteran who released a ton of albums and wrote a ton of songs for artists like Anne Murray and Joan Baez. As a solo recording artist, he met with only limited success. His only top 10 hit featured a huge assist from a couple members of Fleetwood Mac (one of the biggest bands in the world at the time), including Stevie Nicks’ distinctive harmony vocals....
Whenever you fall for a new manga series, it is easy to get worked into a frenzy of excitement over the thought of an anime adaptation. This is especially true right now, as there are plenty of comics that leave readers salivating at the thought of their animated forms. The following ten manga are the best examples, with promising newcomers and veteran classics galore. Yet, no matter the context, they all share one thing in common: the potentially massive impact of their adaptations....
In the US, the main story this week was the ongoing saga of Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s difficult nomination process to the US Supreme Court. We’ll cover that story below, but it was far from the only piece of news in town. Over in Asia, a devastating tsunami caused suffering on a grand scale. Elsewhere, science was winning, trade deals were announced, and a certain billionaire science genius found himself in legal hot water....
This week, with the dust finally settled and the US midterms receding in the rearview mirror, it was time for stories from the rest of the world to take center stage once again. Away from American shores, Russia received an unexpected humiliation, Cambodia reopened some old wounds, and Papua New Guinea went more than a little nuts. But there were still at least a couple of stories coming from the States....
After two weeks’ absence, Morris M. is back to guide you through the last seven days of news. It was seven days that saw soccer madness, a new Supreme Court pick, a significant execution, and the UK government teetering on the brink. Ready to stretch out and bask in the heat of the dumpster fire we call news? Read on. 10 The UK Government Teetered Toward Toppling In just three short months, the UK government and the EU are due to vote on the final transition deal that will come into force once the UK leaves the bloc on March 29, 2019....
John Brisker was an American basket ball player who played in the ABA and NBA in the early 1970’s. Brisker averaged over 20 points per game and was considered a solid defensive player too. But, his volatile personality and penchant for fighting caused him to be cut from the Seattle Supersonics at the end of the 1975 season. According to a teammate, Charlie Williams “Was an excellent player, but say something wrong to the guy and you had this feeling he would reach into his bag, take out a gun and shoot you....
Agyrophobics have a fear of crossing streets, highways and other thoroughfares, or a fear of thoroughfares themselves. This, of course, makes it very difficult to live comfortably in a city. The word comes from the Greek gyrus which means turning or whirling as the phobic avoids the whirl of traffic. The phobia covers several categories, wherein sufferers may fear wide roads specifically down to suburban single lane streets, and can also include fearing jaywalking or crossing anywhere on a street, even a designated intersection....
10The Ancient Mesopotamian Religion Sumerian cuneiform is believed to be the earliest form of writing, and the Mesopotamian religion is the oldest in written history. It had a pantheon of over 2,000 gods that had to eat and drink—and often drank too much. Divine banquets were held where it was believed that royalty and the gods interacted over the feast. During one such banquet, thrown by the high god El, it’s said that the chief deity drank to the point of slurred drunkenness, for which he was chastised by an apparition and stricken with diarrhea and uncontrollable urination....
Nowadays, many movie props are barcoded and cataloged into a database at the beginning of production so that props don’t get lost throughout filming. But it wasn’t always that way. Many movie props would go home with cast and crew members, and then they were never seen again. Even now, very few props are released from film studios and become available to the public. But when they do, collectors, fans, and film fanatics alike compete for these coveted items....
10 Snuff Snuff films have long been the stuff of urban legends—we’ve even talked about them a few times, here and here. For a quick recap, snuff films don’t rely on special effects and fake gore. They’re supposed to be the real thing. The defining characteristic of the snuff film is that it’s not an accidental death, it’s a planned death for the sake of entertainment. It’s been proven time and time again that there’s no such thing commercially available (yet)....
Rarely is history divided neatly into spotless saints and vicious villains. Sometimes, those we lionize have dark deeds lurking in their pasts. The polished stone of some monuments hides such darkness. At best, these memorials seek to recognize the achievements of a person in spite of their misdeeds, overlooking the vices while celebrating the virtues. At worst, the statues’ builders put them up with full knowledge of the figure’s crimes—with some monuments raised on the very bloodstained ground where the victims perished....
10 Lyngurium The first mention of a gemstone called lyngurium came from the works of Theophrastus of Eresus. According to Theophrastus (who is often credited as being the first lapidary for his work on the properties of gemstones and his theories on their formation), lyngurium was nothing more than solidified lynx urine. Theophrastus was writing in the third or fourth century BC, and his work was repeatedly cited well into the Renaissance....
Given that most geeks are depicted as harmless, this list may shock you. A word of warning, this list isn’t meant to accuse all self-professed nerds of being ticking time bombs, but simply to highlight a series of strange crimes connected by the obsessive natures of the people who committed them. 10Tsutomu Miyazaki The crimes of Tsutomu Miyazaki, which came to light in 1989, were so horrendous that they almost buried an entire subculture....
