In 1948 just about everybody thought Thomas Dewey was going to be elected president. Harry Truman was losing popularity and most people felt that the Democratic vote was going to be split between two third party candidates, Henry Wallace and Strom Thurmond. Dewey was told that all he had to do was not make any major mistakes. Truman, however, wasn’t going to give up. He ran a very vigorous campaign and attacked Dewey on all fronts....
10 Presidential Conspiracy Theories 10 U.S. Grant (1869-1877) The Grant administration was possibly the most corrupt in our nation’s history. So much graft and bribery occurred under his watch that “Grantism” is how some came to describe greed and corruption. Major scandals rocked his administration, including “Black Friday,” a scheme to corner the gold market in which his brother-in-law was involved (Grant did act to foil the scheme, but not before thousands were harmed)....
The current record holder for time-traveling is Sergei Krikalev. He has traveled about 337 million miles in orbit at some 17,450 mph – reaching a grand total of 0.02 seconds into the future. This means that from now on, he takes a step two hundredths of a second before you see him take it. Future time-travel is possible, as you’ll see explained. But no one has traveled into the past....
Top 10 Best of the Worst Films 10 Sharktopus—Sharktopus What could be scarier than a giant octopus? A giant shark, of course! What could be scarier than a giant shark? A Sharktopus! The plot of this dumbfounding T.V. movie is nearly as silly as the eponymous beastie; the US Navy, in a moment of dubious inspiration, decide that their multi-billion dollar arsenal is lacking a certain je ne sais quoi....
Following the struggle of three crack addicts, ‘High on Crack Street’ digs deep into the complex daily lives of individuals striving to obtain their next fix. From prostitution to pregnancies to STDs, we see the true dark side of drugs they don’t show you in school. There is something quite shocking about just how badly crack ruins lives. Unfortunately there is no happy ending to this story—six months after filming Boo Boo was still hooked on a $200 a day habit, Dicky was imprisoned and, sadly, Brenda died....
The Hill of Crosses, Kryzi? Kalnas, located 12 kilometers north of the small industrial city of Siauliai (pronounced shoo-lay) is the Lithuanian national pilgrimage center. Standing upon a small hill are many hundreds of thousands of crosses that represent Christian devotion and a memorial to Lithuanian national identity. The origin of the first crosses is unknown, but despite repeated attempts by the occupying communists in the 20th century to destroy the hill and remove the crosses, they still come back in their thousands....
10 The Kiwifruit’s Nationality Kiwifruit, shortened as kiwi, was named after the bird of the same name due to its fuzzy brown resemblance. The curiously shaped avians are endemic to New Zealand, and you’d expect the fruits to be, too. After all, they produced over a billion dollars for the country in 2015. However, kiwifruit actually originated in China under a name that translates to “macaque peach” due to its popularity with the local monkeys....
10Picher, Oklahoma Picher sprang up after lead and zinc deposits were discovered in 1914. The population quickly grew as both metals were needed during World War I. Picher’s miners helped fill the demand: more than half of the lead and zinc used during the war came from local mines. Eventually, the town became one of the largest exporters of lead and zinc in the world. Unfortunately, mining left behind a toxic byproduct called chat—a poisonous, chalky, white grit....
This list rounds up 10 UK locations from classic books that you can actually visit, providing a literary tour of England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. They are listed from “loosely related” to “basically identical.” So even if you aren’t a bookworm, this list likely includes a true classic or a more modern work that you love with an accompanying destination worth exploring. 10 Glamis Castle and Cawdor Castle: Macbeth (1606) by William Shakespeare Although Macbeth is based on the life of a real Scottish king, Shakespeare was no historian, and his version is highly fictionalized....
Top 10 Unusual Ways People Have Survived Bear Attacks 10 2010 Egyptian Shark Attacks Sharm El Sheikh is a seaside city in Egypt and a hub for the country’s tourism industry. But their friendly reputation was forever scarred in 2010, when there was a spree of five shark attacks. On December 1st, a shark attacked 48-year-old Olga Martynenko, severely injuring her spine and limbs. Onlookers dragged her to safety. Minutes later, 70-year-old Lyudmila Stolyarova lost her foot and arm....
10 Eerie Quotes From Musicians Who Died Before 30 10 Heirs As one would imagine, Morrison’s estate became a contentious topic for years to come. Having drafted a simplistic and poorly-written will two years before his death, Jim left everything to Pamela. Three years later, however, Pamela joined Jim after overdosing on heroin at the age of 27. Having died without a will, Morrison’s fortune passed on to Pamela’s heirs, her parents....
Warning: Some of these clips are not suitable for sensitive viewers. Top 10 Creepy Scenes In Movies 10 mother! – Baby scene First off, mother! is not a movie for everyone. Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence star in this insane film as a married couple whose lives are upended by the arrival of several uninvited guests at their home. While the house is systematically destroyed, viewers are shown a beating heart inside the wall (which seems to indicate that the house is alive)....
Modern nuns experience miracles, save endangered species, and allow scientists to scan their brains to find a phone line to God. However, some orders have stepped outside of the law in surprising ways. Others, despite appearances, aren’t even real nuns. 10 The Romsey Braid In 1839, gravediggers were working inside Romsey Abbey, near Southampton in England.[1] The men found a casket under the floor. Inside, a braid of hair rested on a pillow carved from oak....
Antarctica Antarctica is Earth’s southernmost continent, overlying the South Pole. Be prepared to have your breath taken away by the spectacular sight of the Antarctic Peninsula as you follow in the footsteps of some of the world’s greatest explorers – Scott, Shackleton and Amundsen. Penguins and albatrosses are the birds most associated with Antarctica, but it is petrels, prions, fulmars and shearwaters that make up most of the species inhabiting the Great White Continent....
See Also: 10 Signs That Aliens Could Be Contributing To Our World However, when the object we see is unlike anything we have encountered before—an alien perhaps, or a UFO—the brain has less data to work with, and so, more of these unconscious cognitive processes will need to be used in order to decode what we are looking at. All the conscious entity of our brain can do, is theorize within its current knowledge base....
Throughout history, however, there have been isolated claims of human parthenogenesis. Women have claimed to have had unassisted births through the power of prayer, thought or particularly vivid dreams. Or, possibly, someone isn’t telling the truth. 10 Self-Proclaimed Holy Men Whose Miracles Went Horribly Wrong 10 0.5% of Pregnant Americans OK, well, some of them may be called Mary, but a long-term study of the reproductive health of American women, uncovered the fact that one woman in 200 claimed to have given birth without ever having had sex....
One of the best defenders of all time from France, he is famous for his 2 goals in the 1998 world cup semi final against Croatia when France came from behind to win 2-1. France eventually won the world cup beating Brazil 3-0. At club level, he has played in AS Monaco, Juventus and FC Barcelona. He has played for Spanish club Real Madrid for eleven years, winning four leagues, three UEFA Champions League trophies, and two Intercontinental Cups....
Rook (1934) Card game published in 1906 and was PB’s best selling game until Monopoly in 1934. Rook was invented as a game to rival Bridge. Rook is played with a specialized deck of non-faced and non-suited cards. This was to appeal to those who thought face cards were used for gambling or fortune telling. Rook is also called missionary poker. Clue (1944) Originally named Cluedo, but renamed Clue for distribution in North America....
10 Brown’s Chicken & Pasta On a cold January evening 28 years ago in Palatine, Illinois, gunshots rang out, and the lives of seven innocent people were snuffed out. The owners of the restaurant, Richard and Lynn Ehlenfeldt, and five of their employees: Guadalupe Maldonado, Michael C. Castro, Rico L. Solis, Thomas Mennes, and Marcus Neilsen. They were closing the restaurant on January 8, 1993, when two men entered and ordered a four-piece meal....
This is a top ten list of the most extreme dietary feats, most of which were performed in front of an audience. Those who panic at accidentally swallowing a piece of bubblegum certainly don’t have the stomach for some of the things that people on this list have been able to ingest harm-free (we hope). Probably don’t read this list if you’re about to eat, though. 10 A Bible, a Torah, and a Quran Although this performance piece was less of a stunt and more of an artistic criticism, Abel Azcona’s performance involving the eating of three holy books is undoubtedly a test of endurance....
