My answer: For those of you who have been watching this site for some time (especially those who have been here since the beginning) will know about my love of all things David Lynch. Therefore it will come as no surprise to you to know that I think Twin Peaks is the best TV show ever made. It created a whole new style of program and gave us something quirky and mysterious to watch every week....
For most of us, this is as a harmless, if macabre, look at the dark side of humanity. Some people, however, become obsessed with the idea of either discovering a serial killer or, more disturbingly, of becoming one. Here, we look at ten serial killers who turned out to be not quite real. 10 Lucian Staniak Lucian Staniak was a Polish serial killer nicknamed the Red Spider. He murdered multiple women between 1964 and 1967....
When a country needs to conduct secret tests or make sure that they have a secure base from which to conduct missions, they are more than able to build what they need without letting the public in on it. From underground bases to full-blown cities hidden away in the desert, here are 10 cities that were once kept secret from the public. 10 Oak Ridge The year was 1943, World War II was in full swing, and the Allies were seeking to build the one thing they knew could end the war for good: the atom bomb....
10 Triangulum II Nearby Triangulum II has astounded Caltech researchers with its super speedy stars. Our tiny galactic neighbor has only about 1,000 of them, compared to our haul of at least 100 billion. But Triangulum II has a tremendous amount of hidden mass. Watch this video on YouTube Mauna Kea’s large Keck telescopes clocked six of these stars going much faster than expected, given the galaxy’s anemic physique. Thanks to these speeding stars, researchers were able to calculate Triangulum II’s gravitational powers and its overall mass....
10Tiglath Pileser I Tiglath Pileser I rose to the throne when the power of Assyria was waning. For 40 years, he took on all comers, building an empire that stretched from the Mediterranean to the Black Sea. One of his first acts was instituting human sacrifice, which the Assyrians had never practiced. In one of his monuments, he boasts that his enemies’ “carcasses covered the valleys and the tops of the mountains....
10New Jersey Man Claimed Metallica Song Drove Him To Murder In 2002, 29-year-old Ronald Pituch seemingly lost it and killed his mother inside their home by bludgeoning her to death with a barbell before speeding off on his motorcycle. While driving aimlessly, Pituch spotted an 11-year-old boy on his bicycle in the next neighborhood. He got off his motorcycle and pulled the surprised boy off the bike before stabbing him and dumping his body in a nearby pond....
It’s a shame that the same dubious artifacts get the lion’s share of attention on the Internet when there are so many true mysteries out there. Even some of the better-known artifacts have mysteries or bizarre features attached to them that are far more interesting than “aliens did it” or “Atlantis.” 10The King ListSumer The King List is an account of kingships stretching into the prehistory of the Sumerian people....
10The Old Main Public LibraryCincinnati Imagine that you stuck J.K. Rowling in a room full of Victorian steampunk enthusiasts and asked them to come up with a sketch for a magical library. You might just get the Old Main Public Library in Cincinnati. Built in 1874 for the oddly precise figure of $383,594.53 (around $7 million in 2014), it was designed to be “the most magnificent public library in the country....
10Kalpana Saroj vs. The Hindu Caste System Dalits are the lowest of the low in the Hindu caste system. While there are laws to prevent discrimination against these so-called untouchables, they only go so far. Men are still refused haircuts, women are forbidden from using the public tap, and children are ostracized at school. It was even worse when Kalpana Saroj was growing up. As a child, she was forbidden from drinking out of the wells of Brahmins (the highest caste), and many people wouldn’t let her inside their homes....
10 Bacillus Anthracis Among all bacterial bioweapons, there is probably nothing more popular than Bacillus anthracis, the pathogen used in an infamous attack code-named “Amerithrax” by the FBI. In the days following 9/11, several letters containing B. anthracis spores were sent to news media offices and two US senators. Five people were killed in the attack while 17 developed anthrax symptoms. With 10,000 witnesses having participated in the investigation, this was one of the most extensive biological cases in US history....
Footage from around the world showcases scenes from eyewitnesses that have captured a strange phenomenon, and thankfully, they weren’t too shaken to share it. Authenticating supernatural occurrences can be challenging, but it usually refers to paranormal activity that’s beyond the scope of modern science. Some remain skeptical, but ‘ghost hunting pictures’ or ‘caught on camera videos’ have become part of mainstream entertainment. Supernatural experts now believe the word or paranormal is misleading, as these occurrences are now seemingly ‘normal’ since they are happening more often....
They don’t always get it right. Some of the best-known verses in the Bible have been mixed up, rewritten by translators, or even just snuck into the Good Book from scratch, pulled from nothing more than a scribe’s imagination. And that can be a big deal. If you believe that the Bible is the word of God, every little detail matters. The slightest typo could completely change the way millions of people lead their lives....
Today you can gamble on the outcome of a bewildering variety of animal races. Here are ten of the whackiest races around. 10 Oxford Cambridge Goat Race One of the highlights of the British sporting year is the annual Oxford and Cambridge boat race. The fight between the two ancient universities of England was first run in 1829 on the Thames, and nearly a quarter of a million people cheered on the boats from the banks....
This relative of the raccoon has golden fur and a tail that can grip branches. Also called the honey bear, it lives in trees and mainly eats fruit. It uses its five inch-long tongue to grasp hanging fruit and also to lick nectar from flowers. Dwelling in murky rivers, the electric eel delivers hundreds of volts that can stun a human. Deaths attributed to this animal are most likely from drowning when the paralyzed victim is unable to swim....
10 ArarasThe Brazilian Village That Can’t Handle The Sun Brazil is known for its sun-loving, beach party–going people. But in one remote, midwestern Brazilian village known as Araras, a large group of the population suffers from a condition that causes their skin to melt away when touched by the sun. At an incidence rate of 1 in 40 people developing the disease known as xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) (as compared to 1 in 1 million in the US), Araras has 20 out of 800 residents who have XP, making it the largest population of XP sufferers in the world at a statistically improbable rate....
In the first recorded instance of fetal abduction in the United States, Darci Pierce, 19, kidnapped eight-month pregnant Cindy Ray as she left a prenatal clinic at Kirkland Air Force Base in New Mexico. Peirce eventually strangled Ray, killing her, and used a car key to remove her unborn child. The child survived the attack. Millie, the daughter of murdered Cindy Ray, who is well aware of the circumstances surrounding her entrance into the world, when asked what she thinks of Darci Peirce said, “I don’t think of Darci Pierce....
See Also: Top 10 Relics of Jesus Christ With billions of memorable Christians peppered throughout history, only a select few could be said to have changed the world. While many changed it for the better, there are those who did so in the opposite direction. Whether their impact on history was good or ill, these ten important Christians changed the world, and are listed in no particular order. 10 Martin Luther Of all the Christians who came before and after him, Martin Luther was arguably the most influential and divisive of them all....
10 Mummy Masks Are we reading the correct version of the Bible? Do we have the right to find out if we are? Those are two of the controversies surrounding the destruction of papyrus mummy masks to find scraps of the Bible and other ancient documents. If you watch the video above (starting at 24:22 minutes), you’ll see Christian apologist Josh McDowell demonstrate the process we’re about to discuss. Until recently, the earliest known copies of the gospels were from the second century AD....
10 On-Site Chefs Feeding your body well is essential to maintaining mental stamina, and tech companies are beginning to realize more and more that vending machines filled with junk aren’t the best way to ensure employee performance. They’re also realizing that free food results in a lot of happy people. At Airbnb, employees are treated to healthy, home-cooked meals and signature beverages free of charge. The kitchen provides three meals per day, and the menu is constantly changing....
In 2010 the Twin Lakes Crab Co., a Chinese crab supplier, decided that sometimes a grocery store just isn’t convenient enough. So they built a vending machine that dispenses live crabs to be installed in subway stations in the city of Nanjing. Picture a typical snack vending machine, then replace all the chips and cookies with aerated plastic boxes containing living, moving crabs and you’ll have a perfect image of what this looks like....
