In fact, Canada is a complex country where there have been several periods of serious controversy. Like everywhere else in the world, Canada has a history that, although fascinating, is often not flattering. Yet by telling the full story, you get the full picture. Here are the top 10 less than flattering controversial periods in Canadian history. 10 The Acadian Expulsion In the 18th century, the province of Nova Scotia was colonized by British and French immigrants....

Looking back over the millennia, it’s interesting to see when things pop up in the archaeological record. Odds are, many of these items you’re familiar with were created much further back in history than you previously thought. Top 10 Oldest People Ever 10 The Oldest Known Coin The oldest coin known to exist is the Lydian stater, which is comprised of a mix of gold and silver called electrum. The coin was minted around 600 BC in the kingdom of Lydia in what is now modern Turkey....

Peg legs were the prosthetic limb of choice for pirates and Civil War-era amputees who wanted to get their hobble on. A crude hunk of wood fastened to the remaining leg-matter, a peg leg was an option for upright mobility that today is a lot better than was the case a few hundred years ago: nowadays artificial legs and prosthetics allow the legless to run in Olympic-caliber strides, and move about without looking distinctly “parrot less....

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, also described as the Pacific Trash Vortex, is a gyre of marine litter in the central North Pacific Ocean located roughly between 135° to 155°W and 35° to 42°N. Most current estimates state that it is larger than the U.S. state of Texas, with some estimates claiming that it is larger than the continental United States, however the exact size is not known for sure....

10 Gross Cases Of Serial Pooping 10 Baby Birds Poop In Their Parent’s Faces Many altricial baby birds (birds that require constant care in the nest) create what are called fecal sacs. Their intestines encase their poop in a strong membrane, almost like a built-in poop bag. When one of these baby birds poop, they aim their butts towards their parents so that mom and dad can pluck it right out of their behinds to either eat it, or fly it away to keep the nest clean....

SEE ALSO: 10 Reasons Why Communism Sucks While that could be the case someday, there are many reasons to believe that it may not be, as there are several serious issues holding China back. Until (and if) these issues can be addressed, it is unlikely that the country will take over anytime soon as the most dominant power on Earth, either militarily or economically. Here are the top ten reasons why China will not take over the world....

10 Legendary Reasons We Have Music 10 These Are the Days of Our Lives – Queen On 5 September 1991, Freddie Mercury’s 45th birthday, the song These Are the Days of Our Lives was released in the US. After Mercury’s death on 24 November 1991, the song was released in Ireland and the UK on 9 December. The song is hailed as the most significant single off Queen’s album, Innuendo, as the video accompanying it shows footage of Mercury while he was still alive....

Some of the world’s most talented writers are well known for penning their famous works, but their personal lives are another story. These ten writers led vastly different and interesting lives, and while there are numerous facts about them, these ten are some of the most fascinating. 10 Dystopian Books You Need To Read To Understand Today’s America 10 Ernest Hemingway Nearly Died In Back-To-Back Plane Crashes Ernest Hemingway led an incredible life, and when you take a look at all the things he did, it’s no easy task finding only one interesting thing about the guy....

Everyone knows the story of Batman: the boy who watched his parents gunned down by a low-life criminal, and declared his lifelong battle against the forces of crime, to make sure no one ever had to suffer through what he had. Prometheus is an inverted case. The son of two criminal hippies, Prometheus (we never learn his real name), traveled the country with his parents for years until law enforcement agents cornered the three of them, and shot his parents down in front of his eyes....

William Blake is well-known today for his engravings and romantic poetry, but his reputation while alive was almost non-existent. Blake’s engravings and illustrations are classics of romantic style, and sprang from his imagination rather than close studies of nature. For our purposes it is Blake’s watercolor series which depict the great red dragon from the Book of Revelation, which merit his inclusion in this list. Here the great red dragon, an avatar of the Devil, is depicted in hideous glory standing over the seven-headed beast of the sea....

Superstition: It is bad luck to wear the color blue onstage, unless it was countered with something silver. In the early days of theater costuming, it was extremely difficult to make blue dye, and thus expensive to purchase. Companies that were failing would wear blue garments to try and fool their audience as to their success, and likely go bankrupt due to the cost of the costumes. The silver that countered it was proof of a successful company, as it proved to the audience that they could afford real silver or they had a wealthy backer....

Well, Mr. Carlin’s seven dirty words won’t usually cause an eye blink on the Internet; however, some topics are tacitly taboo regardless of the site one is surfing or the point one is trying to make. The introduction of any of these verboten topics into a comment stream, blog post, or general web discussion will invariably result in the immediate cessation of whatever was being discussed and the explosion of a full fledged flame war....

Although Anonymous is known for crashing web servers, defacing websites, and leaking private information online, there are certain times that the group has acted in the overall interests of humanity. These are the top ten times Anonymous acted for the benefit of people. 10 Exposed The Involvement Of The Chinese Army In Cyber Attacks Against The US One of the great deeds of Anonymous is that it helped expose the involvement of the Chinese military in a string of attacks on American companies, organizations, and government agencies in 2011....

To create a new TLD, ICANN requires that a business or organization bid for the creation of the TLD. This bid can be countered by another business, organization, or even a country for any reason. However, if the applicant gets the bid, it then decides whether to keep the TLD for personal use or release it to the general public. If it chooses the latter, it is expected to release the TLD in three stages: sunrise, land rush, and general availability....

Twilight Zone: The Movie – 1983 Wikipedia Deaths: Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) The making of the movie had consequences which overshadowed the film itself. During the filming of a segment directed by John Landis on July 23, 1982, actor Vic Morrow and child actors Myca Dinh Le (age 7) and Renee Shin-Yi Chen (age 6) died in an accident involving a helicopter being used on the set....

Both illusions and hallucinations are types of distortions of reality, but an illusion is a distortion of something that really exists, while a hallucination is a distortion of something that isn’t real. Let’s explore the unbelievable world of illusions and hallucinations in some of their many forms. 10 Environmental Tilt For people who experience this illusion, their world is turned upside down. Or, at least, their visual perception of the world is greatly tilted, such that the direction of “up” has moved somewhere else....

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The Devon Rex breed of cat has only been around since the 1960’s. They have been genetically proven not to be related to the Cornish or German Rex breeds. The strange thing about the Devon Rex is the fact that they have very little “guard hair”, the stiff, coarse, waterproof hairs present on most furred mammals. They have mostly “down hair”, or soft, fine undercoat fur. The Devon Rex is especially unique in that their down hair is curly....

The honey badger is usually found in Africa and Western and Southern Asia. For a number of years the Guinness Book of Records has named it the “most fearless creature”. This animal (which looks deceptively cute) will attack virtually anything and it is smart enough to know its opponents weak spots. For example, when confronted by a human male, it will attack the testicles. This is also one of the few animals that uses tools – for example making use of logs as ladders....

Calvin Coolidge 1923 – 1929 In 1919, three quarters of the Boston Police Force went on strike. Coolidge (then Governor of Massachusetts) had observed the situation throughout the conflict, but had not yet intervened. Furious that the mayor had called out state guard units, he finally acted. He called up more units of the National Guard, restored Police Commissioner Curtis to office, and took personal control of the police force....