Let’s take a look at some of the more fearsome, and downright nasty, weapons employed by warriors of times gone by. In no particular order (I wouldn’t fancy encountering ANY of these!): A knobkerrie refers to any blunt impact implement located at the end of a shaft weapon or staff. Usually a small ball of wood or metal, a knobkerrie would be used by being slammed into the nose or groin at close range....
10Steve McQueen & Jerzy KosinskiMissed Becoming Victims Of The Manson Family One of the most infamous crimes of all time took place on the evening of August 9, 1969, when cult leader Charles Manson ordered four members of the Manson Family to break into the Los Angeles home of actress Sharon Tate. Tate and four other victims were brutally murdered. It’s common knowledge that Tate was married to director Roman Polanski, who was away in London when the crime took place....
10The Medal Of Saint Benedict On one side of the medal is the cross of Saint Benedict and an incantation recited to drive away the devil. The letters around the outside of the medal (V.R.S.N.S.M.V.) stand for “Vade retro Satana; nunquam suade mihi vana.” In English, that translates to “Begone Satan! Suggest not to be they vain things.” Saint Benedict’s teachings have been around for centuries, recorded most completely in the sixth-century writings of Saint Gregory the Great....
One area of body language isn’t that difficult to interpret. In fact, the meanings of some hand gestures seem fairly straightforward—like the infamous middle finger. Interestingly, most hand gestures never started with the insulting, neutral, or positive meanings they have today. Many have changed meanings so much that you may be surprised by their origins. 10 Middle Finger The infamous middle finger is one of the most offensive hand gestures out there....
Note: This list primarily shows statistics for the United States. This is not out of deliberate ignorance of the rest of the world but simply due to the ready availability of US-based statistics. 10More People Die Falling Out Of Bed Than From Roller Coasters Some people love roller coasters; some people are terrified of them. The high speeds and great heights provide a relatively safe thrill for amusement park goers....
SEE ALSO: Top 10 Must-See Recent Genre-Defying Horrors 10The Cabin in the Woods You would be forgiven for thinking of The Cabin in the Woods as the horror movie starring Thor and the hot doctor from Grey’s Anatomy. This popular horror film surprised audiences in 2011 with its fresh approach and massive plot twist at the end. However, not all viewers were convinced that the twist at the end was all it seemed to be....
10 Mao Sent Mangoes To People, And They Went Crazy In 1968, a Pakistani foreign minister gave Mao a gift: a cart full of mangoes. To the minister, this was probably nothing more than a simple gesture. But in China, it sparked a wave of complete insanity. Mao gave the mangoes to a few people on his propaganda team, and they reacted as if Mao had just dragged an angel down from Heaven and dropped him on their doorstep....
Truth be told, most revenge involves a drunken brawl and a restraining order. However, there have been a few memorable instances worth mentioning. 10Michael Crichton Uses The Small Penis Rule Writers have always liked to include in their works subtle and not-so-subtle jabs at people they dislike. Oftentimes, this comes in the form of a reprehensible character—a killer, a coward, rapist—who is a thinly veiled copy of a real person....
10 Untold Stories Behind Iconic Images 10 Chai Vang Showing the Court How He Did It Mass Murderers are usually shot by the police or commit suicide before they can be brought to justice for their crimes. That is not always the case however, and sometimes mass murderers can be apprehended and brought to justice. Such is the case of Chai Vang, who murdered 6 people and attempted to murder 2 others in a trespassing dispute in 2004....
Or will we? It turns out that even the cleverest and most talented of us can’t guarantee our place in the history books. 10Cinema’s Greatest War Reporter In 1899, the Second Boer War erupted across South Africa. As British troops flooded down the Horn to fight, the fledgling London cinematograph companies quickly scrambled up men to document the action. Among them was Joseph Rosenthal. The timid, effete East London Jew was gifted with a kamikaze disregard for his own personal safety....
What began as a study-abroad opportunity for Sagawa ended decades later. His life forever changed, made into a celebrity cannibal who has appeared in movies and TV shows and has written books about his crime. It was one of the great international spectacles of our age and has largely flown under the radar. Sagawa is a man almost designed for shock and spectacle, as we will soon see. Here are ten facts about the Japanese cannibal Issei Sagawa....
But there are storm clouds gathering on the online horizon. Halfway through the second decade of the 21st century, it’s starting to look like our sunny utopia won’t last much longer. Across the world, cultural trends, governments, and corporations are uniting to suck what joy is left from the Internet, leaving it a shell of its former self. 10Outrage Is Becoming The Default Setting When was the last time you got really, really angry over something online?...
10The Great Hurricane Of 1780 Hurricane San Calixto II whirled across the Caribbean in October 1780. The storm claimed more than 27,000 lives and caused an extensive amount of property damage (including the damaged warehouses on the beach of St. Eustatius, pictured above). Barbados, St. Lucia, and Martinique suffered immensely. Two other hurricanes manifested in October that year, making it an unusually deadly end of the season. Caribbean natives weren’t the only ones who lost their lives and property in the storm....
The diseases ravaged the dinosaur population and even killed a good number of them. Many of these illnesses are still around today, and some even affect humans, which sort of makes the whole thing more interesting. We also included some early reptiles that lived around the time of the dinosaurs. 10 Dandruff A 125-million-year-old dinosaur is the oldest creature known to have suffered from dandruff. That dinosaur is the microraptor, a small carnivore that was the size of a modern crow....
This list of 10 eerie works of art inspired by horrific events offers an answer to our question, and the answer is disturbing, indeed 10 Ten Breaths: Tumbling Woman II by Eric Fischl The “Tumbling Woman” part of the title of Eric Fischl’s bronze sculpture, Ten Breaths: Tumbling Woman II (2007-2008), seems self-explanatory. However, it poses several significant questions. Why is the tumbling woman naked? If she is a gymnast, why isn’t she clothed?...
From robots that can learn and behave just like people to major steps in areas that impact our lives, there is always something exciting happening on and around campus. And just when we start getting used to these incredible new inventions, even more continue to crop up on the scene. All of these recent inventions will ignite your imagination even as they make the world a better place. 10 A Robot That Obeys Rules Of Courtesy If you’ve ever had to walk in an extremely crowded place, you understand that there are subtle rules that keep everyone in that situation sane....
10 H.H. Holmes’s Murder Castle H.H. Holmes is known in history as Chicago’s first serial killer. This man (or monster) is believed to have killed anywhere from 20 to over 100 people, mostly women, in his so-called “murder castle.” His victims were sometimes beaten to death, strangled, or possibly even gassed. Their bodies were thrown into the cellar pit, where quicklime and acid made quick work of their flesh, reducing them to mere bones....
10 Pain Pain is a tricky concept to quantify. We all know people who can deal with a limb being lopped off without complaint while we ourselves are weeping over a paper cut. One potential way to work out a scale of pain would be for an individual to experience a range of painful stimuli and compare them against each other. This was the course Justin Schmidt took when he wished to compare the pain caused by various invertebrate stings....
Who doesn’t love cocktails? There are thousands of spirits and liqueurs out there for the tasting – so go to a liquor store, stock up, and try as many variations as you can. You are bound to stumble upon a great tasting cocktail to show off to your friends next time you have a party. Remember to keep a bucket handy – after a night of tasting cocktails you will need it....
No one really understands why some people feel the need to withdraw from the world. It seems that some of the following may have suffered from mental health conditions, while others appear to have been perfectly happy to remain inside their homes for years at a time—even when they had enough wealth to do anything that they could want. 10 Huguette Clark Huguette Clark was the daughter of a copper tycoon....
