Shameful Event: Bipartisan Politics Not an event, but an aspect, out of which many bad events have derived. The U. S. has two primary political parties, the Democratic and the Republican. The current threat of the government itself to “shut down” in Washington D. C. has been caused by the two parties refusing to get along with each other. They cannot stand each other’s political ideas, and refuse to yield one inch of ground either way....
See Also: 10 Wrong Words That Are Actually Right 10 Malarkey You may have heard this word recently when Democratic hopeful for the 1820 presidential election and supercentenarian, Joe Biden, recently surprised everyone with his hilarious use of the phrase “no malarkey” which he also painted on his campaign omnibus. But jocularity aside, what does malarkey mean? According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it refers to “nonsense talk” and it originated in the 1920s....
Here we have a list of lyrics in popular songs, rather than traditional ones. From the intentionally offensive to the bizarrely philosophical, these songs show that popular music doesn’t need to be all about love, money and fast cars. Sometimes they can confuse the hell out of you. 10 Strange Collaborations In Music 10 ‘Plush’ by The Stone Temple Pilots Ah, Grunge. Not exactly the most upbeat musical genre ever, but it does get the blood pumping....
Humans have had such an impact on the global environment that we have forced other species to evolve in ways to ensure their survival. This phenomenon is called “human-induced evolution.” This list compiles 10 examples of animals that have had to alter their appearance, behavior, mating habits, and even their forms just to survive in a world dominated by Homo sapiens. 10 ElephantsTuskless Mutation Elephants are the largest land animals still living on the planet, but their size is little defense against poachers hunting their ivory tusks....
Soap can be scary. From falsifying marijuana readings in babies to trending as a deadly online challenge, some facts sound almost too crazy to be true. Thankfully, soap also has a sterling side—the world’s first magnetic soap is destined to curb environmental spills, and simple bars are at the front line of fighting sex trafficking. 10 The Laundry Detergent Challenge When teenagers follow viral challenges online, things get hairy. Teens have dared each other to hold burning items, set themselves on fire, and even to throw boiling water on unsuspecting victims....
Top 10 Discontinued Sodas 10 Lay’s Cappuccino Flavoured Potato Chips One of the annoying things about sipping on this frothy Italian coffee is you’ll often get a milky moustache flecked with cocoa when you place your cup back on the saucer. Now, thanks to the geniuses at Frito-Lay’s, you never have to look like a milky-faced idiot ever again! You can just eat your cappuccino. In potato form. Or, at least, you could have done, had the American public lost their minds and voted to make it Frito-Lay’s newest regular flavour....
But this image conflicts sharply with her strong passions, which we will reveal to you today. These 10 surprising facts about Queen Victoria show a completely different person from the stern, no-nonsense, straitlaced figure she’s often erroneously believed to have been. 10 She Kept A Detailed Journal Beginning in 1832 at age 13, the girl who would be crowned Queen Victoria kept a journal. At the time of her death in 1901 at age 81, her entries ran 43,000 pages....
10 Crazy Catholic Conspiracy Theories 10 Religious Artifacts Unsurprisingly, the Vatican has been rumored to have all sorts of religious artifacts. After all, it is the biggest bastion of Christianity in the world.[3] And, to top that, it is one of the oldest still-existing institutions in the world. So, it should come as no surprise that the Vatican has been rumored to have all sorts of Artifacts with religious value....
For anyone who hasn’t seen The Great Mouse Detective, it really is worth seeing, particularly for the performance of Vincent Price as Ratigan. The movie is a clever spoof on the stories of Sherlock Holmes, but is often forgotten among all the Disney classics. The whole “not a rat” thing in this song is hilarious, and I mean really – it’s Vincent Price, need I say more? It seems like everyone and their mother sings on this one – apparently people watching is the number one hobby in this French town....
Top 10 Places As Mysterious As The Bermuda Triangle 10 Underwater Step-Pyramid Off The Coast Of Yonaguni Jima In Japan? Perhaps the first name connected to the underwater ruins at Yonaguni Jima[1] off the coast of Japan is Masaaki Kimura. The marine geologist has spent almost two decades studying the ruins. According to Kimura, there are clearly several artificial structures below the waves in the region. One of these even appears to be a “complicated, monolithic, stepped pyramid”....
Wii This has to be included – perhaps the people that devised the name are not familiar with the fact that British English speakers (including most of the Commonwealth) refer to urine as “wee” – for example: “Ooh – I am busting for a wee!” Every time someone mentions a Wii I think of a wee. Crazy! “Let’s play with our wii” really takes on a whole new meaning when you speak British English....
10 A Man Constructed An Underground Home In A Park In 2015, a homeless man named Yosue Joel Rios was arrested in Fairfax, Virginia, for vandalism after he constructed an underground dwelling in a public park.[1] Rios dug stairs that descended into two rooms. There was evidence that the man slept there and had apparently been educating himself. Rios was caught after a woman noticed the tunnel while she was walking the 20-acre park....
10 Great Cheesy Action Movies of the ’90s 10 True Blood (2022) HBO’s “True Blood”, adapted from Charlaine Harris’ “The Southern Vampire Mysteries” book series, ran for 7 seasons between 2008 to 2014. Initially revered as a brilliantly crafted show with unique writing and clever world building, “True Blood” slowly turned into an unrecognizable shadow of its former self with a pretty brutal decline in quality over the years, up until its it ended with one of the most disliked series finales in television History....
10 Walt Disney’s Body is Cryogenically Frozen The rumour tells us that Disney, who was well known for being a technical innovator, had his body put into a vat of liquid nitrogen upon his death so that he could be re-animated (har har) when scientists discovered the means. Some versions of the tale even tell us that Walt’s cryo-vat is hidden under the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction in Disneyland! Sorry to tell you, this is entirely false....
Here is a list of the more wacky, strange and unexpected things from the world’s militaries. Enjoy. 10 The Bolivian Navy Bolivia has a navy, and a decent one, at that. They have a good number of patrol vessels, 3 hospital ships and thousands of well-trained personnel. There is one issue—they don’t have a coastline. Watch this video on YouTube It all started back in the late nineteenth century when Chile defeated a joint Bolivian-Peruvian coalition in the ‘War of the Pacific’....
10 Shelling Out to Hide a Hole in the Wall Do you have a hole in your wall? A former Redditor posted an unusual, and totally tubular, fix for the problem. After water leaked through his wall, it crumbled inward. A gaping hole lined with rough edges of plaster and mesh was in its wake, and his paint peeled away below the hole. The whole scene looked like a miniature sewer explosion, and that’s exactly how the owner thought up his fix....
10 Virginity Well, sex literally sells! Sex is a mostly taboo subject that initiates debates throughout the world. However, there is no doubt that virginity is a prize and something people hold in high regard across many communities. For men, getting to sleep with a virgin may be something of a conquest. For ladies, it may be a sacred act reserved only for the special person they choose. Watch this video on YouTube But some women keep their virginity and then sell it to the highest bidder....
Here are ten of the wildest reasons that Pokemon turned into news stories. 10 Pokemon Drawn From Myth And Legend 10 Peta Objections If you break down Pokemon to its most basic level it is a game that involves people, often children, capturing animals and forcing them to participate in brutal battles. Of course the game and tv series show the bonds that develop between Pokemon and their trainers but for some this just makes the exploitation of Pokemon all the more reprehensible....
“Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage;” These are the much quoted first lines of the final stanza of Richard Lovelace’s poem ‘To Althea, from prison.’ Richard Lovelace was one of the dashing young cavalier’s of the English civil war and is classed with the metaphysical poets. Sent to prison for presenting a royalist petition in support of pro-royalist bishops he used the time to compose this, his most famous poem....
While these rifles were a good increase in firepower for the people of the Old West starting in the 1830s, they had some very noticeable drawbacks. For all variants, there was a leak of the gases of firing at the front of the cylinder and a corresponding drop in muzzle velocity. For the double-action variants, as the cylinder cycled for each shot the just-fired tube had a tendency to send hot gas at the hand of the firer....
