But over the years, Shark Week has come under fire for its programming choices, with many finding faults with its premium content. Our list dives into the top ten shark week conspiracy theories that cause heated debates among scientists and viewers alike. For some, the theories are plausible, but to others, they are just a marketing flourish for various actors looking to cash in from the publicity that shark fins create....
10William Longsword William Longsword was the son of Rollo, the daring Viking chief who had converted to Christianity and founded the Duchy of Normandy in northern France. William continued his father’s work, aggressively expanding the duchy to the north. With France in turmoil, there was no central authority to stop him. There was just one problem: his lousy neighbor, Flanders. As the Normans were expanding north, Arnulf the Rich, Count of Flanders, had been rapidly expanding south....
In 1872, the world’s first international football match was played in Glasgow between Scotland and England, which ended in a 0–0 draw. In 1930, the first FIFA World Cup was won by the host nation, Uruguay. In 1973, Secretariat became the first racehorse to finish the Kentucky Derby in less than 2 minutes, a time that remains the best in Kentucky Derby history. The Maxim gun was the first self-powered machine gun, invented by the American-born British inventor Sir Hiram Maxim in 1884....
See Also: 10 Advertising Lies We’ve All Been Fed 10 Funeral Billboards In a seemingly creative way to attempt to create their own customers, Bergemann & Son Funeral Services has caught a lot of backlash for their billboard in a Berlin subway station. People that see the advertisement have been both humored and disgusted by the tongue-in-cheek placement of the advertisement. The ad itself is very simplistic with the phrase “Come a little closer” in black lettering on a plan white background....
However, you probably don’t know that hidden battles occur every day all over the site to make sure that the information stored is not ruined. These “edit wars” are undertaken by those who believe it is their duty to protect certain articles on Wikipedia. They follow one simple rule: To keep the information consistent with how they want it to be. 10 Cuteness What is cuteness? Is cuteness a survival technique, or is an animal’s cuteness based on opinion?...
Top 10 Repurposed Nazi-Era Buildings 10 Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino In 2019, the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino opened in Hollywood, Florida in the form of an enormous guitar-shaped building. It took close to a decade to complete the design and construction and the building also features a light show when night falls. Guests who stay at this 638-room hotel enjoy breath-taking views all round of the Hollywood beachfront and the venue includes a massive performance venue as well as pool resort area....
While nude images of humans have existed for as long as civilization, it was not until the Victorian era that pornography in the sense that we know it existed. Prior to the 19th century, there were a few laws regarding sexual behavior, but none regarding images of sexuality. The Victorians were a prudish bunch and they outlawed depiction of nudity for all but the upper class, who they felt had the moral strength to cope with the images....
Millions of Americans watched and enjoyed these shows. As a result, ad revenues skyrocketed. Television production companies and national broadcast networks were flush. They were able to spend real money to attract the best directors, writers, and actors. And they didn’t neglect music. Companies developed teams of powerfully creative songwriters and arrangers. The result was an astonishing burst of musical creativity in the writing and performing of TV theme songs....
Top 10 Funny Coronavirus Lockdown Activities Around The World 10 Excess Suicidal Thoughts and Deaths The transition from life as we knew it to quarantine in the first half of 2020 led to serious mental health issues. While studies report no overall increase in suicide rates, this is not true for specific countries or demographics. People have also claimed increased thoughts of suicide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a report surveying 5,412 American adults from June 24 to 30th in 2020....
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Courtney Love Courtney Love often ranks at the top of ugly celebrity lists. She was married to Kurt Cobain (of Nirvana fame) until he killed himself in 1994. She formed her own band called Hole. Juliette Lewis Juliette Lewis is recognized as one of Hollywood’s most talented and versatile actors of her generation. She first stunned mass audiences and critics alike with her Oscar-nominated performance as ‘Danielle Bowden’ in Cape Fear (1991)....
Sound familiar? It’s the motto of the United States Postal Service, right? Actually, the USPS has no motto, but this quotation from Book 8 of The Persian Wars, by Herodotus, which is inscribed on the General Post Office in New York City, is a fair evaluation of the lengths to which postal carriers have gone – and still go – to get our mail to us. In 1860, William H....
Flags originated in China and India and spread around the world. Because they are so ancient it is not possible to pinpoint the very first, so we are doing the next best thing by including the Dannebrog – the world’s oldest state flag still in use. Dating back to the 13th century – allegedly June 15, 1219, the Dannebrog is the state flag of Denmark and is the inspiration behind the design of many other scandinavian country’s flags....
Over the years, we have heard terrifying stories of people being attacked by lions, crocodiles, bears, etc. We’ve heard people complain about iguanas eating their harvest or squirrels digging up their flower pots. From our perspective, wild animals are to be seen from afar and not interacted with. But these ten people obviously see things differently. 10 Butter the Opossum Most people despise opossums and classify them as huge rodents that scavage through your trash at night, looking for food to survive....
This jealous Queen has had her beauty washed away by years of aging, and now her stepdaughter, Snow White, is the fairest in the land. Angered by her magic mirror that has brought her this news, she sends her huntsman to kill Snow White. After he cannot find the heart to harm the beautiful young princess, the Queen takes on a peddler’s disguise and offers Snow White a poisoned apple....
While serious and heartfelt speeches were often included, audiences also had a taste for over-the-top deaths, outlandish situations, and dirty jokes. Here are 10 of the weirdest moments from English Renaissance theater. Spoiler warnings ahead (but to be fair, they are all over 400 years old). 10 Necrophilia in The Revenger’s Tragedy Revenge tragedies were all the rage during the Renaissance, and Thomas Middleton’s satiric The Revenger’s Tragedy sends up this violent genre....
The Black Death 75 million Deaths The Black Death, or The Black Plague, was one of the most deadly pandemics in human history. It probably began in Central Asia and spread to Europe by the late 1340s. The total number of deaths worldwide from the pandemic is estimated at 75 million people; there were an estimated 20 to 30 million deaths in Europe alone. The Black Death is estimated to have killed between one-third and two-thirds of Europe’s population....
Harding and Kerrigan skate together This digital composite of Olympic ice skaters Tanya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan appeared on the cover of New York Newsday. The picture showed the rivals practicing together, shortly after an attack on Kerrigan by an associate of Harding’s husband. The picture caption reads: “Tonya Harding, left, and Nancy Kerrigan, appear to skate together in this New York Newsday composite illustration. Tomorrow, they’ll really take to the ice together....
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Funk was a musical style that evolved from a base of jazz and blues, undergoing further refinement in the mid-1960s to emerge as a stripped-down, highly percussive, bass-driven style of music with virtually no melody or other standard embellishments. Some funky bass lines are so compelling they have been sampled time and again by the next generation of musicians to create new riffs, instigating copyright issues for musicians and publishers but keeping dance floors full from Miami to Minsk....
