Top 10 Words That Sound Dirty But Aren’t
None of the following words are as naughty as they sound, although they may elicit a few snickers. In fact, the list is even safe to read at work, although if you intend to read it aloud, please warn anyone within earshot to take their minds out of the gutter. [...]
Top 10 Most Impressive Magic Acts
“Could it be magic?” sang British Pop Group Take That in the mid 1990s, presumably after seeing a woman being sawed in half by a man in a sparkly tuxedo. The answer is no, it probably wasn’t magic. Most magic isn’t anything supernatural at all – it may be sleight [...]
Top 10 Most Complicated Mazes
Ever wanted to get lost somewhere? Well, there are some mazes out there where you can do just that. You go in one side, and it’s down to luck rather than judgement if you ever come out again. Mazes have been a feature of popular culture since the Ancient Greek [...]
Top 10 Hostage Situations in Modern History
The noun ‘hostage’ is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Online as being ‘a person seized or held as security for the fulfillment of a condition’. With this, the power of such an action is immediately realizable Human beings have undoubtedly been using the immense leeway provided through the use of a hostage [...]
Top 10 Obscure, Strange and Scary Toys
Childhood truly is a wonderful time in a person’s life, when the days are long and bright, the summers hot and endless and the worries non-existent. As a society, we have many ways of both preparing a child for their impending adolescence and abating the surprise often caused by coming [...]
Top 10 Strange World Customs
Our world is one of constant parallels. As all we as a species know, planet Earth has spent the last few million years undertaking a comparatively brand new adventure, of which human beings have played a leading role. Slowly spreading from our humble primitive beginnings to establish ourselves as the [...]
Top 10 Scariest Motels in America
Hollywood doesn’t do a great job of selling motels to us, does it? From “Psycho” to “Vacancy“, it’s a pretty safe bet that if you check into one of those handy roadside hotels, you won’t be checking out again. You may get tortured, stabbed in the shower or find yourself [...]
Top 10 Impactful Photographs and Their Stories
Since the dawn of photography in the latter half of the nineteenth century, much of society has been completely revolutionized. A vocation far past its humble beginnings, in terms of both capability and availability, photography has risen to become an art form in its own right. Active in all walks [...]
Top 10 Most Dramatic Battles for the English Throne
In America, the system of who’s in charge seems pretty simple – you vote for them. True, there are primaries and “Super Tuesdays” and other things that non-Americans find a bit baffling, but the end result is the guy with the most votes gets to move into that nice white [...]
Top 10 Creatures that Glow in the Dark
Bioluminescence, by definition, is the emission of visible light by living organisms. Of all the discovered bioluminescent groups out there, 80% are found in the depths of the world’s oceans. In fact, most deep sea creatures glow in some fashion. On land, however, bioluminescent creatures are less widely distributed. There [...]
