Top 10 White Rappers
Over the course of the past few decades, hip-hop has risen to become one of the more prominent popular music genres. Though its prime cultural origins lay upon the streets of The Bronx, New York City, the genre has spread far and wide since its conception in the early 1970’s. [...]
Top 10 Facts About Margaret Thatcher
For those of you who are unaware of who Margaret Thatcher is, or rather was, let me bring you up to speed with a brief lesson on general British politics of the past 30 years. Succeeding from Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan in 1979, Margaret Thatcher ushered in what was [...]
Ten of History’s Most Neurotic Leaders
History often tells us who to hate, and there are a slew of Neurotic Leaders past and present that have or will ultimately be judged by the written word. The Byzantine Emperor Justin II, for example, will forever be remembered as an impotent schizophrenic that enjoyed chewing on his own attendants. Of [...]
Top 10 Unique Rites of Passage
Every area of the world has some form of coming of age ritual or rites of passage. Whether it’s adolescent circumcision, Bar Mitzvah, or the Japanese Coming of Age Day—the crossing between being a child and an adult is marked in some way. Many cultures (and sub-cultures) have found a [...]
Top 10 High Altitude Stunts
It is not natural for humans to be teetering, falling, gliding, or have anything to do with high altitudes. Even though we are evolutionarily ill-equipped for such endeavors, mankind has never stopped looking to the sky. In something that resembles a biological drive, humans have been imagining themselves in the [...]
Top 10 Most Scarily Obsessive Fans
I enjoy watching movies and listening to music. Who doesn’t? Maybe sometimes I’ll find out a bit about the people who make the music and movies and check out some other work they’ve done. I might even go and see a band in concert and if I’m feeling especially wild, [...]
Top 10 Embarrassing Marriage Proposals
The mood is right, the lights are dimmed, the Mariachi band has just struck up “Love Me Tender” and the girl of your dreams is sitting there, opposite you. Take a deep breath and….propose. If she says yes, you’re very lucky. If she lets you down gently, you’re still lucky. [...]
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 Serial Killer Characteristics
Not much is generally known about serial killers aside from their crimes. It is widely believed, at least amongst experts, that those who commit multiple homicides are a different breed altogether, at least in terms of criminology, from those who commit murder on one single occasion. Given the regularity of [...]
Top 10 Signs that Paul McCartney Actually Died in 1966
Leading internet sources will tell you that Paul McCartney, composer and bassist of the Beatles, lived 18 June 1942-present. But if you believe the rumors, he actually died in 1966 and the present “Paul” is a lookalike. Some cite the “Frog Song” as evidence that he’s a different person to [...]
