Should we dismiss the fact that each and every day another species of animal is brought closer to its doom as a natural inevitability or as man-kinds greatest shame? The argument has raged on for generations now, and for those of you still sat on the fence- I hope this [...]
An afternoon at the museum may not sound like the most fun family activity ever, but when the museum is the Smithsonian, you know that even the most persnickety of your family members is going to have fun exploring for hours among the expansive collections of this multi-building museum. The [...]
It is perhaps more common than you’d think for the members of ruling class royal families to go completely insane. History, in particular that attributed to European nations, is packed full of examples, and this list intends to showcase some of the most utterly troubled of those. There are many [...]
The President of The United States is a prolific job that is wrought with its own stress, complexities and danger. Presidents deal with such massively important decisions and are so prevalent on television and the media in general that it is sometimes difficult to see them as regular people. Presidents [...]
Now and then, an artist of particularly notability will make a transition in their field, jumping from one art form to another. Though this is relatively rare, it is getting less so- and whether it be painters trying their hand at music or a ballet dancer venturing into the world [...]
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most respected and influential writers in the history of people wearing out of date clothes and talking about how dreadful life is. He is also one of the most world famous cases of ‘no-one-knows-what-the-heck-happened-to-him’ in history. While having written countless works that would [...]
Various militaries have lead much of the notable research conducted worldwide in the past century, not because they’ve had a change of heart and would prefer to save lives instead of taking them you see- but because they seem to be intent on turning as many things as they can [...]
Sport is an integral part of human identity, the need to compete with one another stems right back to the earlier days- when rivalries would be settled usually with intensely violent physical confrontation. Whilst that unfortunately still goes on, we now have sport as well with which to outdo one [...]
The planet earth is a breathtaking masterpiece of art. Our planet is home to so much beauty that putting a list together like this is quite a daunting task. In fact if you simply took one state from the U.S. you could easily find enough natural wonders there to make [...]
As if there wasn’t already a plentiful plethora of creatures available for the perusal and scrutiny of always curious humanity- a fair few have been fabricated in the past that, to be fair- totally trump most known ‘real’ species. From flying horses to hysteric women with snakes for hair, it’d appear we [...]
Who doesn't love a beach vacation? The sun, the sand, the radiation...hang on, what was that last part again? Yes,...
Ever wanted to get lost somewhere? Well, there are some mazes out there where you can do just that. You...
Perhaps because of the diversity of American settlers, or perhaps because of frontier humor, towns with strange names abound in...
The concept of human imprisonment is one that has courted our species through a number of sociological ages. As the...
The world is awash with very real dangers which act to threaten the lives of the human populous on a...
The noun ‘hostage’ is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary Online as being ‘a person seized or held as security...
We humans have long been tunneling for many reasons. Ever since we realized the importance of hiding supplies and/or ourselves,...
Not much is generally known about serial killers aside from their crimes. It is widely believed, at least amongst experts,...
Leading internet sources will tell you that Paul McCartney, composer and bassist of the Beatles, lived 18 June 1942-present. But...
Childhood truly is a wonderful time in a person’s life, when the days are long and bright, the summers hot...
