After a terrible fire in 1929, much of their scarcely recorded history was lost. But a monk named Jin Jing Zhong compiled decades of living knowledge. With blessings from the head of Shaolin, the Training Methods of the 72 Arts of Shaolin was created. You might question how many of these were real, but they’re all fascinating. 10Pulling Out NailsBo Ding Gong Drive a nail into a plank of wood, then remove it with three fingers....
While we probably know some common facts about the space race (like the time the US tried nuking the moon), there are several other facts we have never heard about. Like how Zambia joined the space race, the Soviet offered to help the US space program and the Soviet Union’s own attempt to nuke the moon. SEE ALSO: 10 Incredibly Mysterious Things We Have Discovered In Space 10 Zambia Joined The Space Race Zambia is one country you do not hear about often....
If you’ve ever wondered what food tasted like back then, you’re in luck. We have the answer. We’ve managed to preserve and recover recipes from the time of Richard II all the way back to the Sumerian empire, and you can still try them today. 10The Forme Of CuryAD 1390 The Forme of Cury is England’s oldest surviving cookbook. When you serve one of the recipes you can find in it, you’re tasting the same food somebody ate in the 14th century....
We are often told to count sheep when we want to fall asleep, but the natural tendencies of rams actually might keep scientists up at night. Domestic rams are statistically among the most extensively gay mammals in existence. Scientific studies have shown that up to an incredible eight percent of male sheep may form exclusively male-to-male pair bonds, forsaking all contact with the female ewes. These same sex couples do not mate, but they act as a couple in every other way throughout their lives....
Warning: There are no answers ahead, but there are plenty of spoilers. 10How Did The Joker Get His Scars? The Joker has two versions of the origin of his scars, which he tells to Gambol and Rachel in The Dark Knight. First, he says that his father mutilated him, and then, he declares he stuck a razor in his mouth and created his own scars after his wife was attacked....
10 19th-Century Brothel In 1997, the Smithsonian Institution commissioned an archaeological study of the site upon which the National Museum of the American Indian was to be built and found artifacts, buried and untouched for more than a century, that could have only been from a wealthy household. These high-quality, expensive items were an unusual find in an area that was known to previously have been working-class neighborhood, and as a result, old maps and real estate records were consulted....
It’s hard to find proof of the real man who lived 2,000 years ago. Every year, though, we slowly unearth bits and pieces of the historical Jesus’s life and get an amazing glimpse into what it would have been like to follow him on his travels. 10 Jesus’s Childhood Home Jesus was raised in a mortar-and-stone home cut into a rocky hillside. His hometown was Nazareth, a town where people held tightly to their Jewish faith....
10 Chinguetti During its heyday, Chinguetti was a lively, rich metropolis that was home to more than 20,000 people. Between the 13th and 17th centuries, Chinguetti, which is located in north-central Mauritania, served as a vibrant trading and religious center for Sunni Muslims who were on their way to Mecca. Today, it’s an endangered site filled with decrepit buildings and abandoned homes with a population of “a few thousand residents” who primarily rely on tourism for income....
10It Doesn’t Shorten Life One of the big arguments against euthanasia is that it’s irreversible: Once the patient is gone, we’ll never know if their unexpected recovery was just around the corner or if they might have gone on to lead full and happy lives despite their illness. However, this argument ignores the data so hard it basically punches reason in the face. The fact is, in all nations where euthanasia is legal, it’s the near-exclusive preserve of the terminally ill....
Two quick things before diving into this list. First, this list is meant to be lighthearted, so I’m not including any incidents that resulted in people getting hurt or killed for their failures. Secondly, my rubric for judging how much they are known for their gaffe is based on the auto-complete feature in Google. So if one of the top three search options is the person’s name and their mistake, I count it....
It’s estimated that for every successful suicide, there are 33 attempts.[1] In the best-case scenario, the survivors will be given the help and support they need. In the worst case, the effects can be far-reaching and unexpected. Below is a list of ten failed suicide attempts with unplanned consequences. 10 On Dry Land It seems you really can put a price on a life: £1 million to be exact. This is how much Amy Beth Dallamura cost rescue services, who were called out 50 times to save her after she repeatedly threw herself into the sea near the Welsh village in which she lived....
10 Startram The Magnetic Space Train For the measly cost of $20 billion, the proposed launch system Startram is expected to send 300,000-ton payloads into orbit at an ultracompetitive rate of about $40 per kilogram ($20/lb). That’s 99 percent less than the current cost of $11,000 per kilogram ($5,000/lb) of using solar power satellites. To do this, Startram will not use rockets, propellants, or ionic drives. Instead, it will use electromagnetic repulsion....
10 Most Out-Of-Place Celebrity Cameos In Videogames 10 Tony Stank A list like this would seem incomplete without at least one Stan Lee entry. The late producer starred in 60 Marvel movie cameos, each of them awesome in their own way. He saves a woman from falling debris in Spider-Man 2, gets mistaken for Hugh Hefner in Iron Man and appears as a mental patient in Thor: The Dark World....
They often deal with tens of thousands of dollars each day, and it is difficult for some to resist stealing a few grand. It is surprisingly easy—and common—for an employee to siphon money from the bank’s customers. These thieves often target the elderly and the disabled, and they can steal money for years undetected. If you have money in a bank, you need to read this. Seriously. 10 Michelle Renee Crouch When bank teller Michelle Crouch learned that Kevin J....
One of the loudest voices in these outlandish claims is Dr. Ellis Silver, who contends that there are just too many differences between humans and every other life-form on the planet for us to be a truly indigenous species. While most, as you might expect, reject his claims as nonsense, they are intriguing nonetheless, and certainly worth looking at in a little more detail. Ellis calls his idea the “prison planet theory....
10Nine Inch NailsStrobe Light As the lead singer, songwriter, and sole consistent member of industrial rock legends Nine Inch Nails, Trent Reznor has gained a reputation as a visionary innovator. Less well known is his love of practical jokes. Back in 2009, Reznor suddenly announced that he would release an album called Strobe Light via the Internet, suspiciously timed to be available on April 1. The album, supposedly produced by Timbaland and featuring such tracks as “This Rhythm Is Infected” and “Clap Trap Crack Slap,” could supposedly be downloaded for “$18....
10Influenza A Viruses Working from articles and electron micrographs of the influenza A viruses, artist Jenny Hammond designed a stained glass window depicting the infectious agents. The work, commissioned by Robert and Marjorie Webster of Memphis, Tennessee, occupies a place of honor near the entrance to their home. Dark blue glass in the window’s upper right corner represents the global problem of the viruses; the figures across the top of the window depict the viruses’ transmission route from aquatic birds to pigs to humans....
The Ptolemies were very protective of their lineage. They were Greek rulers in Egypt. They often married siblings to maintain the bloodline. Despite this, they weren’t shy about using betrayals and assassinations to gain power. As you will see, the biggest danger to a Ptolemy was another Ptolemy in most cases. 10 The Rise Of The Dynasty The death of Alexander the Great plunged the ancient world into chaos as many of his generals fought for power in a series of conflicts that lasted almost 50 years and were known as the Wars of the Diadochi (“successors”)....
Most of us would just be quietly disappointed, or complain on Twitter. “That sucks,” we’d say, and then move on with our day. Some people, however, feel that celebrities need to pay for disappointments and mistakes, and they resolve to use the court system to make it happen, whether the celebrity was actually in the wrong or not. Without further ado, here are 10 celebrities who were sued, rightfully or wrongfully, by their own fans....
While serving as acting president of the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, E.M. Stuart conceived the idea of the Walk, which was set in motion in 1955. The star’s prototype included a caricature, but this feature was abandoned as “too difficult to develop.” The proposed brown and blue colors of the stars’ sidewalks were changed to black and coral. Celebrities from the film, television, radio, and recording industries were eligible to receive the honor of having a star on the Walk....
