Each movie is littered with references to the others, from off-the-cuff remarks to actual character cameos in end credit scenes. While these just seemed like fun Easter eggs at first, it was apparent later on that they were building a chronology that would carry them to a climax of getting the Avengers to actually assemble. We are now on our way to a final battle with the mighty Thanos, and the chronology of the movies still seems to be holding strong....

Given the incredible advances in technology in the past 100 years, there is a good chance that aliens who became spacefaring civilizations even a few hundred years before us would be unimaginably more advanced than we are now. We have thought of many different ways to transmit messages across the cosmos. So if super-advanced aliens wanted to communicate with us, here are some ways they could do it. 10 Plain Old Radio Waves This is what first comes to most people’s minds when they think of communicating with aliens....

10 Espionage And Sedition Acts When Woodrow Wilson declared war in 1917, he gave a speech before congress warning of the disloyalty of many Americans. To deal with those who wanted to undermine the war effort, Wilson advocated “a firm hand of repression.” Thus, Wilson enacted the Espionage and Sedition Acts to prosecute people who threatened “national defense.” The acts granted the government the power to censor newspapers and movies as well as jail those who resisted the draft and made it federal crime to slander the Constitution....

10 Whisky War The Whisky War was a disagreement between Canada and Denmark that began in 1973 and finally ended in 2022. Yes, these two developed, progressive nations were at war in your lifetime, and you did not even know it! Watch this video on YouTube Well, the dispute has been described as a “pseudo-conflict.” It centers around Hans Island, a tiny, resourceless, muffin-shaped island in the Arctic. Just 680 miles (1,094 kilometers) south of the North Pole, it has been uninhabited since the Inuits stopped using it as a hunting ground....

10Using Facial Coding Psychologists have been using facial coding to determine how a facial expression may betray an emotion, and animators have used facial coding to ensure that their characters possess realistic facial expressions. The Milwaukee Bucks, however, have turned to a facial coding expert in order to help evaluate the emotional stability of a player who may ultimately receive a multimillion-dollar contract. The Bucks hired Dan Hill, a facial coding expert, for the evaluation process related to the NBA draft....

10Alanis Morissette’s Song ‘Ironic’ Really Is Ironic The Mistake: Watch this video on YouTube The word “irony” has a lot of definitions, but none of them are synonymous with “bad luck.” So when ’90s pop diva Alanis Morissette released a song called “Ironic” that featured non-ironic-but-unfortunate lyrics like “it’s a black fly in your Chardonnay,” the world duly mocked her for it. An entire cottage industry has now grown up online of videos correcting the song’s lyrics to make them truly ironic....

While crime-fighting shows can be very entertaining, there are plenty of things they get very wrong, more than enough to talk about. And while forensic sciences aren’t actually rubbish or something to look down upon, plenty of their methods are far less accurate or convenient than movies and TV would have you believe. 10 Bloodstain Pattern Analysis Bloodstain pattern analysis is a method used in many films and TV shows to determine how someone has been killed using the blood spatter as a guide....

Prejudice against immigrants played a part in getting marijuana banned in several border states, and such feelings remained in place when the Federal Bureau of Narcotics turned anti-marijuana sentiment into a national movement in the 1930s. Using the yellow press to spread scare stories, the Bureau helped generate support for the Marihuana Tax Act of 1937, which effectively criminalized the drug. 10 ‘Reefer Makes Darkies Think They’re As Good As White Men!...

For better or worse, this can often take the form of a musical career. Below, we give you 10 wrestlers who unleashed their musical talents on the world. 10 Macho Man Randy Savage Macho Man Randy Savage was, at one point, equally at the level of superstardom that Hulk Hogan was. His larger-than-life attitude and testosterone-fueled vocabulary made him a huge draw. With the addition of his wife, Elizabeth, by his side, he had a human side that ingratiated him with fans....

The Battle of The Hague was a paratroop attack on the Dutch capital, designed to make the government capitulate and avoid a longer land battle. The Dutch lost airfields on the outskirts but held the city itself, later counterattacking and recapturing the airfields. They inflicted heavy casualties on the paratroops and held on to these defensive positions until the situation around them deteriorated, and they were ordered to retreat. In this one day battle, the Nazis lost 125 transport aircraft....

A mamluk was a slave soldier who converted to Islam and served the Muslim caliphs and the Ayyubid sultans during the Middle Ages. Over time, they became a powerful military caste often defeating the Crusaders. On more than one occasion, they seized power for themselves; for example, ruling Egypt in the Mamluk Sultanate from 1250–1517. After mamluks had converted to Islam, many were trained as cavalry soldiers. Mamluks had to follow the dictates of furusiyya, a code that included values such as courage and generosity, and also cavalry tactics, horsemanship, archery and treatment of wounds, etc....

When PSR1257 + 12 B and PSR1257 + 12 C (they used uppercase letters for these very first ones because they did not yet use the current nomenclature), and later 51 Pegasi b, the first confirmed exoplanets were discovered in the early 1990’s, they were hailed as the most significant breakthroughs in the field of Astronomy since the Copernican Revolution and caused an uproar in the scientific community, and revived hopes of finding Earth-like planets and perhaps life outside the Solar System....

GET TO DA CHOPPA! is a shortened line from the movie “Predator” that Dutch played by Arnold Schwarzenegger yells. This is commonly used when something exciting is happening or about to happen or it can mean nothing at all. De-Motivational posters are a phenomena that parody motivational posters that have a caption beneath. Such sites as Despair, Inc and MotiFake.com have became popular through these posters. End Of Ze World is a flash animation about the world ending through nuclear war between the USA, China, France, India, Israel, Pakistan, Russia, and the UK....

A look very popular with the ladies during the Roaring 20s. It was part of an overall look known as “The Flapper”, where the girl would crop their hair between their chin to their ear level and work in uniform waves. This became immensely popular due to celebrity such as Zelda Fitzgerald and Colleen Moore. The more respectable of the two hairstyles famous in the ‘50s, the pompadour was created by combing the hair against the sides, but pulling the hair up and over on itself on top....

1 404 AD – The last known gladiatorial competition in Rome takes place (gladiators pictured above) 2 630 – Muhammad sets out toward Mecca with the army that captures it bloodlessly. 3 1515 – King Francis I of France (France’s first Renaissance monarch) succeeds to the French throne. 4 1772 – The first traveler’s cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities, go on sale in London. 5 1788 – First edition of The Times of London, previously The Daily Universal Register, is published....

See Also: 10 Times Robots Were Brutally Assaulted By Humans But while robots face violent lust and discrimination in the workplace, they are also being waterboarded and gunned down for a good cause. 8 Fired For Being Too Good One of the main reasons for robotics is to make the workplace more efficient. Whoever invented that dream didn’t consider the power of human disgruntlement—especially when you suddenly turn into a less efficient staff member because you’re human....

Books about communism or pacifism, literature seen as questioning German culture or racial superiority, and material deemed sexually explicit went up in smoke—as did, of course, anything written by Jews or anti-Hitler dissidents. As evidenced by these ten tomes, the Nazis practiced cancel culture well before the advent of Twitter. 10 All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Remarque) Or should we say “Im Westen Nichts Neues”? That’s German for “In the West, Nothing New”—and it’s the original title of the novel authored by German World War I veteran Erich Maria Remarque....

This list looks at ten songs with gender-swapped lyrics or perspectives that created a different meaning—and maybe even a better version. 10 “Respect” by Aretha Franklin Originally by Otis Redding It might be impossible to overstate the cultural influence Aretha Franklin’s “Respect” has had. In 2003, it was number five on Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest songs of all time, and it had moved to number one on the 2021 version of the list....

In the centuries since, the legends of these saints have grown. Stories of their lives became a popular literary genre in the Middle Ages. Tales of their exploits were spread across the Christian world as inspiration to remain faithful to God. Unfortunately, the accounts also told of the martyrs’ awful deaths. Even today, contemporary historians have documented many terrible stories of how Roman emperors persecuted and brutally murdered early believers....

In fact, there have been several other violent political disagreements in the United States. Throughout history, the actions of a destructive few have gone against the spirit of democracy. Some have even led to death. Here are ten of the most intense face-offs in American political history. 10 Matthew Lyon vs. Roger Griswold Connecticut’s Roger Griswold and Vermont’s Matthew Lyon never got along. In 1798, Lyon spat tobacco juice in Griswold’s eye and accused the Federalist of being a coward....