There is something magical about the fact that any competitor who enters the stadium, ring, pitch, or velodrome could be crowned the champion athlete in their chosen discipline. But over its 120-year history, the games have seen many people try to unbalance the level playing field or prevent equal participation before the competition even began. 10 Pierre de Coubertin Pierre de Coubertin, known by many as the founder of the modern Olympiad, has an international reputation for embodying fair play and the Olympic spirit....

This passion makes it more tragic when a life is taken during a racing event, something which happens far too often. This list looks at 10 deaths which were among the most shocking, unexpected and tragic in auto racing history. Scott Kalitta was a two time Top Fuel drag racing champion, and the first driver to win races in both the Top Fuel and Funny Car divisions. He was one of the most successful drivers in American drag racing history....

Panics and stampedes can generally be broken down into two categories: acquisitive panics, where people rush headlong in a rush or panic to acquire something of value – say a better seat in a theater, or a chance to get that “must have” doll for a Christmas present when the shopping center doors open on Black Friday; and the typical image of a panic or human stampede – a life or death surge away from some form of danger – such as people trying to escape a burning night club....

However, sometimes, a love story is so strange and wonderful that it truly could be the plot of its own movie. These 10 stories prove that love can be found in really strange places, even when we least expect it. 10 Tarek And Hadil Living as a refugee is incredibly difficult. Refugees must leave behind their homes, hitting “pause” on their personal goals in exchange for a place to survive....

One may ask, “Why am I paying taxes just so the government can give prisoners more comfort?” Another may believe that we need to be more humane in the treatment of such prisoners. This article won’t try to convince anyone to change their views on the penal system. It simply aims to point out that every offender—whether a thief or a drug dealer, an abusive parent or a murderer—deserves even the smallest chance at redemption....

So what do you do if you’re a ruler threatened by these developments? Sure, you could settle for old-school methods of exerting control: limiting Internet access, censoring information, or replacing all public billboards with giant portraits of yourself. Or . . . you could embrace these modern means of communication and use them to your advantage. 10Russia Edits Wiki Entries Related To MH17 In the wake of the MH17 tragedy in 2014, questions of who’s responsible for downing the plane emerged almost immediately....

In addition to the burial sites that everyone knows about, there exist smaller yet still very interesting examples of how people treated the dead. Here are 10 unique burial sites that have their own stories to tell. 10 Plain Of Jars The mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos has been of archaeological interest since its discovery, estimated to have been created around 3,000 years ago. In itself, it is unique, as we covered back in 2011 in our list of unique places around the world....

10Line For Heaven For those who do not find Facebook or Reddit Christian enough, a group of intrepid Christians created the website Line For Heaven, a social media site specifically for those Christians who want to compete in a virtual race to heaven. On Line For Heaven, users compete for karma points by doing tasks that bump them up higher and higher in the heavenly ladder. Users earn karma points by supporting causes and playing games as well as other more religious-themed actions like giving other users blessings and confessing their sins....

10Israel Attacked The USS Cole The USS Cole was attacked in Aden Harbor, Yemen, in October 2000 in a terrorist bombing linked to Al-Qaeda. The official story is that the ship was attacked when a small boat pretended to help the Cole to moor then exploded an onboard bomb. However, according to supposed former CIA agent John O’Neill, the attack on the USS Cole was actually a cover-up for a false flag operation by the CIA and Mossad....

10Lasseter’s Reef Born in Victoria in 1880, Lewis Lasseter had a rather ordinary life as a maintenance man, writer, inventor, and carpenter. He quarreled with the local planning council, married a nurse, and was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force due to bad health. Then, in 1929, he approached the Australian government with an absolutely audacious plan. He wanted to survey a 1,280-kilometer (800 mi) stretch of the Australian Outback to lay out the route for a pipeline to carry water from the Gascoyne River to a gigantic quartz reef he claimed to have discovered....

Warning: This article contains multiple spoilers, and the videos contain extremely graphic scenes of gore. 10Scanners (1981) Psychics are usually on the other end of the spectrum from body horror. Of course, all bets are off when mind-reading “scanners” are capable of exploding heads. Director David Cronenberg gives us not only mind readers but a select few born with the ability to connect to another person’s nervous system. This yields horrifying results as mouths froth, veins bulge and erupt, and organs burst....

10 The Barrel Murder1903 On April 14, 1903, a grisly discovery was made on a New York City street corner. Sealed in a wooden shipping barrel was the nearly decapitated corpse of a man. He had been killed ultimately by a knife cut to the jugular, but not before 18 other stab wounds had been administered to his neck. Police and Secret Service remembered seeing him in the company of members of the Morello gang....

Whatever your opinions, they’re probably based on knowledge. Well, here is a list of things you may or may not know that will simply make you wonder and maybe change your opinion on certain topics. One thing is sure—this list will make you go, “Whaaaaaat?” 10 Do You Have HIV? Let’s start with a culprit responsible for the deaths of millions. No biggie, right? Human immunodeficiency virus, better known as HIV, is no picnic....

10Blood Draining And Ceruse Having a pale, white skin was the “in” thing during the Elizabethan era. Pale skin was believed to be a symbol of wealth, as only a rich woman who did not need to work in the sun could have it. This forced the women of the day to do everything possible to get a pale look. Some rubbed their skin with ceruse—a dangerous and deadly mixture of lead and vinegar....

Monster sightings were as popular in the 1800 and early 1900s as they are today. However, instead of posting their sightings to social media accounts, the people of the past went to the newspapers, where their stories were published and immortalized. And, of course, that means they can still be read today. 10 Half-Man And Half-Frog The idea of aquatic or amphibian men is nothing new. Since antiquity, people have been spotting these strange creatures across the world....

Only a few different types of sacks were used to hold the bodies. But the most common bag was the gunnysack, also called a burlap bag. Cornsacks were also used. But the only difference between the gunnysack and the cornsack was the size of the bag and its original use before a body was placed in it. There were a few cases of smaller bags being used where the murderer had to chop apart the body and fit it into four different bags, but that was a lot of work for one murder....

Osama bin Laden did his best to seem like a devout, fundamentalist Muslim whose only vice was killing thousands of innocent people, but behind closed doors, he wasn’t as above Western culture as he liked to pretend. When the Navy SEALS broke into his compound and took him out, they got the chance to look at what was on his computer. And as it turns out, the stuff bin Laden spent his last few years watching on his laptop wasn’t exactly sharia....

When a hawk has eaten its fill (in falconry speak, when it’s “crop is full”) it won’t want to hunt. Of course, another way of saying it’s eaten its fill is to say it’s “fed-up.” The phrase has moved from a bird who doesn’t want to hunt anymore to a person who doesn’t want to do something anymore. The “hood” is used in falconry when the raptor is being trained as it calms it down, but continues to be useful throughout the bird’s “career” (not that it’s paid)....

First formulated by St. Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury, then taken up by Alvin Plantinga. “God exists, provided that it is logically possible for him to exist.” This argument is quite brazen in its simplicity, requiring not only a belief in God, but a belief in the necessity of God. If you believe he is necessary, then you must believe he exists. The Counterargument: Criticism typically deals with the Ontological Argument committing a “bare assertion fallacy,” which means it asserts qualities inherent solely to an unproven statement, without any support for those qualities....

King Henry V of England (Kenneth Branagh) is insulted by the King of France. As a result, he leads his army into battle against France. Along the way, the young king must struggle with the sinking morale of his troops and his own inner doubts. The war culminates at the bloody Battle of Agincourt. This film is based on the Shakespeare play of the same name and it contains brilliant battle scenes....