Top 10 Movie Shootouts

The creators of this bloody cult favorite set out to create a unique gunfight sequence in an otherwise well-worn genre. The violence is taken out of the usual urban context and set in an eerily familiar suburban neighborhood. And how many gunfights involve a cigar-chewing, scripture-spouting Billy Connolly (yes, that Billy Connolly) as a grizzled hitman? This flamboyant homage to the detective serials of the 40s concludes with a fitting rat-tat-tat....

December 18, 2022 · 4 min · 705 words · Sarah Dunn

Top 10 Mysterious Missing Persons Cases

Thankfully, many of the missing are quickly found—in the U.S., the vast majority are found within days. Many who go missing choose to do so to begin a new life. But given the sheer number of reported cases, there is still an unsettling amount of unsolved disappearances. In some of these unsolved cases, the clues left behind pose as many questions as they do answers, or support so many different theories that it’s impossible to decide on a conclusive answer....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1859 words · Ernest Ceaser

Top 10 Natural Weightloss Aids

Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) Rosedale’s Recommended Dose: 100-300mg This vitamin-like substance is, by nature, present in all human cells and responsible for the production of the body’s own energy. In each human cell food energy is converted into energy for our body in the cell power plants with the aid of CoQ10. It is an essential compound required in the proper transport and breakdown of fat into energy; 95% of all our body’s energy requirements is converted with the aid of CoQ10....

December 18, 2022 · 7 min · 1307 words · Tiffany Wooden

Top 10 Of The Most Hilarious Song Titles Ever

10 “You Can’t Have Your Kate and Edith Too,” The Statler Brothers (1967) In October of 2020, Twitter lit up after people discovered they’d been misquoting a popular idiomatic proverb all their life. The popular English proverb is “you can’t have your cake and eat it too,” which means, according to the Cambridge Dictionary, “to have or do two good things at the same time that are impossible to have or do at the same time....

December 18, 2022 · 18 min · 3680 words · Mildred Birkey

Top 10 Otherworldly Beings You May Encounter Around The World

Others insist that they are more sensitive to spirits in specific locations around the world. In fact, some individuals maintain that paranormal entities such as ghosts never cross over to other realms. Instead, they spend their afterlives on Earth with only a select few of the living aware of their presence. 10 Terrifying Places Haunted By The Ghosts Of Brutal Violence 10 Women At The Crossroads Should you find yourself in Mexico on traditional feast days, it would serve you well to avoid all crossroads around midnight....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1766 words · James Valenzuela

Top 10 People Who Were Thought To Be Able To Levitate

Many people throughout history have claimed to have been able to levitate. Here are ten of the greatest floaters around. Top 10 Astonishing Miracles 10 Saint Joseph of Cupertino Guiseppe Desa, born in a stable in 1603, did not seem to have the natural makings of a saint. Poor and notably uneducated he was rejected by the Franciscan Friars when he attempted to become a monk. Eventually the Capuchins took him in but Desa continued to experience visions and moments of ecstasy that had happened from childhood....

December 18, 2022 · 10 min · 2109 words · Helen Kruse

Top 10 Positively Portrayed Female Game Characters

Zelda has come a long way since her first appearance in the series (and, of course, it’s hard to forget the fact that all the games are named after her and not their protagonist, Link). Ocarina of Time saw quite a change of tack for Zelda, who had previously appeared to be somewhat of a typical damsel in distress type. Assuming the apparently male disguise of Sheik (a surviving member of the Sheikah clan) she was completely unrecognizable, helping an otherwise completely oblivious Link....

December 18, 2022 · 6 min · 1124 words · Micaela Cummings

Top 10 Predictions For The Next Decade

See Also: 10 Ancient Predictions That Came True These predictions aren’t messages sent to us from angels or ideas we’ve pulled out of a hat. They’re a combination of scientific and economic forecasts from some of the world’s leading experts and real projects, already in progress by actual inventors. They’re not just fantasies — they’re events that very likely will happen over the next ten years; an early catalog of what will be the ground-breaking moments of our future’s history....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1850 words · Zachery Torres

Top 10 Religions You Never Knew Existed

Cheondoism is a 20th-century Korean religious movement that has its origins in a peasant rebellion in 1812. Cheondoist theology is basically monotheistic, pantheistic and panentheistic. Cheondoism is rooted in Korean shamanism and Korean Buddhism, with elements drawn from Christianity. It has become so popular in Communist North Korea that it is now the leading religion there. The religion believes that God exists in each of us and that we should all strive to make earth a paradise....

December 18, 2022 · 5 min · 1053 words · Beatrice Williams

Top 10 Scientific Achievements We Are Waiting For

Imagine having an iPod capable of holding thousands of years of high definition video. A DNA computer would make such a device very possible. DNA is the substance that living organisms use to store genetic information. What makes DNA special is that it is extremely efficient when it comes to storing information in a limited space. Just one milligram of DNA is capable of holding all the printed material in the world....

December 18, 2022 · 7 min · 1346 words · Justin Thurston

Top 10 Strange Radioactive Facts And Stories

The zingy particles also cause odd dangers after nuclear explosions and, in a very alarming way, to crematorium workers. Perhaps the most enigmatic are the abandoned, human-free zones caused by contamination. Such areas have unique tales as sad as they are remarkable. 10 First Radioactive Space Molecule Back in the 17th century, astronomers were treated to a nova. They could see the bright spot with the naked eye and duly marked its location in the Vulpecula constellation....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1814 words · Daniel Bessler

Top 10 Terrible Facts About Ghislaine Maxwell

10 Hand Delivering a Master Plot In 1990, Ghislaine unwittingly embedded herself into her father’s plot to steal $220 million from the Berlitz company’s shareholders. While she may have been unaware that the envelope she carried held this grand scheme, she certainly played a small yet crucial role in it. It sounds like she already has a history of playing the accomplice. 9 Mysterious Deaths Surrounding Ghislaine Maxwell Most of us have heard the countless conspiracy theories surrounding the 2019 suicide of her longtime partner, Jeffery Epstein....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1714 words · Patsy Robertson

Top 10 Theories Of Why We Dream

These types of psychologists tend to study not only the causes of dreams but also their meanings. They delve into what dreaming can do for our bodies and our brains, such as if they can indicate how we view the world or process information. Others research the history of dreaming and whether only some of our evolutionary ancestors could dream, giving them some sort of selective advantage from those who couldn’t....

December 18, 2022 · 8 min · 1582 words · Nicholas Garcia

Top 10 Things That Aren T As Modern As You May Think 2020

10 Current Fads That Are Way Older Than You Think 10 People Had Flushing Toilets 4,000 Years Ago Pooping is the great equalizer of humanity. Rich or poor, powerful or meek. You’ll have to poop and it’s going to stink. Even today throughout large portions of the world, some countries still struggle with the logistics of waste management and keeping their communities safe from the disease and vermin that come from not properly disposing of their poops....

December 18, 2022 · 8 min · 1577 words · Huey Carr

Top 10 Tips For Surviving A Nuclear Winter

Nuclear Winter is in itself a theoretical concept; scientists believe that in the event of nuclear war, vast amounts of soot will be injected into the stratosphere and spread by winds across the planet, blocking out the sun and making the temperature plummet. Crops would wilt and die; animals would soon follow. The collapse of the food chain would lead to the extinction of the human race. Nuclear Winter could last for years, or even decades; and while it exists, any humans who survived the nuclear war will find it impossible to reestablish civilization....

December 18, 2022 · 7 min · 1469 words · James Louviere

Top 10 Tips For Winning An Argument

When debating you should never raise your voice. You should remain calm at all times. The louder you talk, the louder your opponent talks – and the end result is a yelling match. And of course, it goes without saying that you should definitely not resort to violence. You can even try to talk quieter than normal – as this can draw people in to you and it can make you appear wise....

December 18, 2022 · 5 min · 977 words · Emma Wilder

Top 10 Unbelievable Things Found Underwater

Even with the small amount of ocean exploration that has been completed, some incredible places, animals, and objects have been found. Searching the depths of our oceans can give us insight into the past, the present, and sometimes, even the future. Exploring these areas lets us see pieces of history and gives us ideas of other things that may be lurking in the deep. Here are 10 of the most unbelievable discoveries that have been made underwater....

December 18, 2022 · 8 min · 1665 words · Sandra Lopez

Top 10 Unforgivable Crimes Banks Have Committed

As long as we have been trusting our money to banks, corrupt people within those institutions have been working behind the scenes to increase their wealth, whatever the cost. Here are 10 times that banks have committed various illegal activities you should know about. 10 Wachovia Launders Mexican Cartel’s Drug Money Though it was bought out by Wells Fargo in 2008, Wachovia was itself one of the largest banking institutions in the United States when it was found to have laundered money for Mexican drug cartels....

December 18, 2022 · 9 min · 1821 words · Carolyn Bass

Top 10 Ways Society Today Is Like Pre War Nazi Germany

Calling someone a Nazi or comparing the modern world to the socio-political conditions that precipitated the rise of the Nazi party has somewhat desensitized the world to the horrors of what that word represents. Still, there are several aspects of modern society that, when examined objectively, show similarities to the Weimar Republic’s collapse and the rise of the socialist Nazi party. This list takes a look at those similarities and examines how history may end up repeating itself if we are not careful....

December 18, 2022 · 12 min · 2396 words · Roger Spiers

Top 10 Witnesses Who Died Suddenly

Witnessed Event: U.S. Response to September 11, 2001 On September 11, 2001, David Wherley Jr. was the commander in charge of the 113th Fighter Wing at Andrews Air Force base, in Maryland. After the attack on New York City he took orders from the Secret Service to dispatch a fleet of aircraft to protect the White House and the Capitol. Wherley was an important 9/11 witness. He played a role in ordering the tactics used by the U....

December 18, 2022 · 20 min · 4068 words · Eugene Brown