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“It’s true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” — Ronald Reagan Everybody loves an easy life, but some will go further out of their way to get it. We’ve all come across lazy so-and-so’s, skivers, lay-abouts and the odd couch potato, but did you know that the desire for the sedate lifestyle can become habit forming and even addictive? Dedicated skivers will sometimes spend a lot of energy plotting and slinking out of work – sometimes using loopholes in working practices as well as a number of tried and tested excuses....

Claim To Fame: Gravity hills appear to defy the laws of physics Unlike the other streets on this list, this is not a specific street but rather a variety of streets – there are, in fact, hundreds around the world. When you park your car at the foot of a gravity hill (also sometimes called Magnetic hills or Mystery hills), the car will appear to roll up the hill – not down....

SEE ALSO: Top 10 Badass Women in Movies 10 Queen Mary I Born: 1516; Died: 1558 Mary was the only child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon to live past infancy. Crowned after the death of Edward VI and the removal of The Nine Days Queen-Lady Jane Grey, Mary is chiefly remembered for temporarily and violently returning England to Catholicism. Many prominent Protestants were executed for their beliefs leading to the moniker “Bloody Mary....

Karl Lashley is a debatable choice for the tenth spot. I selected him because he was one of the first psychologists to try to understand the physiological underpinnings of behavior. Lashley was an American psychologist who initially worked with John Watson. However, Watson was never very interested in the brain-behavior relationship and Lashley eventually went his own direction. He conducted a series of studies with rats where he attempted to locate the “engram” or the physiological seat of memory....

Putting aside the (mostly) predictable plots, there is a lot of hard work that goes into making a rom com look effortless on screen. Sometimes personalities clash, making on-screen chemistry harder. Other times, unforeseen incidents bring filming to a halt, putting the whole project in limbo. There are also a lot of small details that sometimes go unnoticed the first time and are only revealed when watching the film, a second or even third time....

10 Andy Kaufman Faked His Death There is a long list of celebrities who allegedly faked their deaths, such as Elvis, Tupac, and Jim Morrison. Most of these seem nothing more than wishful thinking on behalf of their fans. In Andy Kaufman’s case, there is, at least, some credibility thanks to his friends and family keeping the idea alive. Comedian Andy Kaufman—known for his roles in Taxi and Saturday Night Live, his offbeat comedic routines, and his bizarre wrestling feud with Jerry Lawler—died of lung cancer in 1984....

10 Student Loan DebtSt Nicholas Once a millennial has left college saddled with immense student loan debt from a four year gender studies degree, they will want to call upon the help of St Nicholas (yep, the Christmas guy) who is the Patron Saint of money problems. With the help of good old St Nicholas you will no longer need to worry about where your next plate of artisanal kimchi tacos is coming from....

As this list of 10 people who survived their own “deaths” indicates, it’s not only Mark Twain who had the occasion to protest that “the report of my death was an exaggeration.” Unfortunately, Twain’s quip aside, such incidents are, even for those who manage to survive their own reported “deaths,” rarely, if ever, amusing. 10 Notable People Who Foresaw Their Own Deaths 10 Timesha Beauchamp In August 2020, after being declared dead, 20-year-old Timesha Beauchamp was dispatched to a Michigan funeral home....

10Casanova (2005)$3.99 Starring: Heath Ledger, Jeremy Irons Director: Lasse Hallstrom Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom is best known in the US for his adaptation of The Cider House Rules along with 1993’s What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, which made a star of Leonardo DiCaprio. This fictionalized account of the life of famous lover Giacomo Casanova is worth a look particularly for its amazing cast. With the late, great Heath Ledger in the title role, great supporting work is also turned in by Sienna Miller, Jeremy Irons and Oliver Platt....

Discoveries from this massive era revealed more about extinct human ancestors. Cavemen ran industries, engaged in warfare, and developed unusual social networks. They also had unexpected modern behaviors, inventions, and dangers. 10 Homo Erectus Tool Factory Northeast of Tel Aviv in Israel, excavations struck stone. More precisely, hundreds of ancient stone tools. Discovered in 2017 at a depth of 5 meters (16 ft), the artifacts had been made by extinct human hands....

Top 10 Life-Forms That Belong In A Horror Movie 10 Lobster Mushroom Despite what its name would suggest, the lobster mushroom is actually not a mushroom, at least, not entirely one. Hypomyces lactifluorum is actually a species of mould, a bright orange, parasitic fungus that spreads over its naturally white host and transforms its appearance into something which is a lot more vivid—like a lobster! They prioritise Russula or Lactarius mushrooms and they’re, in fact, known to produce an allegedly extremely delicious combination!...

All we need to contend with now is the follow-up book series: as always, dragged out into as many movies as humanly possible, all for the sake of a buck. I refer, here, to the psycho-kink and sexcapades of 50 Shades of Grey. Since this series was fan-fiction for the Twilight saga, I guess we may never escape the nauseating nonsense found between the covers of such books. All the same, the Saga itself has finally come to end – and here are some reasons to rejoice:...

10 ‘Cows Take Over Beer Garden At Closed Restaurant And Hotel’ A lot of businesses around the world had to close their doors when COVID-19 emerged, but those doors weren’t nailed shut. Businesses are finally reopening, and more than a few owners have returned to their buildings to find strange and unwelcome guests. In one case, a large snake had taken up residence, and in another, a herd of cows. A British hotel and restaurant reopened this week to find a literal herd of cows had taken up residence in the beer garden, making for the largest and most unusual unwelcome guests to appear following widespread closures....

10 Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice Andrew Lloyd-Webber and Tim Rice introduced this rock opera in 1970. It follows the life of Christ (based on the canonical gospels) from his arrival in Jerusalem to his death by crucifixion. The opera focuses a lot of attention on Judas and his relationship with Christ. Due to it being primarily based around Christ as a man and not God, Jesus Christ Superstar offended many fundamental Christian groups....

Ancient therapies return to heal (or kill) modern patients, and famous prehistoric events lurk in the insects’ DNA. There’s the oldest honey farm that was surprisingly advanced and the oldest bee that evolution hated. It is easy to overlook a buzzing individual in the garden, but bees’ history and influence remain remarkably complex. 10 Why Honey Lasts Forever The recipe for immortality is simple—acidity, no water, and a touch of hydrogen peroxide....

10 Surprising Ways To Hack Your Body While some people seem to be naturally good at understanding social cues and carrying a perfect conversation, for the more introverted of us out there, it may not be as easy. Thankfully – and possibly due to scientists generally being introverts as well – science has come up with quite a few hacks you can use the next time you find yourself stuck in a social situation....

It also marked the beginning of big budget comedy films and proved, perhaps for the last time, that Saturday Night Live alumni could make the leap to a successful movie franchise. (We kid. The Ladies Man was awesome.) Like most cultural phenomena, the impact of Ghostbusters was a surprise to those involved in making the movie. In fact, the film almost didn’t happen. Here are 10 other surprising facts from one of the 1980s’ best movies....

When we try to investigate what these authors are actually like, we find out the shocking truth of literary production: It is often the most creative minds that think the wildest thoughts, which leads them to do and believe the craziest things. 10 William S. Burroughs Shot His Wife For his time, William S. Burroughs was as controversial as they come. He was a beat writer tapping into postmodernist themes and modes of writing....

10 Dark Secrets Of The Russian Empire 10 60 Secret Cities Are Completely Off-Limits to Foreigners While people publicly know that Russia was very closed off during its period as the Soviet Union, many would be shocked to find that even today there are plenty of secret cities scattered throughout the Russian Federation. These cities have residents living their day-to-day lives, but even if they want family to visit, they will need a special permit....

10 Of The Most Sought-after Lost Films 10 Project X (2012) On November 2, 2011, a trailer for a movie no one had ever heard about, titled “Project X”, dropped on the internet. The trailer, about a trio of unseen high school students who decide to throw a party that ends up getting widely out of their control, went viral overnight on social media. While it looked fun, excitement for the release was mild, because nobody seemed to see how a film about one single party could be interesting to watch for 90 minutes....