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Recently, though, archaeologists have started unearthing little pieces of their lives. The Philistines, we’ve learned, were real people—and they played a much bigger role in history than we could have realized. 10 They Were The ‘Sea Peoples’ Who Terrorized Egypt In the 12th century BC, Egypt was terrorized by an army known only as the “Sea Peoples.” They were an unknown group from an unknown land, raiding the coasts of the Mediterranean on massive warships....

10 Chris Thomas On July 15, 2015, 28-year-old Army veteran Chris Thomas, who is confined to a wheelchair with limb-girdle muscular dystrophy, was heading to the bathroom in his Pittsburgh home when his wheelchair snagged the edge of a box, spilling the heavy shelving unit inside onto his legs. In a split second, the weight of the shelving unit tipped his wheelchair over. Thomas crashed to the floor where he hit his head hard against the linoleum and briefly lost consciousness....

10Shanidar 350,000 B.C. In the Zagros Mountains of Northern Iraq, archaeologists unearthed a Neanderthal murder victim. The specimen, named “Shanidar 3,” was a 40–50 year old and died of a puncture wound to his ninth rib. After testing Paleolithic weapons on goat and pig carcasses, experts determined a lightweight throwing spear caused the damage. Neanderthals had long, heavy stabbing spears, but they did not have projectile technology. The prime suspect: a modern human....

False: Touching a toad will give you warts. This is a surprisingly common one, with many people searching google to ascertain whether there is any truth to it. And the truth is that there isn’t any truth to it at all. This belief likely stems from the fact that toads have warts and parents wanted to convince their kids not to touch that gross slimy animal they just found. It turns out, however, that warts can be picked up from just about anywhere, and the sole cause is actually the Human Papilloma Virus—it has nothing to do with toads....

Some stories about the animals exploited for the purposes of espionage serve as sobering reminders of just how far human beings will go to get dirt on their enemies. Other examples of supposed animal spies simply reinforce the well-known fact that people operating under extreme pressure are uniquely predisposed to imagine foes lurking in every shadow. 10 The Atomic Lizard In February 2018, a senior military adviser to the supreme leader of Iran offered Western media outlets some decidedly odd comments....

Top 10 Towns People Abandoned For No Reason 10 Cape Romano Dome House In 1980, Bill Lee started work on his dream: an eco-friendly and self-sufficient home on Cape Romano on the Gulf Coast of Florida. It took three years and a lot of hard work, but by 1982 he had built himself a home able to sustain hurricane-force winds. The house included solar panels, a well-thought-out gutter system that allowed rainfall to be used as running water inside....

10 She Wanted To Become An Attorney Shafilea Ahmed was a 17-year-old girl living in Britain who dreamed of becoming an attorney one day. On the day of her murder, she enraged her parents by wearing a short-sleeved, V-neck top without a sweater. Originally from Pakistan, her parents were furious with their daughter for wanting to live a Westernized lifestyle and for aspiring to become an attorney. Other reports claim that her parents had arranged her marriage with a cousin in rural Pakistan, and Shafilea was horrified by the idea....

However, you’ll be amazed at the truly innovative places in which some eateries can be found. Their locations are so unique that they have actually caught on and become growing trends for unusual dining. Some are ingenious, others are a little creepy, and then there are some which are downright hilarious. 10 Church Crypts The dark depths of church crypts were traditionally used as burial places. However, in modern times, the coffins in many of these crypts have been relocated, leaving dark, cavernous empty spaces....

These addictions are still quite real as well as essential for our day-to-day functioning. It may be coffee for some, cleanliness for others, and obsessively sharing kitten memes for someone else—whatever engages the reward system in the brain for each of us. It gets weird, however, when we see a compulsion that has no reason to exist in the first place. Ever come across kids who can’t stop eating sand or heard about people addicted to eating ashes?...

From alien megastructures to space tractors, here are some of the more bizarre ways scientists have theorized that aliens are likely to contact humans. 10The Megastructure The mysterious monolith in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey turned out to be an alien machine designed to observe species and trigger evolutionary behaviors. Some scientists have argued that alien megastructures could be acting as a giant beacon to other civilizations. Watch this video on YouTube In fact, scientists have been closely watching the star KIC 8462852, whose luminescence has mysteriously varied over the past few years....

Even with all the background and character development we saw over 14 years of Breaking Bad, its sequel movie El Camino, and Better Call Saul, there are still some things we’ve been left to wonder about. Here are 10 of those plot points that weren’t explained, leaving the viewer free to theorize about what happened. A couple of notes before we get started. Bob Odenkirk’s character will be referred to as both Jimmy and Saul, depending on the persona he was using at the time....

The sinister serial killer could easily have been a believable villain in a horror movie. However, the reality was more terrifying than any work of fiction. 10 Worst Childhood Albert Fish was born Hamilton Howard Fish on May 19, 1870, in Washington, DC. His mother suffered from hallucinations, and other members of his family struggled with severe mental illnesses. At least two of his family members died in asylums. Sent to St....

Since so many of us cook, there are a lot of people with very strong opinions about cooking, food safety, and what constitutes proper techniques and proper respect for food. Be sure to let us know in the comments how you feel about the following debates about the right way to cook and eat. 10 Is It Generally Safe to Lick the Beaters or Not? One of the most enduring questions of the modern food age is whether it is okay to lick the beaters, eat raw cookie dough, or even swallow raw eggs whole—although these last people are thankfully a small minority....

10 Bailey Bailey is a golden retriever from Savannah, Georgia, who joins his owner on spooky walking tours of the city, which some say is the most haunted in the USA. Bailey got his start sniffing out spirits when his owner brought him along on the tours to help him socialize after he had been abused by a previous owner. The walks were successful, and they also revealed Bailey’s sixth sense....

10Francis Ford Coppola’s Itch-Scratching Shirt Francis Ford Coppola has done it all. Not only did he direct some the greatest films of all time, the man also started his own winery, founded a short story magazine, started his own brand of spaghetti sauce, and flooded the world with a whole bunch of little Coppolas who like to make their own movies. However, Coppola isn’t just a successful producer, director, and cafe owner....

10 Mandrake The famous mandrake root, introduced in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a plant that not only screams when it is being repotted but is also a “powerful restorative” used to treat those who have been cursed, transfigured, or petrified. While the screams of the mandrake can, in some cases, be fatal, those of the younger plants only result in causing unconsciousness. Watch this video on YouTube In reality, the Mandragora officinarum is not only interesting for the shape of its roots, which frequently resemble human figures, but also for its hallucinogenic and hypnotic effects....

The ocean also has some amazing sea creatures you can see, like whale watching or spotting dolphins alongside your boat. However, the waters of the deep blue sea also hold creepy and gruesome-looking animals. Where there is good, there is also bad. The ocean has a balance of some of the friendliest creatures. But it also has some of the scariest-looking species lying beneath its surface. 10 Sarcastic Fringehead The sarcastic fringehead lives off the northeast coast of the Pacific Ocean and is often referred to as a tube benny....

10 Attacks On America’s Infrastructure From 1959–72, the KGB began to photograph US power plants, dams, oil pipelines, and infrastructure for a nefarious operation that would disrupt the power supply to all of New York. Once they picked targets that they thought were vulnerable, the KGB set up a safe house near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. From there, KGB agents sought to plan and carry out a series of attacks on America’s power systems....

The deadliest aviation accident in history occurred at 5:07pm on March 27th 1977, and came about as a result of a bomb explosion in Gran Canaria airport. Several planes were diverted to Tenerife North Airport, Los Rodeos, including KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736, both Boeing 747s. This unscheduled surge in air activity meant that many aircraft were forced to park on the taxiway, causing blockages and complicating matters even further....

10 Gothic Bible Language: Gothic The Gothic Bible (aka the Wulfila Bible) was produced in AD 350. Although only fragments survived, many of those pieces were edited during the fifth century by a Catholic priest named Salvian, who claimed that they were full of blasphemous phrases. The main reason for this was that Wulfila, like many Goths, was an Arian—someone who believed that Christ was not God but a created being....