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Their keen sense of smell, excellent eyesight, powerful hind legs, and small collarbones help them outmaneuver their prey. They are masters of stealth and will creep up on their prey like ghosts. Unlike canines, most cats live and hunt alone. Male felines typically spend little or no time with their young, leaving most of the parenting to the mothers. Many cat species are well-known. From the social and majestic lion to the swift and elegant cheetah, cats have fascinated humans for thousands of years....

The two founding fathers of Quantum Mechanics vehemently debated one another over the interpretation of quantum theory. Bohr was a champion of the uncertainty principle put forth by Werner Heisenberg, which states that it is not possible to obtain completely accurate measurements of certain pairs of properties of quantum systems, such as position and momentum, or time and energy, at the same time. At the fifth Solvay conference, Einstein expressed his disagreement with Bohr....

10 Racist Mallomars Nothing could be more politically correct than a cookie, particularly Nabisco’s Mallomar, a kind of s’more with a graham cracker base, topped with marshmallows coated in melted chocolate. As these treats do not fare particularly well in the heat of summer, they are only produced during the cooler months, approximately September–May. In the United States, little about Mallomars tends to raise eyebrows. Overseas, though, the nomenclature tends to swing toward the offensive....

10AnaxagorasGreece In the old Greek legends, there was a great kingdom known as Argo. During the reign of King Anaxagoras, some women argued that the Earthly temples were better than those of the gods. This obviously angered the Greek gods, who were not the type to take that kind of insult lightly. There are multiple versions of the story, but most involve either Hera or Dionysius cursing the women of the land with madness as punishment for their slight against their creators....

10 The Moai Walked A longstanding point of contention over the years has been just how the moai statues on Easter Island got to their final resting places. The tallest of the statues, “Paro,” stands at almost 10 meters (33 ft) and weighs in at 74 metric tons (82 tons). All of them are immensely hard to move. In the early ’80s, researchers tried to recreate some of the statues and move them using only tools that the islanders had to their disposal....

Fresh talent and collaboration within the arts. These things play a huge factor in the development of new content as well as revolutionary ideas. When more than one person puts their heart into something, magic can be made . . . sometimes. This hasn’t always been the case in the past, especially when it comes to film. Be prepared for bickering, plenty of fisticuffs, and a stray finger somewhere in the woods ....

10 Grampussing Militaries are always tough on people who don’t perform their duties properly. Repelling an enemy attack can depend on a single guard keeping watch, so people who slack off have to be taught to respect their positions. An example of severe punishment for this offense can be found in the navy during King Henry VIII’s reign. Men who fell asleep on watch were given three strikes, with each strike ramping up the punishment....

While the animals on this list can be very lovable and none of them are evil by any means, even possibly kept properly without many problems by the right, experienced and well-researched keeper, for an average, perhaps impulsive and uninformed pet owner, through no fault of any of these animals but simply due to their instincts or difficulty of care, they frequently end up becoming a living nightmare. 10 Human Mental Disorders That Affect Pets Too...

10Cadaver Rats On July 18, 2014, Doris Kennard won a $237,000 judgment for emotional stress she suffered from corpse-eating rats at Providence Hospital in Washington, DC. Contracted to clean the deceased, Kennard faced flesh-mad rodents that would chew through body bags and seethe through cadavers’ nether regions. In 2010, she landed in the hospital from a rat attack suffered after pulling a tail she believed to be a feminine care product string from the corpse’s vagina....

However, all falls are not created equally, and as we view ten of the greatest falls caught on tape, special attention must be paid to the different varieties of the fall-down, as each has its own unique set of characteristics and delights. Slipping on ice is one of the funniest circumstances for a fall. This is because the nature of ice provides two things: both a complete lack of body control as the person goes down, combined with that person’s perception that they can rectify the situation and avoid the inevitable fall – when your feet are sliding around beneath you, rather than suddenly out from under you, there’s a sense you can right yourself....

But as much as technology seems to be hurtling our lives into an episode of The Jetsons, several documented inventions that could have revolutionized our world never saw the light of day. Here are the 10 most life-altering inventions that you will likely never see (and the conspiracies behind their suppressions). 10 Cloudbuster There is certainly something to be said about the ability to make it rain on command. Wilhelm Reich, a scientist who noticed a drought that was impacting the blueberry harvest in his state of Maine, created an invention that has since been dubbed “the Cloudbuster....

Although many different cultures have legends that tell of men slaying thousands by their own hand, Simo Hayha is one of the deadliest soldiers of modern war. Nicknamed “White Death,” he can be found on various top ten lists, and for good reason. Often considered the greatest sniper to have served in war, Hayha is credited with over 800 kills. During the Winter War between Finland and the Soviet Union, Simo Hayha amassed 505 confirmed sniper kills (37 more unconfirmed) as well as over 200 confirmed kills by submachine gun....

10 Stewmaker In 2009, Santiago Meza Lopez was arrested by Mexican authorities for dissolving hundreds of corpses in caustic acid on behalf of a Tijuana drug kingpin. He was known as “Stewmaker” or “El Pozolero”—after a Mexican stew of hominy and pork. Authorities say Lopez was working for Teodoro “El Teo” Garcia Simental, an infamous trafficker vying for control of the Arellano-Felix cartel. Authorities explained Lopez’s gruesome recipe: “Fill a drum with 200 liters of water and then put two sacks of caustic acid, put it over a fire and when it started to boil, put in the bodies....

10Isidor Fink On March 9, 1929, Polish immigrant Isidor Fink finished delivering some laundry and returned to his small New York apartment. Only 15 minutes after Fink entered the apartment, terrible screams (but no gunshots) were heard coming from inside. The neighbors summoned a police officer, who arrived to find both doors locked from the inside and the windows nailed shut, also from the inside. The windows were also too narrow for an adult to climb through, forcing the police to gain entry by means of a small child, who unlocked the door after the cops lifted him through the transom....

It is very rare for people to disappear entirely completely and forever, but occasionally, even prominent figures seem to vanish without a trace for no reason at all. Here, we look at some very cold cases indeed. 10 John Lansing Jr. In 1829, John Lansing Jr., former chief justice of the New York State Supreme Court, popped out to mail a letter and was never seen again. Lansing had had a glittering legal career....

But there’s more to Charlie Hebdo than simply caricaturing Islam’s prophet. Throughout the years, they’ve targeted just about everyone. 10The Death Of De Gaulle Before it became Charlie Hebdo, France’s most controversial magazine was known as L’Hebdo Hara-Kiri. Hara-Kiri had one mission only: to be as “dumb and nasty” as possible (their words). It achieved this spectacularly in 1970 with the death of Charles de Gaulle at his home in Colombey....

So let’s dig right into 10 incredible facts about the Indus Valley Civilization. 10 Size and Population The Indus Valley Civilization spanned approximately 486,489 square miles (1,260,000 square kilometers) throughout modern India, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. While over 1,056 Indus Valley Civilization urban centers and villages have been identified, only 96 of these have been excavated. Many of the towns were primarily distributed within the broad area of the Indus and Ghaggar-Hakra Rivers and their smaller streams....

This list is not about the heroes. This is about the other guys (and gal) and their story after their rise to infamy. 10Herod The Great The good book is pretty unambiguous about the ancient king of Judea. The act Herod is most infamous for is The Slaughter of the Innocents. After receiving word that a baby was to be born who would become known as “king of the Jews,” King Herod ordered the massacre of all male children aged two years or younger....

10 Chrissie Venn Australia On March 1, 1921, the body of 13-year-old Chrissie Venn was found in a hollow tree stump near the village of North Motton in Tasmania. Chrissie had disappeared on February 20, when she left her home on Allison Road to run errands in the village. After the discovery of her body, newspapers gave conflicting reports. They initially stated that Chrissie was murdered on February 21 and that her body was mutilated....

10 Ushi-Oni You always have to keep an eye out when walking along the beach. There might be glass or perhaps a beached jellyfish. However, there’s one more thing you may want to watch out for—the infamous “cow demon” that loves to terrorize fishermen. The ushi-oni (“cow demon” or “ox demon”) was a legendary monster that haunted Japan. Working with the local nure-onna monsters, which were beasts with a woman’s head and a snake’s body, the ushi-oni ‘s favorite pastime was attacking fishermen....