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10 Flogging Flogging is a punishment in which a person is beat with a whip or a rod. The punishment was common up until the 19th century when it was gradually replaced by other forms of punishment, primarily imprisonment. Today flogging is widely condemned by organizations such as the United Nations and Amnesty International as being an excessively cruel form of punishment, and it has been outlawed in many countries. Yet there are still some nations which continue to practice flogging as a form of punishment including Saudi Arabia, Iran, and Sudan....

Some of these phenomena can only be found in the exotic realms of faraway places. But you don’t always have to travel that far. Fortunately, there are others that can be viewed in your own backyard. 10 Spotted Lake In Canada, there is a lake that seems to have been crafted by a child’s imagination, a place that would fit right in with Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. The Spotted Lake in Osoyoos, British Columbia, is no ordinary body of water....

Great fight scenes make movies better, but the best fight scenes transcend their movies and forge their own history. Take the green screen trash fire that was The Phantom Menace—you still have to give it props for crafting one of the coolest sword-fights ever seen. Darth Maul became a franchise icon despite uttering exactly two lines during the movie. That’s how good that fight scene was. Of the tens of thousands of movie fight scenes, hundreds of which could make the top spots, this list selects ten of the best....

By today’s standards this may be the most inhumane form of warfare, however battle commanders and generals have always sought many ways to take advantage of the opposing forces. This often involved utilizing any means necessary. Gruesome, painful, and cruel, this list describes poison plants, venom, primitive incendiary devices, and more grizzly tactics used in ancient warfare. 10 Alleged Secret Weapons Of The US Military 10 Poison Arrows One of the first places the ancients looked to for poisons was in botanical sources....

While it’s common for the authorities to receive anonymous tips that turn out false, they can sometimes receive a letter or phone call from an unknown individual who provides important information that sounds credible. In fact, the tipster can even create the impression that they were responsible for the crime. However, since they choose to remain anonymous and refuse to come forward, their information cannot be substantiated. As a result, the mystery continues to remain unsolved....

10 Beaten by His Own Leg In 2013, a disabled man in South Carolina was enjoying his day when he was pushed from his moped and then beaten with his own prosthetic leg by an assailant who was later arrested for assault. The man’s leg appears to have come off when he hit the ground. A second person is reported to have held the victim down while the suspect assaulted him....

Although many witchcraft murders are nothing more than the product of hysteria and lack of knowledge, some truly horrible crimes have been committed with odd connections to witchcraft. Some deaths on this list are linked to Wicca, but it’s important to understand that peace is a major tenet of the Wiccan religion. Also, karma is important to Wiccans, so murder is completely against their religion. But sadly, like other religions, there are some people who are misinformed or simply misuse the religion as a justification to commit horrible crimes....

10 Breeding Animals Being able to successfully breed livestock was often a matter of life and death for entire families, so farmers often tried anything and everything in order to make sure their animals produced the largest, biggest offspring they could. Sometimes, that meant drawing up star charts for their animals, and animals born under different star signs were thought to have different traits. If you were breeding for beauty? Make it a Libra....

On this list are 10 more conspiracies in this same vein. Hold on to your tinfoil hat; things are about to get crazy. 10 Miley Speaks in Riddles After Miley Cyrus’s highly publicized split from husband Liam Hemsworth, she almost immediately had a short-lived fling with Kaitlynn Carter before dumping her almost a month later for Cody Simpson. That relationship also ended abruptly, which is when her loved ones became truly worried....

Here are ten books bound in human skin you might not want on your shelves. 10 The Highwayman The Boston Athenaeum is a private library founded in 1807. Nestling among its many old books is one titled, in full, Narrative of the Life of James Allen, alias George Walton, alias Jonas Pierce, alias James H. York, alias Burley Grove, The Highwayman. Being His Death-bed Confession, to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison....

But botany is actually at the forefront of science. The field helps to inform and shape those more sexy fields that get all the cameras and attention such as genetics, biotechnology, paleontology, and climate change studies. However, there are many botanical observations that are promising to change the world today. 10Fungi Can Increase Crop Yields In 2014, scientists learned how to use the symbiotic relationships that plants forge with fungi in order to increase crop yields while also using less fertilizer....

Yet it’s the combination of the mundane and the terrible—once you know it’s there—that is most arresting. Some photos’ stark simplicity becomes haunting when you realize the true story underneath. 10 The Fredericksburg Ice House This image seems to be merely a pastoral view from the 19th century. It’s only marginally more interesting to hear that this is a view of the famous Fredericksburg battlefield, a couple of years after thousands of Union soldiers fell there during the US Civil War....

But that doesn’t stop people around the world from trying to end it—and you can too. Here are common signs you can see in victims: Looking malnourished Signs of physical abuse or stories with weird stories Avoids law enforcement, eye contact, and talking Short scripted responses No personal ID No personal belongings While the problem of human trafficking may seem insurmountable, there are people working tirelessly to combat it. Here are 10 celebrities who are fighting human trafficking....

The perfect gateway to this consumer market is to create a cartoon. It is a quick way to get your product into the mind of a kid. In addition, you do not even need a great premise or plot. Children will watch anything. Or so adults think. With the exception of one on this list—not really marketed to children anyway—I can’t imagine these as part of a Saturday morning cartoon tradition....

We can’t exactly enjoy all the expensive and delicious food mentioned above, but we can make cheap food look and taste good. If you are hosting a small group of friends over the weekend and want to make your dinner table look boujee on a budget, then there are cheap foods you can add to your menu. I bet you’d also enjoy looking for and eating boujee food on a budget....

10Haunted By Homicide Last year, Jose Ferreira confessed to murdering Carrie Ann Jopek. Ferriera was racked with guilt over the 1982 slaying and claimed that his victim had haunted him for over 30 years. Ferriera, who was 17 at the time of the murder, admitted to pushing Jopek, 13, down a flight of stairs because she refused his sexual advances. The fall snapped her neck. In 1983, a contractor discovered her remains under a porch....

Every year, hundreds of new words and phrases are added to the world’s dictionaries. Words like “blogger,” “Bitcoin,” and “Twitter” don’t mean the same as they once did. “Streaming” had an entirely different meaning even five years ago, and words like “bae” or “turducken” were unheard of. Even “meh” counts as an acceptable word now. However, when words aren’t used that often anymore, they are dropped from the newest books to make room for recently created words and phrases....

Yet some of these heroes also had deep, dark secrets neatly hidden in the annals of history. In these little-known incidents, they have also been likened to the very enemies and institutions they sought to end. 10Aung San Suu Kyi’s Silence Aung San Suu Kyi of Myanmar had been under house arrest multiple times from July 20, 1989 to November 13, 2010. A military junta had just risen to power in 1988, and Suu Kyi had become a threat....

10The Dark Side Of The Moon Most people have heard of the Pink Floyd album “The Dark Side of the Moon,” and the idea of the Moon having a dark side is extremely popular. Except, of course, for the fact that the Moon doesn’t really have a dark side. It’s a common misconception, and it’s actually fairly easy to misunderstand. The issue is that we only ever see one side of the Moon because of the way it orbits us....

When a whole kingdom follows your every word, it can be hard to stay stable, but it’s easy to fall into a decadent and unstable life. That much power can drive a man insane. Sometimes, it did. 10 King Zhou Of Shang Had A Lake Of Wine As the reign of King Zhou went on, he started to get comfortable. He was the king of a great dynasty, and he resolved to enjoy it—in some absolutely unbelievable ways....