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Weighing a metric ton and costing more than $2 billion to design, construct and validate, Perseverance has one overarching goal: finding unprecedented evidence of ancient life on a planet other than ours. Much like the moon landing more then half a century earlier, it is a feel-good example of mankind’s ingenuity during especially trying times. Here are ten terrific facts about Perseverance’s mission to Mars. 10 Seven Minutes in Hell Fortunately for the Perseverance team, the hardest part of the mission is already behind them....

Although the names on these U. S. government lists are not always familiar to many who are outside law enforcement, the less-known criminals named on these watchlists are just as dangerous as the more notorious ones, and they all become targets of agencies across the United States and, often, around the world. They can run, but they can’t hide. Sooner or later, they are likely to be caught. You definitely DON’T want to be on any of these lists!...

Many times, people with political and economic agendas have suppressed others’ right to vote. Although the problem appeared to have subsided over time, recent laws show that voter suppression is alive and well in the United States. See Also: 10 Times A Single Vote Changed Everything 10 Gallatin County Election Day Battle 1838 From 1789 until 1870, in general, only white men were allowed to vote in the US, which made voter suppression the law of the land....

The bulk of the Vorkosigan Saga concerns Miles Vorkosigan, a disabled aristocrat from the planet Barrayar whose entire life is a challenge to the prejudices of his native planet against “mutants”. The novels The Vor Game, Barrayar, and Mirror Dance each won the Hugo Award for Best Novel, while Falling Free, Memory, and A Civil Campaign were nominated but did not win. The series makes travel between star systems possible through the use of wormholes (spatial anomalies that exist in five spatial dimensions) – enabling instantaneous travel....

The Pope is the Great Beast The charge that the pope is the beast of Revelation 13, because his tide adds up to 666, is especially popular with Seventh-Day Adventists, but it’s also widely repeated in some Protestant circles. In the case of VICARIVS FILII DEI, they do add up to 666. Isolate the numbers and this is what you get: 5 (v) + 1 (i) + 100 (c) + 1 (i) + 5 (V) + 1 (i) + 50 (L) + 1 (i) + 1 (i) + 500 (d) + 1 (i) = 666....

It is even more remarkable when many of these record breakers are people who have not been alive on Earth for very long. So who were some of the youngest people to ever break a world record? What circumstances put them in a position to be able to break those records? In this list, we will cover ten of the youngest world record setters and breakers. 10 Tucker Roussin When talking about young people breaking records, it does not get much younger than 24-week-old unborn child Tucker Roussin....

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10 Lake Shawnee Amusement Park The rusted and overgrown rides of Lake Shawnee Amusement Park serve as a reminder of the failed West Virginia attraction, but its eerie past lives on in folklore for the area. To start, the park was built over a Native American burial ground, with an archeological dig uncovering thirteen bodies, mostly children.[1] But that’s not the darkest history of the land. In 1783, Mitchell Clay was the first European settler to make a home in the area, which was heavily inhabited by the Shawnee Native American tribe....

But even those that don’t sleep at all still rest. Most insects enter into a state called torpor, which significantly reduces their awareness. Even bacteria have been shown to follow a circadian rhythm, cycling through different levels of activity based on changes in the light. Sleep is still somewhat mysterious to us. We know that it is somehow linked to memory and we die when we miss enough of it....

But no amount of glass can protect it from reinterpretation by other artists. Here are ten alternative versions of Leonardo’s masterwork—and some of them are very alternative indeed. 10 L.H.O.O.Q. Marcel Duchamp scandalized and revolutionized the art world in the early 20th century when he began producing his “readymades.” He would take an everyday, mundane object and turn it into a work of art by placing it in an art gallery....

Ask most people who the oldest drag queen they know is, though, and they’ll probably answer Divine from Pink Flamingos or RuPaul, and maybe someone will mention that Ed Wood dressed as a woman in Glen or Glenda.[1] What many people don’t know is that today’s drag performers have a long cultural tapestry from which to draw inspiration. To help educate drag fans, this list will review ten of the most amazing American drag queens who were born before 1900....

Mummies could also be created naturally. The Incas did this when they mummified their dead by exposing them to the cold temperatures and dry climate. However, the most fascinating natural mummies were created after a human or animal died in some random place. A lucky combination of a perfect location, weather, and temperature as well as the absence of scavengers turned them into mummies. We have found some, and they are just amazing....

10 In Acid Species that can survive outside of the cozy warmth that humans enjoy are called extremophiles, and we’ll meet many on this list. Each extremophile often has one hardship that it is particularly good at enduring. Those which do not blink at dipping in corrosive acids are called acidophiles. Highly acidic places are generally bad news for life. Acids attack organic molecules and break them down. Dissolving tends to be deleterious to health....

10 Jupiter And Saturn Throw Comets At Us In 1994, the world watched as Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 slammed into Jupiter, “leaving Earth-size marks that persisted up to a year.” Back then, astronomers were high-fiving each other over the notion that Jupiter protected us from comets and asteroids. With its massive gravity field, Jupiter was believed to suck the majority of these threats in before they could reach Earth. Current research says the opposite is probably true, and the whole “Jupiter Shield” idea is wrong....

But we’re not just talking about the animal kingdom here. Human beings are no exception. With the severe impacts of climate change and man-made catastrophes such as deforestation and pollution, humans have become increasingly disconnected from nature. So it’s time to take a step back and look at 10 animals on which we rely for our survival. 10 Bees Those little creatures that are best-known for so craftily making delicious honey actually play a more vital role in the Earth’s functions than you may think....

10The Draft Connects Civilians With The Military At the 2012 Aspen Ideas Festival, General Stanley McChrystal suggested that America reinstitute compulsory service, citing several factors. Among the many issues he noted was his claim that only 1 percent of American citizens serve or have an immediate family member serving in the military. This means that few will see firsthand the effects war has on those who fight. Reinstituting the draft would broaden this connection, and in theory it could galvanize opposition to war and the support of peace to minimize exposure to the issues associated with fighting in a war....

Dances Morton Feldman Rather than beat around the bush I thought we would start with the most unusual piece on the list. Morton Feldman was a student of John Cage and was heavily influenced by his ideas of indeterminacy in music. Here we see a piece he wrote for dancer and performer. Black Angels George Crumb This is the second section of Crumb’s Black Angels, based loosely on the Vietnam war....

10 A Tough Childhood Jackie’s parents seem to be characters right out of one his movies. Before World War II, Jackie’s dad Charles was a spy for the Chinese Nationalist government. Mom, Lee-Lee, was a stage performer who sold opium on the side. As part of his duties as a spy, Charles arrested Lee-Lee then married her. He had two sons from a previous marriage; she had two daughters. To support his newly huge family, Charles joined the Chinese mafia....

10Crime Reenactments One thing South Korea is definitely not known for is liberal criminal rights. Anyone who has seen films like Sympathy for Lady Vengeance or Mother is familiar with the Korean practice of crime reenactments. Citizens suspected of committing crimes, such as rape or murder, are forced to take part in these humiliating public rituals, which start with police binding the suspect with ropes or handcuffs. They are then led to the scene of the crime and are ordered to recreate the criminal act....

From galactic warriors to hulking fantasy barbarians, it seemed like every month heralded the arrival of a new line. With movie and animation tie-ins, plastic maquettes flooded the shelves for the next decade. But, while some defined our childhood, not all were wanted and sat lingering in shops for some time. 10 Teenage Mutant Turtles—Toon Burne The array of Turtles figures released to capitalize on their initial success was huge....