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See Also: 10 Myths About Guns And Gun Control But as that fear grows, the ways we prepare for it are becoming extreme. Some states now require active shooter drills to involve live reenactments of school shootings, while a handful forbid them from warning the teachers and kids about what’s going to happen. In a country that sees a school shooting nearly every week, it’s only reasonable to be prepared — but sometimes, these drills get so extreme that they’re downright traumatic....

No one understands the freedom that comes with exploring the other side of the spectrum better than actors, and for some weird reason, the nicest people play the biggest and baddest villains in our favorite stories. Here is a list of 10 celebrities who are polar opposites from their characters. 10 Tom Felton vs. Draco Malfoy Known for his dashing and dark role as Draco Malfoy from J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter film franchise, British actor Tom Felton is the farthest thing from Draco’s abrasive demeanor....

True believers think that young schoolchildren are less threatening to aliens, so it makes them easier to approach with their messages from beyond our galaxy. Is this whimsy from active imaginations? Is it shared psychosis? Or have these students truly witnessed extraterrestrial life? 10 Ariel School In 1994, a class of 62 children at the Ariel Elementary School in Zimbabwe were playing outside during recess. The teacher was distracted indoors....

10 Colbie Arrendale Baby Colbie’s mother, Jessica Arrendale, was a victim of domestic violence. Like many other cases of domastic abuse, the situation was deadly. Jessica saved the baby’s life as she herself was killed. That night, Jessica went out with her boyfriend, Antoine Davis, a former Marine who served in Iraq. During the night, he got drunk and violent. Jessica tried to defend herself with a baseball bat, but she was overpowered by Antoine, who turned the bat on her....

10 They Can’t Be Tricked It was once thought that bats could only detect moving insects. In fact, some moths hold perfectly still when they hear a bat coming. Apparently, the common big-eared bat of South America didn’t get the memo. Research has revealed that they can detect sleeping dragonflies that are holding perfectly still. The big-eared bat “ensonifies” the target with a constant stream of sonar. Within three seconds, they can determine if the target in question is edible....

10 The Bird That Knows How Important Accents Can Be We all know that birds build nests, but it is less commonly known that many birds go way beyond the basic twig decor. A shining example is the bowerbird, which creates house-like nests on the ground. The bowerbird decorates the interior and exterior of its nest with an assortment of flowers, mushrooms, and even human-made objects like buttons and plastic. Males with the most aesthetically pleasing pads will attract females as mates....

10 The Original Pilot Was A Disaster Everything seemed to be going well for The Simpsons once the series of Tracey Ullman shorts was picked up by Fox as a half-hour show. A talented writing staff was brought on, the cast was honing their characters’ voices, and they earned a spot in primetime. Then the producers saw the pilot. The animation had just returned from Korea under the company of Klasky-Csupo, most known for being the animation house behind Rugrats....

10 Ban On Animal Prints While animal-themed clothes are pretty much allowed in most zoos across the world, they are banned at the Chessington World of Adventures in the United Kingdom. The ban came into place after zoo authorities noticed that the animals in their Zufari—an imitation of an African wildlife safari—moved closer to people wearing clothing similar to their respective patterns and coloring, while they ran away from people who wore clothes that resembled their predators....

A barleycorn was an Anglo-Saxon unit of length. It was originally the length of an actual barleycorn, but became standardized at what is now 8.5mm. The imperial inch measurement was originally called an ynch which was defined as being equal to three barleycorns. Rather nicely, a quarter of a barleycorn is called a poppyseed. Barleycorns are still used today as the unit of shoe sizes. A size 8 is 1 barleycorn larger than a size 7....

10Thomas Edison Jr. Regardless of whether you consider Thomas Alva Edison Sr. an ingenious inventor or a conniving businessman, he was certainly successful. He turned his name into a brand and made a lot of money off products that sold just because they had “Edison” written on them. This popularity was not lost on others. His oldest son, Thomas Alva Edison Jr. (nicknamed “Dash”), tried to follow in his father’s footsteps....

And it can get a lot stranger. Where there is talk of body doubles and impersonators, it doesn’t take long for the conversation to turn to the murky world of conspiracy theories. Often, the accounts are just plain ridiculous. But sometimes, it is difficult to determine the difference between reality and pseudohistory. The following is a selection of verified and unverified accounts of the use of doubles, doppelgangers, and impersonators....

Note: This is NOT an endorsement of radical governments that have taken hold in some parts of Latin America whose adherence to democracy is often questionable, but rather a balanced historic perspective to explain anti-U.S. sentiment in the region. This addition to the Army Appropriations Act, submitted by Senator Orville Pratt (R-Ohio), set the stage for US-Cuban relations in the early 20th Century. Following the war with Spain in 1898, the US maintained a large garrison in Cuba in the interest of creating a self-governing colony subordinate to Washington....

Regardless, there are many claims of such instances where alien vehicles, technology, and even dead extraterrestrials have ended up in the possession of a select few at the very top (and dark) reaches of world governments. Here are ten of them; make of them what you will. 10 The Paradise Valley IncidentArizona, 1947 The origins of the Paradise Valley incident are dubious to many, not least because they come mainly from UFO author Frank Scully, whose sources were questionable according to some....

10He Has A Child Marvel’s young hero group, Runaways (comprised of teenage heroes seeking to make up for the crimes of their murderous parents), encounter a young man named Victor Mancha. He has memories of being raised as a normal boy whose father, a US Marine, had died. When he exhibits electrical and magnetic powers, the Runaways eventually find out that his “father” is Ultron, and his memories are actually implants....

10 The Coffin Stockpile The CDC is located in Atlanta, Georgia, and that didn’t go unnoticed by people who had also seen what looked like a huge stockpile of coffins sitting in a field along Interstate 20, outside Madison, Georgia. Throw in proximity to the airport, and the rumor mill started turning. According to the conspiracy theorists, the field was the site of coffins that the CDC was stockpiling in preparation for what they were calling a “high-casualty event....

10 Porn Judge Do you have good taste in films of a sultry nature? Well, for all you connoisseurs out there, the Chinese Government may have the perfect job. China employs a hoard of film judges. The Chinese government pays them to watch any and every video on the web that is remotely pornographic. Some judges claim to watch 700 videos from beginning to end each week to determine whether they should be censored....

10 Gary Lewis And The Playboys Everybody knows Jerry Lewis—comedian, philanthropist, failed restaurateur, and Holocaust clown. Fewer people know about Jerry’s son, Gary, a young man who turned his back on comedy in exchange for a drum set and a pair of Beatle boots. Born in 1946, Gary’s musical career took off in 1964 after the Fab Four took the United States by storm. Like every young American male who knew—or didn’t know—how to play an instrument, Gary started his own band, a Beatles knockoff known as Gary and the Playboys....

Surprisingly, these multi-million-dollar works of art, many of which are not by painters whose names are well known to the public, are apt to leave many wondering who in their right minds would pay anything, much less millions, for such pieces of—well, art. Of course, art is subjective, and people’s tastes sometimes differ widely. Still, most of us won’t be able to resist scratching our heads, pondering how these paintings ever commanded even a fraction of their sale prices....

10Mr. Inkster It is almost ironic that a diver named Inkster would be attacked by an octopus, but that is exactly what happened. In 1881, Mr. Inkster was in roughly thirteen feet (four meters) of water at the Kingston jetty in Australia when an octopus attacked him. Fortunately, he had a spear with him because shark attacks were common. He ran the spear through the octopus but was unable to pull the spear back out again because the tentacles held fast to it....

In the case of brown notes, the TV show Mythbusters conducted a test and found that they do not exist.[1] Many had already doubted their existence beforehand. Although brown notes have been debunked, the following ten pieces of art are reported to have created some strange effects in their audience members. 10 Avatar James Cameron’s Avatar is the highest-grossing film of all time. Its story is a bit Aliens meets Dances with Wolves with some of the creatures from the Star Wars cantina....