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10Spray-Gun Man In 1950, a 19-year-old Ukrainian student named Bohdan Stashynsky was arrested for riding a train without a ticket. The local authorities handed him over to the KGB, who threatened to arrest his family unless he agreed to work for them. After he spent several years infiltrating the anti-Communist underground, the agency felt that he could be trusted. That was when they gave him the gun. The gun was a small aluminum cylinder that sprayed a jet of liquid cyanide....

Euphoria, confusion, and delirium have all inspired and transformed people. Many methods to achieve these ends come with a truly phenomenal experience: hallucinations. One Swiss scientist defined hallucinations as “perceptions without the corresponding stimuli.” Hallucinations can be terrifying, especially if you’re not expecting them to happen. But for some individuals, they’re downright fun. Here are 10 different types of hallucinations that humans experience and what they’re all about. 10 Excitation Yes, something as simple as excitation can cause hallucinations and often does....

The troubling issue with demagogues is that not only do they distort logic and truth, but they stir up the masses and sow deep divisions in society. The black and white thinking and hostile rhetoric toward the “other” that they encourage is damaging to the fabric of society and critical thought. Nevertheless, demagogues have been a societal staple since ancient times. Wherever there are segments of society that can be riled up, there will be demagogues....

NASA’s budget was most significant during the Space Race (approximately 1957-1969). It had a peak annual budget of $5 billion, through which it developed several technologies that transformed into smoke detectors, smartphones, and more. Despite budget cuts, NASA and its partner agencies have continued to innovate. Although NASA and its partners revolutionize and improve technology consistently, people ask, “How has NASA benefited life on Earth?” After all, we know that space travel is not the most environmentally friendly enterprise....

However, in some countries throughout history, companies were the ones who were fully in charge. These outfits don’t just influence elections and politicians; they actively ran the countries as parts of their business empires. The following list contains ten examples of these corporatocracies. 10 The British East India Company Originally chartered in the early 1600s as the “Governor and Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies,” the British East India Company (BEIC) was a joint-stock company, a forerunner to the modern-day corporation....

SEE ALSO: 10 Common Misconceptions About Serial Killers Despite being relatively unknown to the public; his killing spree now ranks him above other notorious monsters such as Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Gary Ridgway as the worst serial killer in America. 10 The Real Victim Count Is Still Unknown Samuel Little managed to hunt down and kill 93 women then get away with it for close to four decades....

10 The First Recorded Confession In the mid-17th century, a single witness was all it took to get someone tried for witchcraft. Sometimes, all that was needed was one accusation from a prominent member of society. In 1648, Mary Johnson was tortured into confessing that she was involved in witchcraft. Two years earlier, Johnson, a servant, was accused of theft. A local minister named Samuel Stone believed that Johnson was guilty of much more, so he whipped her until she said that she had trafficked with the Devil....

See Also: 10 Shocking Scandals To Rock The Royal Family 10 Prince Charles In 1994, Prince Charles was in Australia for Australia Day celebrations when David Kang, a former University Student frustrated with the status of Cambodian Asylum seekers in Australia, jumped up onto the stage where the Prince was and fired 2 shots from a starter pistol at the Prince. The Prince was quickly pulled out of harm’s way by his security team who then apprehended Kang....

This list will look at 10 instances where people have died from effects of radiation exposure and the circumstances surrounding their deaths. On December 30, 1958 an accident occurred in the Los Alamos plutonium-processing facility. Cecil Kelley, an experienced chemical operator was working with a large mixing tank. The solution in tank was supposed to be “lean”, typically less than 0.1 grams of plutonium per liter. However, the concentration on that day was actually 200 times higher....

It seems as though famous people have all the luck and glory. Money, talent, personal chefs, connections, and name-brand everything. What could be better? Who wouldn’t want to walk around feeling like a god? Well, if you’d like to know the answer to that question, keep reading. It may just surprise you. 10 Johnny Depp Johnny Depp took to acting in the 1980s after starring in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984), but he really rose to fame after starring in the popular TV series 21 Jump Street....

From toxic nicotine breath, to butt communication, to one of the most incredible transformation processes in the animal kingdom, there is a lot more to these squishy little creatures than meets the eye. This fascinating list will reveal unbelievable displays of mind control, a previously unknown form of locomotion, ants drugged into submission, and even a Donald Trump look-alike. 10Portable Suit of Armor The recently discovered hermit crab caterpillar from Peru exhibits a behavior that, as far as anyone can tell, has never been previously seen in caterpillars before....

Upon many of the islands in the Mediterranean Sea are fossils of tiny elephants. These are known as dwarf elephants, and represent several distinct species which grew smaller after being isolated. This is known as insular dwarfism, an effect where a large animal which migrates to an island finds a lack of need for its size, and in each generation the smaller offspring are more successful. Over time, the entire species finds its average size shrinks....

10Human And Squid Eyes It is evident by the evolution of our respective forms, as well as by simple observation and common sense, that few organisms have habitats as disparate as humans and squid. While we have become highly efficient land animals, squid have evolved to thrive under extreme pressure and at very cold temperatures. Strange, then, that our eyes and squids’ eyes are biologically almost identical. This is because we both evolved enough of the same tweaks to the same gene, known as Pax6, which is the chief foreman of eye construction....

10 The Arbalest Knights were the supreme force on the battlefield for centuries and it was starting to look as if no one could ever replace them. Ironically, their end was brought about by a very simple invention called the arbalest. The arbalest, invented in the 12th century, was a kind of super crossbow. It was made of steel, so it could endure much higher tension than ordinary bows and produce greater force....

But there is so much more to these chocolate treats than whether they’ll melt in your mouth or your hand. Here, we’ll explore their fascinating roles in the entertainment industry, the White House, World War II, and more. So grab a handful, and we’ll treat you to the sweet history of M&M’S chocolate candies. 10 E.T. Phone Home When Steven Spielberg was in the early stages of making E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, he reached out to Mars (the company that owns the M&M’S brand) and asked permission to use their product in the film....

10It Was Started By An Indian The Shaolin Monastery is such an integral part of Chinese culture that people are often surprised to learn that its founder wasn’t actually Chinese. Known as Batuo or Buddhabhadra, the founder of Shaolin was a wandering Buddhist monk from India who arrived in the Empire of Northern Wei around A.D. 464. He preached there for several decades before the Emperor Xiaowen ordered the building of the Shaolin Monastery on Mount Song, in what is now Henan Province, and made Batuo its first abbot....

10 Jewelry Gold and silver are among the easiest metals to work. They melt at low temperatures, can be beaten into intricate shapes, and can be found simply lying about in streambeds without the need to dig deep into the Earth. But because they are so soft, they have few practical uses. Their beauty made them perfect for jewelry, however. The oldest-known gold artifact in the world dates from 4500 BC and is a tiny bead to be hung on a string....

10 Nadine Haag’s Second Note On December 4, 2009, Nadine Haag was found dead in her shower. The 33-year-old Australian woman had a deep cut on her wrist. Nearby was a razor, along with bottles of painkillers. There was also a note left on the side of the nearby spa bath. “My family—it hurts, it hurts—please live like there is no 2moro ever ever ever . . . Thank you for being beautiful creatures of this world....

10Kopi Luwak 83 percent of adults in the US drink coffee. We love the stuff, and it comes in as many varieties as we could want, from exotic locales the world over. But one locale in particular might give even coffee lovers pause: A cat’s butt. Kopi Luwak, the most expensive coffee in the world, is produced from coffee beans that have passed through the digestive system of a civet cat....

Most people today know it through the story of Leonidas and his 300 Spartans—but that was just a small moment in a much bigger war. The real story revolved around the Persian King Xerxes—and it was a bit different from how you might be picturing it. 10Sparta Apologized for Throwing a Messenger down a Well That famous moment when the Spartans kicked a Persian messenger down a well really happened—but a lot of details got left out, and they will completely change the way you see it....