Before the Boston Tea Party, the British actually lowered tea taxes, not raised them. England’s King George I was actually German. Abel Tasman “discovered” Tasmania, New Zealand and Fiji, on his first voyage, but managed to completely miss mainland Australia! Ethnic Irishman Bernardo O’Higgins was the first president of the Republic of Chile. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died on the same day – the 50th anniversary of the U....
There are some people, however, who are so bothered by certain bans that they use their creative craziness to flip a figurative middle finger at it. Creative rebels—where others see a stop sign, they see a green light to get crafty. 10 Common Things That Were Once Banned 7 Friends Build An Island To Avoid Booze Ban Coromandel is part of the Thames-Coromandel district located on New Zealand’s North Island....
To try and prevent the disease from spreading, compulsory isolation periods were put in place and over 6000 passengers were not allowed to disembark from a cruise-liner because one person showed symptoms. And as if the medical community don’t have enough to deal with, several conspiracy theories are doing the rounds too. This seems to be the case with most contagious disease outbreaks. 10 Reasons The Coronavirus Should Terrify You...
In reality, though, police are often involved in low-speed chases. In fact, it is not unusual for them to barely break 48 kilometers per hour (30 mph) while pursuing a suspect. Yes, the low-speed chase is alive and well. Here are eight that crossed the border into crazy country. 11 Tips For Outrunning The Cops 8 Scooter Just Can’t Scoot Fast Enough Charlie Durham is a native of New Zealand....
They will probably continue to be told for generations. On this list are some lesser-known urban legends that may have the potential to raise the neck hairs of even the most fearless readers. 10 Creepy And Outrageous Urban Legends That Turned Out To Be Completely True 8 The Drowned Boy Of Hawaii A small village on the Big Island of Hawaii is the center of paradise living as well as a tragedy that haunts its residents to this day....
Howard Shore created one of the funkiest soundtracks of his career at the behest of Tim Burton for this luscious comedy, turning the Waltz from Carmen into a symphonic requiem without equal. Darren Daronofsky had his breathtaking film complimented by the intensely beautiful work of Clint Mansell and the Kronos Quartet, that merges with the film’s scenery in an Olympian amalgam of grace and meticulous style. A modern classic. Note: the video pictures are not from the film....
Additionally, given that someone caught robbing a bank faces a penalty of up to 20 years in prison, it would only make sense that anyone willing to commit such an offense would also be looking for their crime to “pay.” There have been incredibly large bank heists throughout history, such as the Dar Es Salaam bank robbery in 2007, where $282 million was taken. But below, you will read stories that are quite the opposite....
We’ve all been there. At the supermarket, we pick up an item, flip it over… and see a lengthy list of indecipherable ingredients on the label. Determining exactly what you’re eating seems to require a degree in food science. In some foods, lurking both on and off the labels are items spanning from the strange yet harmless to potentially damaging to our health. Here are ten. Note: this list excludes widely known examples like anchovies in Worcestershire sauce and castoreum (beaver secretions) in certain flavorings....
Scrat is a saber-toothed squirrel who is absolutely nuts for acorns. The films have their moments, but they succeed primarily because everyone wants to see Scrat’s more and more ridiculous attempts to acquire his cursed acorn and bury it. He’s never going to succeed, and his first attempt causes a gargantuan avalanche. He has made friends with a female flying squirrel, Scratte, only to give her up for the acorn (and then lose it)....
10 D.B. Cooper In November 1971, a nondescript man in his forties used cash to buy a one-way ticket from Portland, Oregon, to Seattle. Once on the plane, the man using the name “Dan Cooper” instructed a stewardess via handwritten note that he had a bomb. He showed the bomb to her and asked that she deliver his demands to the pilot. Cooper wanted $200,000 in $20 bills, along with four parachutes....
However, the greatest offender in terms of sheer bewildering incomprehensibility would surely be the idiom. How could it not be? The idiom is by definition a phrase that cannot be understood literally—you simply have to know the meaning, which seldom, if ever, appears to possess any logical connection to the literal words used. How exactly does the literal phrase “raining cats and dogs” logically translate to “it’s raining really hard,” after all?...
10 A Penis Sheath In the South Pacific’s Republic of Vanuatu, the island of Tanna has a very strange religious cult: They worship Prince Philip, Queen Elizabeth’s husband, as a deity. The reason for this began during the mid-20th century, and the people of Tanna believe that Philip is descended from one of their spirit ancestors. On the island, there are framed pictures, Union Flags, and newspaper clippings in celebration of him....
Ithyphallophobia – Fear of Erections [Answers.com] Defined as “a persistent, abnormal, and unwarranted fear of an erect penis”, each year this surprisingly common phobia causes countless people needless distress. To add insult to an already distressing condition, most fear of erection therapies take months or years and sometimes even require the patient to be exposed repeatedly to their fear. Known by a number of names – Medorthophobia, Phallophobia, Ithyphallophobia, and Fear of an Erect Penis being the most common – the problem often significantly impacts the quality of life....
All of the examples listed here are people who have been declared dead, and the death has appeared in an obituary or otherwise been announced (or in one case, surmised) to the media and/or relatives and family. Though some may have appeared in previous lists, I tried to focus on those examples that were a bit less notorious (such as the multiple death reports for Gerald Ford, Bob Hope and Pope John Paul)....
But a millennium or two ago, the process was anything but routine. In those days, people became saints for hundreds of different reasons and lived every type of life under the sun before they did—some virtuous, some a bit less so, some pacifist, and some like ecclesiastical John Wicks. That, combined with a good deal of hagiography in some cases, makes for some awesome saintly origin stories. Here are ten Catholic saints with wild origin stories....
Everybody knows of the criminal convictions of former famed producer Harvey Weinstein as well as comedian and TV star Bill Cosby. Their appalling crimes deserve harsh sentences. Sometimes, though, celebrities are accused of crimes that they didn’t commit, at least in the eyes of the law. These 10 celebrities were cleared of serious criminal charges. Top 10 Celebrities Who Have Killed Someone 10 Sean ‘Puff Daddy’ Combs Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs is a rapper and music producer....
10 Paul Ruebens (aka Peewee Herman) Paul Reubens, the actor most famous for playing Pee-wee Herman, is beloved by fans and co-performers alike. Between his television show and movies, the Pee-wee character entertained millions of children for a decade. But unlike Pee-wee, Reubens himself was not quite so innocent, seeming less into talking furniture and more into vintage porn. Reuben’s first public sexual offense was in 1991 when he was caught masturbating in an adult movie theater and arrested, facing charges of indecent exposure and lewd public acts....
As the name suggests, the “Jab and Grab” is self explanatory. Like many other boxing moves, this can be considered to be a mixture of offense and defense as you lead in with a jab and quickly proceed to grab your opponent so as to neutralize any further attacks coming at you. The rapid closure of distance is essential as you don’t give the opponent any room to free their arms....
10 Halle Berry In Jungle Fever1991 Director Spike Lee wanted to cast Halle Berry as Wesley Snipes’s wife in this interracial drama. But Berry, weary of being typecast from her experience in beauty pageants and soap operas, insisted that her feature film debut must be as Vivian, a crack ho.[1] Berry’s on-screen companion was played by Samuel L. Jackson, who had spent time in rehab for crack cocaine, so Berry had to get inventive to rise to the occasion....
Many forests across the globe have had their share of horrors, both factual and fantastical, and this list brings together ten of the absolute creepiest—omitting the Island of the Dolls, the Screaming Forest, and the Suicide Forest, which have enough press already. 10 Cameron Park, U.S. Cameron Park is located in Waco, Texas, a city with an eerie reputation, and the park only adds to the feeling. For starters, it is a common paranormal investigation site, allegedly haunted by a pair of unjustly executed 19th-century outlaws....
