10 Discoveries We Wouldn’t Have Without Space Travel
Lightspeed, warp speed, we all speed toward the great unknown. Space exploration and space travel aren’t limited to only ast…
Lightspeed, warp speed, we all speed toward the great unknown. Space exploration and space travel aren’t limited to only ast…
When one song sounds like another, did one copy, or rip off the other? Sometimes that question is fun speculation; other tim…
Around a century ago, the world’s technology was far different from now. Even the most intelligent scientist would have thou…
So often, what’s considered good and bad in art can be dictated by a very small group of people working within very narrow p…
Red, blue, black, or white, every citizen of the United States is part of a united country. But that doesn’t mean some shady…
A good way to live on forever is to become a word. Well, it’s a way for your name to live on, anyway. Chances are, the origi…
Have you ever had a crush on the brooding villain? The cavalier killer? There’s something about dark characters in our favor…
We just began another year, and we still don’t know MH370’s final resting place, who Jack the Ripper was, or whether the Alc…
NASA is well-known for its operations in space. It is hard to miss giant rockets streaking across the sky, bulletins about s…
Many people associate horror with October, and while Halloween is the classic time to get spooky, winter can provide just as…
The gaming world has changed entirely. There are thousands of games, consoles, and other tech available to the everyday game…
In the annals of crime, it would be difficult to come up with a more fascinating murderer than the Victorian villain, Charle…
Many animals participate in a matriarchal society, like the African elephant. African elephants live in herds with women or …
With the recent release of Get Back, Peter Jackson’s thorough examination of the Beatles in a time of trouble, interest in t…
Interviews with convicted serial killers and mass murderers always gain huge viewing figures when broadcast on TV. There’s a…
Hollywood is known for fiddling with the truth—in their defense, they are famous for telling stories. Be it the number of si…
The Middle Ages spanned from roughly AD 500 to AD 1500. It was a period filled with famine, plague, and war. Ruled by the ki…
We all know that the Slender Man is nothing more than a pure urban legend created online in 2009 on an Internet forum. Howev…
The dreaded meet-the-parents. We are all desperate to make a good impression on the in-laws. We want to be accepted and welc…
The men on this list were cruel dictators. At their orders, if not by their own hands, thousands or, in some cases, even mil…
Movie props play a crucial role in the art of filmmaking. Some might even say the starring role. Once an actor touches these…
The edges of any language are ragged, torn, messy, and not easily delineated from the next fluttering language. This is the …
When the terms “troubling social trends” and “U.S. colleges” are used in tandem, the first things that come to mind are youn…
Today, we think of Olympic events as being held in state-of-the-art venues built specifically by the host city for that year…
“The citizens of Afghanistan, man and woman, have equal rights and duties before the law.” Modest by Western standards, the …
Given the sheer volume of material that television so often demands, it can be very easy for a show to get stale before its …
Have you ever read a book that described a location so vividly that you wished you could visit it? Well, sometimes you can. …
Finally, 2021 is in the rear-view mirror. Most of us enter a new year hoping for bigger and better things. Worldwide, countr…
By small and simple things are great things brought to pass. Some might look at paying it forward as a trivial or insignific…
Most people see bats as dreadful, vampire-like creatures from hell, synonymous with darkness and the bloody horror stories w…
The average person unknowingly breaks three federal laws every day, and one in three Americans have a police record. You’ve …
In case you haven’t heard, the universe is old. So old, it just kind of popped up about 13.77 billion years ago, for some re…
What comes to mind when you first think of a cult? An image of brooding black-robed, heavy death-metal teenagers gathered ar…
Ah, good ol’ money. It’ll always be there, right? So long as we have enough of it, we can purchase goods, services, security…
Humanity’s relationship with nature has been complicated. From the distant hunter-gatherer past right up to the present, we …
Accidents are nothing new, but when humanity entered the industrial age, workplace accidents became a lot more…deadly. Impro…
Most people are familiar with claims of UFO sightings made from planes. And many of us will have heard or read about UFOs wi…
There are more than 4,000 minerals that naturally occur on Earth. Many of these are almost impossible for most people to dis…
Fish have been a part of the human diet for centuries. We have learned more about the risks and benefits of eating fish over…
When we think of kids, it often brings to mind images of laughter, playgrounds, and first days of school…not graphic scenes …
Entertainment – Listverse
Entertainment – Listverse
Of their own accord, sometimes because they have been pressured by government officials or private parties, entertainment me…
While trying to think of stories of ancient information leaks to add to this list, my mind wandered to the story of King Leo…
One of the best things about science fiction is how broad a genre it is. Sci-fi movies can be about the exploration of space…
Most of us have used an online dating app or know someone that has used one. It can make meeting a significant other much ea…
Among other magical abilities, witches in history have long been thought to consort with the dead. Be it with a Ouija Board …
Hate and fear aren’t just terrible because of the effect they have on our society—they’re easy, natural even. They’re deeply…
North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), is the most secretive and closed country …
Today, some of the most bankable stars in Hollywood are African-American actors, such as Will Smith, Denzel Washington, or “…
We can all agree that 2020 was a pretty crappy year for a lot of people around the world, and 2021 wasn’t much better. Howev…
Before the 1969 Apollo 11 mission put U.S. astronauts on the moon, hundreds of missions preceded it. The whole reason for th…
Nature reserves are protected land areas where fauna and flora thrive, and visitors can experience them in their natural hab…
It’s not unusual for actors to play characters that differ in age from themselves. The pattern of older men playing across f…
Ah, tourists. So curious, so plentiful, so unaware. Whenever someone travels somewhere for pleasure, there’s always a bit of…
Countless subjects of “alien” abductions have been regularly reported to organizations like the Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) s…
For decades, people have traveled from all around the world to kiss the Blarney stone and visit Grafton Street. And one of t…
Former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill once said: “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia. It is a riddle wr…
You’d think it’s safe to assume that some businesses aren’t going anywhere. From Coca-Cola and Nike to Apple and Microsoft, …
Humans have continued to build and expand their cities, encroaching on acres upon acres of animal habitats. Sadly, many anim…
What do you get when you combine English good manners with the native Hawaiian traits of aloha and pono? Why, you get Keanu …
Everybody has fantasized about hitting the jackpot at some point in their life. Whether you scour the ocean floor looking fo…
We’ve all been there—unless you’re under the age of 21 or don’t drink *respect*—we’ve all experienced the hangover from hell…
Have you ever had one of those hours-long conversations with a group of pals, the type of talk that ranges all over the land…