If you are British, or know a lot about Britain, you won’t be surprised by the misconceptions below. However, you may be even MORE surprised to learn that in some places these things are...

Sure, you could torpedo your chances for a place in the rock’n'roll pantheon with drugs, alcohol and your choice of sexually transmitted diseases. But where’s the fun in that? The following...

I’m probably in danger of being type-cast as the bug guy, but as I’ve done other topics as well, perhaps I’m safe. In any event, the “talking points about spiders” comments seemed to...

Ten amazing saints: Throughout the history of the Catholic Church, thousands of saints have come and gone. Many of them become patron saints because of the experiences in their...

To prove that peanut butter has endless uses, here is a list of ten unusual ones.^To prove that peanut butter has endless uses, here is a list of ten unusual ones.^Peanut butter is for some, food...

The history of medicine is a noble one, with an ultimate goal of extending human life and easing human suffering. Unfortunately, medicine also has its share of charlatans, con-men, and incompetents whose greatest evil is to cast doubt on the benefits...

“Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” Sound familiar? It’s the motto of the United States Postal Service, right? Actually, the USPS has no motto, but...

Music can soothe the savage beast and it can work us up into a fury. There is a seemingly infinite number of styles of music and this list looks at ten of the less usual ones. Just to clarify, the use of the word “extreme” is simply a way of...

Although it has nothing to do with the list, I consider this fact very interesting: Leonardo da Vinci invented the sniper firearm. It was not a rifle, as its barrel was smoothbore, but he greatly improved its accuracy by bolting one of his refracting...

We all love a good ghost story, right? What could be better than sitting around a fire, flashlight aimed upward, casting creepy shadows across your face and illuminating all those boogers that nobody has the heart to tell you about? What is more...