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10Stir of Echoes (1999)$3.99 Starring: Kevin Bacon, Kathryn Erbe Director: David Koepp While it failed to make a splash in theaters, Stir of Echoes is an original, supremely creepy horror gem based on a story by the legendary Richard Matheson. After being hypnotized at a party, everyday lunkhead Tom Witzky (Kevin Bacon) begins seeing and hearing strange and disturbing things, all compelling him to uncover an awful secret about his close-knit neighborhood....

This worm was trawled from the sea floor (3,900 feet/1,200 metres) off the northern coast of New Zealand this year. Yes, it may be pink; and yes, it may reflect rainbows – but polychaete worms can be ferocious predators. The “tentacles” on its head are sensory organs designed to detect prey. This one can turn its pharynx inside out in a sudden grab for smaller creatures – think Alien. Thankfully, these types of worms rarely grow longer than 10cm....

While the whole thing left most people shaking their heads in disbelief, there were some pretty cool consequences of that ill-fated amendment (especially that it ended, but that’s a given). 10 Speakeasies If there was ever a time and place more ill-suited to Prohibition laws, the cosmopolitan US during the Roaring Twenties might have been it. Women all over the country were experimenting with breaking traditional standards for their sex, jazz music was bursting out of artistic seams, and large numbers of people continued to relocate to the cities....

While we are constantly learning about how our world works, we often run into naturally occurring “miracles” that escape our ability to explain and force us into the realm of speculation and make-believe. From jelly that falls from the sky to unexplained explosions that flatten hundreds of miles of forest to apocalyptic bloodred skies, here are the top 10 baffling natural phenomena. 10 Star Jelly Rain, snow, sleet, hail. No, these aren’t the four elements, but they are virtually everything one would expect to fall from the sky at any given time....

You all knew this, but what about the lessons that you didn’t know? From one man’s attempt to create better human beings through DNA to the vote of a single man deciding the fate of the entire human race, these are the history lessons that you did not know but have left their mark on the entire world. 10 The Curse Of Timur Timur (aka Tamerlane) declared himself a great khan in the year 1369 and made it his mission to rebuild the Mongol Empire into what it was at the time of Genghis Khan....

St Gertrude of Nivelles Patron saint of the fear of mice (suriphobia) Saint Gertrude was the younger daughter of Blessed Pepin I of Landen and Blessed Ida of Nivelles; she was the sister of Saint Begga. She became devoted to religious life from an early age, and turned down a noble marriage to pursue the religious life. On the death of Pepin in 639, and on the advice of Saint Amand of Maastricht, Ida built a double monastery at Nivelles where both she and her daughter retired....

Top 10 Activities Seldom Seen Outside Gym Class 10 Grab A Chair A chair has so many uses when it comes to exercising from home. Find a sturdy chair in your house and place it in an open area where you can complete your workout routine. Start the workout with incline push-ups by placing your hands on the seat of the chair and performing push-ups. Then try decline push-ups by placing your feet on the chair this time and perform push-ups....

Austin Powers No list is complete without Austin. The Sweetest Thing Glory holes and poetry. Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo [WARNING: This clip contains obscene language] Unfortunately I could not find the actual scene from this movie. In this film, Deuce is called on to save a fish from a toilet. As he is plunging, sounds of a sexual nature begin to come through the wall. Deuce matches the tempo with the plunger to prevent the little boy who owns the fish from hearing it....

Aldabra is the world’s second biggest coral atoll, it is uninhabited, isolated and virtually untouched by humans. The atoll is the home to the world’s largest population of giant tortoises, which makes it an extremely valuable conservation site. During the 1700s, the islands were used by the French to hunt giant tortoises, as they were considered a delicacy at the time, but by the 1900s they had been hunted to the brink of extinction....

Quotes 1 – 5 Creationists make it sound like a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night — Isaac Asimov I don’t believe in God. My god is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie All thinking men are atheists. — Ernest Hemingway Lighthouses are more helpful then churches. — Benjamin Franklin Faith means not wanting to know what is true....

Here, you will find the stories of some disturbing burial sites from days gone by. There are sites for vampires, witches, gladiators, and one just for heads. Enjoy your journey six feet under the ground with the buried bones of history! 10 Mass Grave of Shackled Young Men The upsetting sight of 80 skeletons, a significant number of them shackled, were uncovered by archeologists in an ancient Greek graveyard called the Falyron Delta Necropolis in 2016....

The Christmas horror, a psycho in the night, a child who had to kill, and more! Read the original list here. Subscribe to the Listverse Youtube Channel. Read More: Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

My answer is Joseph Stalin. The reason is that his actions lead to more deaths than any other dictator in history. Stalin took a thriving nation and turned it in a nation of terrified people – the effects of his reign are still apparent today and it will be many years before Russia is truly restored to its previous greatness. Who is the most evil man in history? Read More: Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

10Jain Temple While searching for historical goodies, an Indian schoolteacher came across an old building in a forest. Mr. Rajaguru, an avid follower of archaeology, realized that it was an ancient temple. Once it must have meant something to somebody but when it was found the place was a looted ruin. However, there were still enough wonders to wow any amateur seeker’s heart. It consists of three complex parts: a sanctum sanctorum, mandapam and a flag post....

10 Harrison Odjegba Okene Despite having been submerged in the Atlantic Ocean aboard a sunken tugboat for three days, Harrison Odjegba Okene was still very much alive, the only one of the vessel’s 12-member crew to have survived. “[An] air pocket in one of the cabins” and a bottle of Coca-Cola had sustained him. Okene had been in the bathroom when the tugboat capsized about 5:00 AM on May 26, 2013, off the Nigerian coast....

These spells probably didn’t work, of course—but didn’t stop anyone. And if you’d been born a couple thousand years earlier, odds are you’d have spotted your neighbor in the window, trying some of the spells on this list. 10 Voodoo Dolls Of Love Like Voodoo witch doctors, the Greeks and the Romans had magical dolls. Theirs, though, weren’t always used to make people suffer. Sometimes, they’d make little of dolls of people as a love spell—although if you saw someone making one for you, you might not exactly be flattered....

Some species of spiders, slugs, and insects regularly include a spot of cannibalism in their reproductive habits. It’s usually the males that draw the short straw when it comes to getting eaten while trying to pass on their genes. So strong is the urge to reproduce that the males of some species will even willingly sacrifice themselves for the cause. 10 Orb-Weaving Spiders If you’re a male orb-weaving spider, your chances of surviving your first sexual encounter are poor....

An entirely new discipline of archaeology called ice patch archaeology is evolving. Ice patches are long frozen areas of water and snow that lie on the always shaded sides of mountain ranges. Each year, layer upon layer of snow and ice would build up, sometimes covering and freezing ancient artifacts, or in this case, ancient excrement. Ice patches are invisible in the winter as the are covered by yearly snow pack....

10Michel Ney Michel Ney was one of France’s top generals during the Napoleonic Wars. In fact Napoleon himself gave him the nickname “Le Brave des Braves” (“the bravest of the brave”). It was a name he certainly earned when it came to his execution. After Napoleon escaped from Elba, Ney was sent to arrest him. Instead, he betrayed the royalist government and rejoined his old emperor—just in time for his final defeat at Waterloo....

10 Black Flag Black Flag was one of the first, biggest, and best hardcore punk bands in the United States. For decades since their formation in 1976, they’ve been a punk rock institution, creating countless songs that are perfect for moshing, partying, or blaring out your car speakers after a particularly awful day at work. They were the blueprint for DIY punk bands all across the States, building their own record label out of nothing and touring the country while sleeping, eating, and living in a single van....