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Oscar Romero Oscar Romero was a prominent Roman Catholic priest and Archbishop in El Salvador during the 1960s and 1970s. After witnessing numerous violations of human rights, he began to speak out on behalf of the poor and the victims of El Salvador’s long and bloody civil war. After speaking out against U.S. military support for the government of El Salvador, and calling for soldiers to disobey orders that harmed human rights, Archbishop Romero was shot to death while celebrating Mass at a small chapel near his cathedral....

See Also: 10 Crazy Conspiracy Theories About Celebrity Deaths 10 Princess Diana, Surveilled I am starting the list off with Diana, Princess of Wales as her death is typically considered to be lacking any mystery. However, many theories have been touted over time to suggest that there may have been more to the events leading up to her being killed in a car wreck. Additionally, the scandal around Prince Andrew and his ties to arguably-murdered paedophile Jeffrey Epstein has re-opened the debate around whether the royal family may be involved, from time to time, in the sordid business of wetwork....

The Chinese are micromanaged using an arsenal of cameras, spies, and algorithms. CCTV cameras use facial recognition technology to automatically detect jaywalkers and slap them with fines. Government apps allow snitches to report social deviants to the authorities. And an army of internet censors monitor social networks for posts critical of the communist regime. President Xi Jinping, who recently abolished term limits to become president for life, has purged the Party of his political enemies....

Interestingly, this “dread” of bats is most common in Western and European countries. In places like China and Japan, bats are symbols of happiness and good fortune. In ancient Egypt, bats were believed to have powers that could cure poor eyesight, toothache, fever, baldness, and even prevent the entry of demons into houses. Just goes to show the power that media has in shaping our outlook on life and even our deepest fears....

You will notice a lot of Jan de Bont, Roland Emmerich and Michael Bay on this list. This is because they are awful. But you know what? I still go see their movies. I think Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen, but will that stop me from seeing Transformers: Dark of the Moon? Of course not. You may be asking yourself: “But where is Independence Day?...

I will admit it, this wasn’t an easy inclusion, and it could be my bias squeezing this one in the list over cinematic masterpieces such as “Humbug” and “Post Modern Prometheus.” Hardcore fans will recognize these masterful episodes of course, and to those of you new to The X-Files, be sure check them out. But “Our Town” makes it to no. 15, as horror was one of the fundamentals when putting together this list....

An adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s famous novel. The film itself is most well-known for star Lon Chaney’s self-applied make-up. Chaney painted his eye sockets black, giving a skull-like impression to them. He also pulled the tip of his nose up and pinned that in place with wire, enlarging his nostrils with black paint, and putting a set of jagged false teeth into his mouth to complete the ghastly deformed look of the Phantom....

SEE ALSO: 20 More Real Pictures Spread Via the Internet The Mwanza Flat-headed Agama (Agama mwanzae) is a lizard in the family Agamidae. It is found in Tanzania, Rwanda and Kenya. In 2009, a photograph of the lizard went viral after people recognized the similarity to Spider-Man. The male’s head, neck and shoulders are bright red or violet, while the body is dark blue. Since the picture became popular, the species has turned into a fashionable pet....

We are unlikely to have face-to-face encounters with many of the insects on this list, and even if we did, they do not represent any real threat to us. They can be viewed and appreciated, or not, from the safety of our living rooms. Although there is an impossible number of candidates for the title of coolest bug on earth, here are ten worthy contenders that, between them, offer some disturbing behaviors, outrageous appearances, wicked party tricks, and a few surprises....

Amelia Earhart’s last transmission, the mysterious clues on Gardner Island, the skeleton that vanished, and more! Subscribe to the Listverse Youtube Channel. Read More: Twitter Facebook YouTube Instagram

Artist: Muse Muse is well known among fans for their unique, sometimes psychedelic sound. Knights of Cydonia is one of their most popular songs (in part because of the Guitar Hero series of video games) and its video lampoons both spaghetti Westerns and science fiction. Artist: Gogol Bordello It isn’t so much the video that is bizarre, as much as it is the song. Gogol Bordello is a band from New York City, composed of members from many countries, primarily in Europe....

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10 Melissa Ohden Melissa Ohden was born under less than ideal circumstances in 1977. Her birth mother decided to abort her through a saline abortion while about seven months pregnant. A saline abortion is different from most abortions in that it takes longer to complete. A fetus is surrounded with a solution that is meant to burn it to death and can take hours upon hours to completely work. According to Melissa, when this process did not work as planned, her infant body was thrown away....

10The Reinvention Of Normal Movies are filled with wacky inventors—from Fred MacMurray in The Absent-Minded Professor to Rick Moranis in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids—but none of those fictional innovators are quite as quirky as the real-life Dominic Wilcox. This creative Londoner spends his time building gadgets and gizmos that look like they were stolen from Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory. Take the brilliant smoothie-making soccer ball for example. Fill it up with fruit and yogurt, kick it around a bit, and voila, a delicious beverage!...

10 Aztec Death Whistles Aztec death whistles sound like the “scream of 1,000 corpses.” Twenty years ago, archaeologists unearthed two of these skull-shaped instruments in Mexico. They were clutched in the hands of a sacrificed man at the temple of the wind god. Initially believed to be toys, the whistles were used in rituals and war. Designed to sound like a human howling in pain, death whistles were reserved for rare occasions....

The rules around animal misconduct were not always so straightforward. For years, people struggled with what to do when animals did heinous things. In some cases, they were put on trial, just like human beings. Other times, citizens took matters in their own hands to order a death sentence on an animal that had committed a crime. 10 Mary The Elephant The Sparks Circus was performing in a small Tennessee town in 1916....

Other times, assassinations fail because whoever paid for the murder just decided to be an idiot, like the one who sent information about the proposed hit to his boss instead of the assassin. Still other times, it’s because the police caught on to the deal and pretended to be hit men. One man ended up hiring an undercover cop to kill another police officer. 10 Nurse Kills Hit Man Her Husband Hired To Kill Her In 2006, ER nurse Susan Kuhnhausen (later Susan Walter) divorced Mike Kuhnhausen, her husband of 17 years....

These methods have given rise to all kinds of supercool new discoveries and inventions. From a levitating magnetic railway system and ultrasmooth novelty ice cream to state-of-the-art medical scanners, lunar cold traps, and so much more, extreme cold is proving essential for the next wave of scientific developments. 10 Superconductors And Levitating Trains In 1911, when scientists were first experimenting with extreme cooling techniques, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovered something remarkable about the way that certain materials conduct electricity....

Why does it happen? Is it a physical feeling, or is it all in our heads? When did it begin? These 10 astounding facts about nostalgia will answer all these questions and more. 10 It’s Not Just About Memories Most people would consider nostalgia to be a connection with good memories of the past. However, it is clear that nostalgia has little to do with memories themselves. The feeling of nostalgia is actually related to emotional states, not memories....

10Cardiac Problems A 2014 study on 12 astronauts found that the heart becomes 9.4 percent more spherical after long exposure to microgravity, or weightlessness, in space. This could cause heart problems, especially on a deep space flight to Mars. “The heart doesn’t work as hard in space, which can cause a loss of muscle mass,” said Dr. James Thomas of NASA. “That can have serious consequences after the return to Earth, so we’re looking into whether there are measures that can be taken to prevent or counteract that loss....