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Pluto now has four known moons. Charon was discovered in 1978, and is the largest of Pluto’s moons. It is 648 miles across, causing many people to consider it and Pluto a “double dwarf planet”. Nothing new was learned of icy bodies orbiting Pluto until 2005, when the Hubble Space Telescope discovered Nix and Hydra. They are both in the range of 20 – 70 miles in diameter. The most amazing discovery regarding Pluto’s moons came in 2011, when Hubble photographed what is temporarily being called P4....

10 World War I Started Because Of A Sandwich The most enduring myth of World War I (and still a popular story people like to pass around at parties) is that it wouldn’t have taken place if not for a sandwich. The legend claims that while the Archduke Ferdinand, leader of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, was traveling through Sarajevo when a group of assassins had plans to do him in. According to the stories, the assassins lined up on his route....

Despite their popularity and usefulness, postage stamps aren’t exactly the most exciting thing in the world. In fact, most people, besides dedicated philatelists, might even consider them boring. But is that really the case? Dig deep enough, and you’ll see that the world of stamps has had more than its fair share of controversial moments. 10 Stamps On The Moon Probably the most famous postage stamp incident occurred in 1971, when the crew of Apollo 15 took hundreds of first-day covers to the Moon without authorization from NASA....

Despite being such a prominent part of our lives, though, sex remains a poorly understood function of the body. Many of the following sex myths are inaccurate at best and completely opposite of how it works at worst, yet they refuse to die because of the sheer number of people who think they’re true. 10 It Hurts During The First Time For Women Myths around what happens to women when they lose their virginity could probably fill a whole book, though we’ll only focus on this one for now....

10Randy Egyptian Judges Around 1155 BC, Pharaoh Rameses III of Egypt was murdered in a conspiracy led by his wife, Tiye. His successor Rameses IV set up a commission of 12 judges to investigate the plot. The judges discovered that Tiye’s conspiracy had included numerous court officials and concubines, all of whom were put to death. However, the trial itself was soon disrupted by a sex scandal when it was revealed that three of the judges had been seduced by women linked to the conspiracy....

Listverse writers Gregory Myers and Tiffany Howard have both covered strange Nobel Prize moments before, but every year brings a fresh batch of controversy. Founded in 1895, the Nobel Prize has no paucity of shocking secrets and despot laureates. Previous winners include an apologist for ethnic cleansing, a prominent eugenicist and an LSD-addled biochemist with a love of astrology and alien encounters. From Soviet repression to sexual assault, here are ten shocking facts about the Nobel Prize....

When artefacts were excavated in the past they were often suppressed if they did not fit the cultivated image people had of the ancient world. It can therefore be a shock when we are confronted with the naughty, erotic, or frankly bizarre sexual imagery that our ancestors reveled in. Here are ten of the most shocking pieces of erotic art from the deep past. SEE ALSO: 10 Sex Myths We All Believe...

10Starbucks (Allegedly) Blocked Ethiopia’s Bid To Trademark Its Own Coffee Never did coffee become as controversial as it did back in 2006 when the National Coffee Association blocked the Ethiopian government’s bid to trademark three of its most popular coffee seeds in the US on the grounds it would “hurt” their country’s economy. As the controversy started to gain attention, Oxfam—a UK-based anti-poverty group—accused Starbucks of being the real mastermind behind the NCA’s move....

Attention to detail and knowledge of the game are vital in the ability to properly score a game. Knowing that a runner touching home scores a run is not enough. A man should be able to document in only a few letters, numbers, and symbols everything that he sees happen from the first pitch to the final out. You should also be able to explain why “BB” means walk....

There are many different types of phobias that people have, and some can be pretty weird. Some fears may seem silly to others, but they can cause severe anxiety or even panic attacks for those who suffer from them. Here is a list of the top 10 weirdest phobias you might not have heard of! 10 Plutophobia No, not the fear of the Disney character or the planet (or dwarf planet or whatever it is now)....

SEE ALSO: 10 Recent Archaeological Finds That Rewrite History But life thousands of years ago wasn’t always gentle and easy. Sometimes, when these remains are uncovered, the stories they reveal are brutal and violent—and sometimes, they’re pulled straight out of a horror story. 10 A Pit Of Amputated Arms A team working in France found a horrible glimpse into our past: seven severed arms that had been brutally hacked off and thrown into the bottom of a pit 6,000 years ago....

10 Leander Tomarkin Born in 1895 in Switzerland, Leander Tomarkin never really tried hard in school. His marks were lackluster, and he dropped out of university while studying chemistry—that was the extent of his education and medical training. He spent most of his time trying to invent potions and other cures in his father’s laboratory. One of the medicines he developed was called “Antimicrobum” and was meant to fight pneumonia. He gained international recognition in 1922 when he offered to cure Pope Benedict XV of his pneumonia....

Though in modern times, we tend to be somewhat squeamish about the process of death and mortal decay, it has often been celebrated in ways that are endearing, interesting, or, sometimes, downright strange. Here, we look at a few of them. 10 Merry Cemetery The Church of the Assumption in Sapanta, Northern Romania, serves a small town of only around 3,000 people. Life there is often hard, and the townspeople are mostly poor....

The world is full of tireless paranormal researchers who spend countless hours in a never-ending attempt to understand the incomprehensible and find the truth behind the legends. These are their stories. 10William Hope And Spirit Photography William Hope (1866-1936) was a famous British medium and paranormal researcher. He gained fame with his amazing “spirit photography,” a seemingly uncanny ability to capture the images of ghosts and spirits on camera. Although this technology is commonplace today (and, more often than not, known as “photoshopping”), Hope was the first man to produce these type of images....

See Also: Top 10 Famous Companies With Unexpected Origins You see, while we often associate established brands with certain products, like Lamborghini with sports cars and Sony with electronics, these conglomerates often have other businesses they do. Oftentimes, they just veered off into some other market that is totally unrelated to their core business. At other times, they just happened to be part of a larger multinational that is into things we would not expect....

But there are some things even frequent flyers have never realized about the aircraft they travel in, small peculiarities about the modern airliner that live outside the realm of most people’s common knowledge. Until now, that is. 10There Are Explosive Charges Inside The Engines Let’s ignore the fact that the entire wing is filled with dangerous and highly flammable fuel for a second (yes, that’s where the fuel goes). Each engine also comes fully equipped with one (sometimes two) explosive charges, which are known as “squibs....

He was also, however, a man of questionable ethics. He made dirty deals in his professional life and even dirtier ones in private. Today, the father is outshined by the son, and we often see Joseph Kennedy as nothing more than a footnote in the story of JFK. Joseph’s decisions, though, shaped the man his son became and the world we live in today. 10He Made A Fortune Through Insider Trading Joseph Kennedy knew how to make money....

A rather obvious entry: immortality would strengthen the human habit of destroying the natural order. Death is an essential component of any healthy ecosystem – without it, we run the very serious risk of overpopulation. This in itself leads to global decay, as we put huge strains on the earth to cater to our ever-expanding needs. A notable solution might be to relocate ourselves to other planets, but as with all things, they too would eventually experience the pain of the human disease....

10Jonathan Cantero Nineteen-year-old nursing student Jonathan Cantero had apparently been obsessed with Satanism for years. He read many books on the subject, but he thought if he really wanted to get involved in Satanism he had to kill his mother, 42-year-old Patricia Ann Cantero. Cantero wrote out an 11-step plan on how he would kill his mother and, on October 12, 1988, he drove over to his mother’s home in Tampa, Florida....

10 Penguins Penguins are one of the most popular animals in the world. From documentaries on the extreme weather some species endure to animated classics depicting their zany antics, there is no doubt they are a beloved bird. Today there are 17–19 penguin species, but not all scientists agree on the exact number. The smallest species is the little blue penguin, who are around 25–30 centimeters (10–12 in) tall and have an average weight of 4–7 kilograms (2–3 lbs)....