In modern days, transvestitism (dressing as a member of the opposite sex) has become a fairly commonplace occurrence. But in the past it was not only frowned upon, it was often seen as sinful. Due to laws which prevented women from performing in various parts of society, some women decided to live their lives as…
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Another 10 Incredible Recordings
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10 Lesser Known Hoaxes Frauds and Pranks
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Hoaxes and frauds are anything but recent inventions of schemers and scam artists. Historical records show evidence of cons and deception dating as far back as man has walked the earth. While the subject has been addressed on this site before (Top 10 Famous Hoaxes, Top 10 Scientific Frauds and Hoaxes, Top 10 Most Famous…
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10 Notable People Thought To Be Immortal
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Death is terrifying to most people. For many, the idea of living forever and attaining immortality is a much better alternative than death. This list includes ten human beings declared to be immortal during their life (and sometimes after—despite death) and as with every story of mystery, myth and legend gets mixed with facts and…
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Top 10 Unfortunate Or Embarrassing Deaths
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Top 10 Prophecies You Don’t Know
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[NOTE: This list contains a competition – see bonus entry for details.] Prophesies and predictions are fascinating things. They make us wonder about the future and to seek out fulfillment in past events. Most of us are familiar with Nostradamus and his predictions – hundreds of books have been written about them, in fact, so…
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Top 10 Bizarre Coffins
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10 Very Strange British Traditions
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Britain has a long and varied past – it has been conquered repeatedly, it has conquered others, and it has colonized half the planet. Through its history, many strange traditions and festivals have arisen. This list looks at ten of the most unusual. The Egremont Crab Fair – one of England’s weirder events – gets…
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10 More Incredibly Bizarre Mental Disorders
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We have previously published two lists of bizarre mental disorders: Top 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders, and Another 10 Bizarre Mental Disorders. This list brings our total list of diseases of the mind to 30. While it is possibly true to say that everyone has a small amount of mental disorder, the items on this list…
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Top 10 Bizarre Museums
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[WARNING: This list contains content that may offend some readers] Museums are meant to have wide appeal as institutions of learning, but sometimes things go awry – as is the case in the following ten bizarre museums. Take a journey to the dark side of museum life with our top 10 bizarre museums! 10. Museum…
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10 Obscure And Completely Delusional Nazi Schemes
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The Nazis were undoubtedly one of the most fanatical groups of people to have ever lived. So fanatical, in fact, that they murdered millions of people who couldn’t conform to their ideals. That fanaticism also spurred them to hatch plans so outrageous that we can only describe them as downright insane. This list reflects the…
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7 High-Impact DIY Closet Hacks
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Easy ways to amp up the organization in your bedroom closets or turn the space into something else entirely (like a miniature laundry or mudroom). Let us show you what we mean. RELATED: Read This Before Your Redo Your Bedroom Closets 1. 1. Line your closet with cedar View this image › While the smell…
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10 Truly Strange Ways To Read Your Fortune
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Throughout history, believers have consulted fortune-tellers for guidance. For their part, those mystics have claimed a number of methods to glimpse the future. Some, though, are completely bizarre. 10Alectryomancy Alectryomancy was the practice of divining the future through the fortune-telling power of chickens. First, a chicken was placed amid piles of grain. Each pile represented…
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10 Bizarre Things You Didn’t Know About Christmas
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[Congratulations! This is the first prize winner in our 2009 Christmas Competition. Merry Christmas one and all!] This list is more completely named: Ten Bizarre Things That You Did Not Know About Christmas (And Probably Didn’t Want To). I love Christmas, and I love bizarre, morbid, and just plain weird trivia. I tried to have…
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Another 10 Bizarre Traditions
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Following the success of some of our previous lists about the bizarre practices of humans through the ages (and up to modern times in some cases), we have prepared another list. This list includes only new items – excluding anything that has appeared on previous lists such as Tibetan Sky Burial or Thaipusam. In fact,…
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The Very Useful Art Of Assessing A Supervolcano Without Making It Erupt
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Ever heard of Campi Flegrei? It is a supervolcano in southern Italy. Literally translating as “fields of fire,” only the Yellowstone caldera in the United States has more potential to devastate. The Naples urban area, with its four million inhabitants, extends within this amazing volcanic complex, though it lies mostly beneath the sea. The last…