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Top 10 Underrated Fantasy Stories After 1937

Published on October 12, 2010 Ophiucha

Some of you may recall that I wrote a list of a similar title regarding the fantasy works before 1937. This is my follow-up. These are the stories that are never mentioned as the greats of modern fantasy, in spite of often surpassing the...

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10 Fascinating and Unexpected Origins of Words

Published on October 11, 2010 Peter Sharpe

Language is a fascinating thing. The words we use today are drawn from and have evolved for today’s usage from a wide variety of sources. One source is someone’s name. An eponym is a word that has its origin in a person’s name. This list...

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Top 10 Best Novels of the Last 20 Years

Published on October 10, 2010 ipresnel

The ten novels on this list all substantiate the belief that books are the most elastic, introspective, human, and entertaining form of media that exist. Not movies, not music, not art, not the theatre. A famous author once said that novels...

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Top 10 Real Life Good Samaritans

Published on October 9, 2010 Xilebat

The parable of the good Samaritan is known to most of us: a traveler waylaid by bandits and left for dead is bypassed by countrymen and clergy able to help, but too concerned for their own safety or affairs. Only a lowly Samaritan, with no...

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Top 10 Bizarre Weapons of World War II

Published on October 8, 2010 KennyC

It is often said that necessity is the mother of all invention, and at no other point in a country’s history is necessity greater than in war-time. As a result, the widespread and often desperate fighting led to many new inventions, from...

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Top 10 Famous Stutterers

Published on October 7, 2010 El the erf

Stuttering is a speech disorder (it’s not a disease, please), the impact of which on a person's emotional state can be severe. Most people who stutter usually prefer keeping a low-key image for the fear of being caught stuttering in social...

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10 Unusual and Amazing Snakes

Published on October 6, 2010 TyB

There are about 3000 species of snakes in the world; since their appearance during the age of dinosaurs they have adapted to many different lifestyles and evolved into many different and often bizarre appearances. I give you ten of the most...

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Top 10 Tips for Beating Casino Tactics

Published on October 5, 2010 WhtKnt

I recently read the list on 10 Tricks Casinos Use on You and found it interesting. As someone who has worked in the casino industry, I was well-aware of these subtle but powerful Jedi mind-tricks, and I've developed a few defenses of my own...

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十大怪异传统

Published on October 4, 2010 Jamie Frater

这些传统现在大多是历史的一部分(在大部分情况下，是一件好事），也有很多被认为是野蛮的或是邪恶的。然而，其中有一部分最近却传不下来。

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Top 10 Revolutions Felt Around the World

Published on October 4, 2010 7raul7

A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround") is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place over a relatively short period of time. It is mostly used to refer to political change. Revolutions have...

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10 Interesting Stories Behind Classical Compositions

Published on October 3, 2010 Big Mo

While the amount of musical theory and composition I know could fit on one fingernail, I nevertheless love listening to these amazing pieces. What follows is a list of 10 fascinating stories behind either the composition or first performances...

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Top 10 Countries That Censor The Internet

Published on October 2, 2010 Lilkty

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has registered that in several countries in Asia and the Middle East, information is submitted to censorship by their governments. In some cases the dictatorships or totalitarian regimes restrict the...

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10 Spectacular Horned Dinosaurs

Published on October 1, 2010 TyB

This year has been quite productive for dinosaur-hunters, and probably the most spectacular fossils found recently belong to the group of ceratopsians, the horned dinosaurs. Triceratops is of course the most famous example, but there were...

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8 Vampire Myths Explained

Published on September 30, 2010 konjonashipirate

Vampires have haunted literature, art, and folklore since the dawn of mankind. Stories of vampirism can be traced as far back as biblical times with Lilith the first rumored vampire. The term vampire did not become an everyday superstition and...

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Top 10 Rockers Who Are Better Than Elvis

Published on September 29, 2010 Maggot

Right off, let me just say that this list is not intended as a slight to Elvis Presley. I was just having a little fun with the title to generate some interest and emotion, but I’m an Elvis fan and his impact, popularity, and chart success...

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Top 15 Miniseries of all Time

Published on September 28, 2010 Big Mo

Miniseries (called “serials” in Great Britain) are limited-run TV shows that generally last three to six episodes. The miniseries used to be one of the highlights of network television. A novel, usually historical, was recreated as a...

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8 Natural Disasters of Ancient Times

Published on September 27, 2010 Shelly Barclay

Natural disasters are something that humanity has had to deal with since its inception. They have the capability to wipe out significant amounts of the human and wildlife populations where they strike. In fact, it is possible that a natural...

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Top 10 Unusual or Unique Flags

Published on September 26, 2010 Jamie Frater

Flags have been since before we began recording history to symbolize movements, peoples, and even individuals. Every country in the world has a flag - some weird, some beautiful, and some incredibly boring (Libya's flag for instance - plain...

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Top 10 Lesser Known Mysteries

Published on September 25, 2010 ValleysofNeptune1

It was Einstein that said 'The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as...

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Top 10 Greatest Violinists of all Time

Published on September 24, 2010 FlameHorse

By request of BKhon. I hope he wasn't working on the same list. I had been considering this subject for a while, and I'm thinking of one for classical pianists, as well. This list looks at the ten greatest violists in the entire history of...

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