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Evolution of Horror Legends: Leatherface

radmanovac — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:07:57 +0000

It’s been a while since our last entry in this Horror series. Alas, our sick need for blood has returned. Mental Note: If we don’t regularly write a horror related article here at Weird, then bad things happen. Let’s jump back into things by discussing another inbred maniac inspired by Ed Gein…the chainsaw wielding Leatherface. ...

4 of the Most Insane Versions of TMNT

radmanovac — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:19:57 +0000

It’s an interesting time to be a fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. There’s a new TV series, new games, new toys; it’s basically like the late 80’s / early 90’s all over again. However all is not well. Rumors surrounding Michael Bay’s upcoming reboot claim his film will feature extraterrestrial Turtles originating from ...

6 Top Candidates For Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Dark Universe’

radmanovac — Mon, 20 May 2013 17:03:49 +0000

Guillermo del Toro has been on tour promoting his new film Pacific Rim. During the press junkets, del Toro has started to hint that he will be working on a new comic book based movie. As exciting as Hellboy 3 would be, del Toro may be shopping an even more interesting project. Guillermo is talking ...

5 Strange Haunted Places in America

radmanovac — Sun, 19 May 2013 11:50:22 +0000

According to some kids we knew in grade school, everything everywhere is haunted. Anyone can create a little piece of folklore, and the end result is some very interesting stories about otherwise mundane places. What follows are five unusual places in America that are allegedly haunted. 1. The Devil’s Tower (Alpine, New Jersey) Most folks ...

3 Bizarre Theories About Aliens

radmanovac — Thu, 16 May 2013 12:17:40 +0000

There’s a lot we don’t know about the universe around us, which has given us quite a bit of room for speculation. The field of extraterrestrial theory is a pretty big one, but what follows are three of the more bizarre theories relating to alien origin/identity. 1. The Aliens are Demons Theory “As we enter ...

5 Remakes That Have Fans Incredibly Nervous

radmanovac — Tue, 14 May 2013 10:58:57 +0000

There’s nothing more beautiful than the innocence of childhood. Naturally, Hollywood is doing everything in their power to exploit the few positive memories you have for massive profits. On some level, we understand the reasoning behind making re-makes. Making movies these days costs an unreal amount of money to produce as well as promote. That ...

5 Popular Myths About Samurai

radmanovac — Fri, 10 May 2013 15:38:30 +0000

Ah, the samurai. Is there anything more American? The West seems to have an obsession with the Japanese warrior because chronologically it comes from the closest feudal society we have and strays far from what we would consider to be the norm. Over time, Hollywood (as well as Japanese cinema) has romanticized the samurai quite ...

5 Reasons Why Obi Wan Kenobi Is Really A Poor Role Model

radmanovac — Wed, 08 May 2013 14:39:25 +0000

The power of suggestion is really amazing. If you had lived in Nazi Germany, there is a good chance you might have honestly believed in the rightness of the cause. You never stop to think that people may have legitimately thought that the Rebels in Star Wars were actually “dangerous terrorists who blew up a ...

5 Best to Worst Youngified Movie Characters

radmanovac — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:56:37 +0000

Thanks to modern movie magic your favorite actors never need to grow old and decrepit ever again. The ‘magic’ we are referring to of course is computer generated de-aging technology which digitally rejuvenates actors approaching the Golden Girls portion of their lives. This relatively new visual trick is actually a cool alternative to recasting. However, ...

4 Unexplained Explosions

radmanovac — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:46:37 +0000

The Earth is constantly bombarded by all sorts of wacky things every day. Most of the time we simply don’t notice it because our atmosphere reduces whatever space debris that came our way to next to nothing (or actual nothing). Earth also has a rich history of unexplained explosions. While easily passed off as cosmic ...

5 Old and Ancient Robots

radmanovac — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:36:25 +0000

Science fiction paints robots as hi-tech futuristic creations, but robots (or “automatons” for those of us with a pinch of class) are much older than most of us realize. Here are just five examples. 1. The First Robot (We Think) Ancient literature is filled with all sorts of weird descriptions of what we would define ...

5 Accidental Discoveries

radmanovac — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 23:42:55 +0000

It’s said that necessity is the mother of invention, but so is totally screwing the pooch. Here are five commonplace items that exist purely thanks to accidents. 1. The Slinky The toy that both makes and ruins childhoods, the Slinky is perhaps the greatest symbol of the generation gap in America – kids now need ...

5 Athletes Who Died Performing

radmanovac — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 09:50:51 +0000

Athletes have physically demanding jobs, so it’s not surprising that so many of them die young. However, it is surprising when they die on the field. What follows are five such instances. 1. Kim Duk-Doo (1985) South Korean boxer Kim Duk-Doo entered the sport as an amateur as a means of earning money for himself ...

Six Blown Sports Calls

radmanovac — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:50:53 +0000

There is always controversy when the umps mess up a call in a sports game. However, when that call doesn’t only mess up a sports game, but also sports history, there isn’t just controversy. There is insane murderous rage. 6. Armando Galarraga’s near-perfect game A couple years ago, there was quite a historic run going ...

4 Strangest Descriptions of Aliens

radmanovac — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:04:15 +0000

We’re all familiar with Greys and Little Green Men, pop culture’s go-to image of extraterrestrial life. However, some folks have come out of the wood work with even stranger descriptions. What follows are four such cases, some less known than others. 1. Meng Zhaoguo Incident While working for a logging camp in the summer of ...

The Five Worst Fathers in the Bible

radmanovac — Thu, 04 Apr 2013 13:29:11 +0000

One of the 10 commandments is people should obey their mother and father. However, that is sometimes hard to do when your father should have his own special on the Lifetime network. The Bible is full of reverent characters, and while many of them are good servants of God, they are by no means, a ...

6 Soul Crushing Classic Television Theme Show Songs

radmanovac — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:48:18 +0000

It is generally common knowledge that the M*A*S*H theme is actually called ‘Suicide Is Painless.” If you watch the movie, you can actually listen to the lyrics which were written by a teenager. You can always and often do sing along to these songs, but how often are the lyrics actually considered? After all, an ...

6 Reasons Continuity Destroys Superhero Universes

radmanovac — Sat, 30 Mar 2013 10:12:40 +0000

In the 1980s, DC comics unleashed the maxi-series Crisis on Infinite Earths. The purpose of the series was to streamline their comic books into one supposedly coherent universe. The divide in DC comics started to be referred to as Pre-Crisis and Post-Crisis. It seems heretical to say now, but this is the worst thing ever ...

5 More People that Make Our Commute Suck

radmanovac — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:55:13 +0000

In our last article we discussed several types of people that make our daily commute as enjoyable as dining on orangutan ass while listening to looped Hilary Duff songs. Thoughtless space-hogs, obnoxious music lovers and wannabe UFC fighters all scum-bagged their way onto our previous list. This time around we dug deeper into New York’s ...

7 Most Brutal Knockouts in Boxing History

radmanovac — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 16:22:45 +0000

Boxing is full of cold knockouts (since, you know, that’s how someone wins) but few can compare to these seven examples. 1. Mike Tyson vs. Marvis Frazier (1986) By the time the two met in 1986, both Tyson and Frazier were rising stars. Tyson had yet to lose and Frazier had only lost once. While ...

7 Common Myths About the Middle Ages

radmanovac — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 19:07:57 +0000

Did you major in history? If you’re reading this on your own laptop with wifi you paid for, we’re guessing not. But that also means you probably are horribly misinformed about the middle ages, which we’re sure is a serious problem in your day to day life. Still, it’s interesting to realize just how much ...

The 7 Most Frivolous Street Fighter Characters

radmanovac — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 14:29:46 +0000

The Street Fighter franchise is one of the most iconic fighting games, if not one of the most well-known video games in general, and its wide variety of characters are easily recognizable. As it stands now there are over eighty characters in the Street Fighter universe. Naturally, they can’t all be winners. What follows is ...

Actors Who Are Absolutely Necessary In The New Star Wars Trilogy

radmanovac — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:15:18 +0000

When the announcement was made that Star Wars would be making sequels, the cry came out wondering whether we would see Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, and Carrie Fisher in the new movies. Rather unfortunately, the blunt response is “Who really cares?” We bought that Ewan McGregor was Obi Wan in the Prequel Trilogy. We bought ...

5 Tourism Attractions for the Suicidal

radmanovac — Sat, 16 Mar 2013 19:50:28 +0000

For most people, a vacation is a chance to relax and try their hand at a new and exciting experience. For other people, vacation is the chance to commit suicide in the most spectacular way possible. For those people, check out this tourism guide custom-made for you. 5. Mountain-biking on the world’s most dangerous road ...

5 Strange Candies From Around The World

radmanovac — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 15:35:09 +0000

Children love candy and unfortunately as a so called “adult” you’re often expected to provide it for them during birthdays, holidays, sporting events, after they skin their stupid knees, etc. While this can be a chore to feed these ungrateful monsters, we wouldn’t say ‘no’ if you decided to give them any of these candies. ...

5 Mistaken Newspaper Headlines

radmanovac — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 14:39:35 +0000

In the rush to get a big scoop or to simply beat out the competition with a new issue, newspapers occasionally get things wrong. The most famous of these is perhaps “Dewey Defeats Truman,” a Chicago paper’s announcement of President Truman’s electoral defeat. What follows are five other famous mistaken headlines ranging from very recent ...

Most Important Comic Book Characters…Who Happen to be Dead

radmanovac — Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:32:40 +0000

Death…not exactly a cheery topic is it? Well don’t get depressed yet, we’re only talking about fictional characters here. More specifically, we’re speaking about some of the most important comic book characters that happen to be deceased. Why are the following characters so significant you ask? As you’ll see, if it weren’t for these characters ...

Eight More Famous Misquotes

radmanovac — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 19:06:30 +0000

We throw around oft-repeated nuggets of wisdom all the time, but how often do we actually validate the source of what we’re saying? Not very often, it seems, since many falsely attributed quotes like the ones listed below are still prevalent today. 1. Bill Gates The Quote: “640KB is all the memory anyone will ever ...

Five Lost Treasures (People Are Still Looking For)

radmanovac — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 02:07:07 +0000

Treasure hunters are a strange lot. Regardless of evidence or plausibility, they set out across the globe in search of valuables that may no longer exist (if they ever existed at all). These five treasures are still sought after long after they’ve gone missing. 1. Lost Dutchman’s Gold Mine Around 1845, Jacob Waltz traveled from ...

5 Reasons Why Bane Is Secretly A Really Lame Villain

radmanovac — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:12:18 +0000

After The Dark Knight Rises, the regular cry comes out that Bane is unquestionably the baddest Batman villain of all time. After reviewing all of the evidence, the verdict comes back as ‘Really? Really? What kind of crack are you on? Do you really enjoy smoking crack that much?” The time has come for many ...

Five Important Items (That Are Totally Missing)

radmanovac — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:00:02 +0000

The problem with investing value in something is that once you inevitably lose whatever it is you’ve set on a high pedestal, it becomes absolutely worthless. The following items all have some sort of value, be it monetary or historical, but have been lost.. 1. The Peking Man Between 1923 and 1927, a group of ...

Five Big Myths About the US Constitution

radmanovac — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:30:16 +0000

It’s one of the most important documents in our history and played a key role in its foundation, but even today there’s a great deal of confusion over what the Constitution does and does not do. 1. Freedom of Speech The Myth: Freedom of speech applies to everything. The freedom of speech is not absolute, ...

7 Myths People Actually Believe About Illegal Drugs

radmanovac — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:12:54 +0000

Regardless of whether or not you’re using them, illegal drugs have this weird mystique over the Joe Everyman simply by virtue of being illegal. That word, “illegal,” is like a free pass for common sense and rational thinking to take a hike. As a result there a lot of really bizarre myths about the seedy ...

7 Amazing Photos Taken Underwater

radmanovac — Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:46:19 +0000

It’s estimated that we haven’t really explored the oceans that make up 70% of this planet. Sure, we’ve dipped our weird-shaped toes in them and explored parts, but the vast majority remains unexplored. If you can only take away one thing from this article, think about how little we know and how amazingly awesome the ...

Five Ancient Sports

radmanovac — Wed, 06 Feb 2013 15:08:52 +0000

The games we play today have a basis in the games of the past. What follows are five ancient sports that somehow play into modern games. 1. Duck on a Rock Originating in the Middle Ages, duck on a rock was a game played by children comparable to tag, if tag included the accidental stoning ...

5 Movies You Might Not Know were Remakes

radmanovac — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 11:19:58 +0000

It’s not really a secret at this point that there isn’t a lot of originality in Hollywood. Pretty much everything that comes out these days is based on a book, or it’s a sequel, or a prequel, or a remake of an old beloved classic film from yesteryear. Of course, originality is even scarcer in ...

7 Water Creatures You Probably Haven’t Heard Of

radmanovac — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 15:44:16 +0000

There’s a statistic out there that says that out of the total surface of the world, everything on land has been pretty much explored to death. For Christ’s sake, there are even waiting lists to get up Everest these days. You might even be forgiven in thinking that there are no more mysteries left on ...

7 Aliens Who Probably Won’t Be Seen In Upcoming Star Trek Movies

radmanovac — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:20:04 +0000

Star Trek : Into Darkness seems to be taking a lot of cues from Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight trilogy. If you need proof, check out the overall tone of the trailer as well as the initial movie poster. Unfortunately for some, this means that a lot of the campy silliness that the original crew met ...

5 Embarrassing Celebrity Marriages

radmanovac — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 22:05:07 +0000

Marriage is special thing, and the most obnoxious couple you know probably reminds you of that every time you get together at dinner parties. Of course, not all marriages are perfect, and in fact many end poorly. Some people just are not meant to be together, and that is not just limited to every day, ...

Five Warnings That Went Ignored

radmanovac — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 18:03:57 +0000

Hindsight is 20/20. That being said, more often than not the folks who call events ahead of time go unnoticed or are ridiculed, only to be proven right in the end. 1. Billy Mitchell Who is he? US Army general widely considered the father of the Air Force due to his preference and push for ...

Five Lowest Points in Advergaming History

radmanovac — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:15:23 +0000

Advergames are video games that exist strictly to advertise a brand or product. The ideas of fun or even challenge are an afterthought since all the money is coming from and dedicated to whatever is being advertised. Few advergames are successful, but these are five of the worst offenders. 1. Yo! Noid Dominos wasn’t the ...

Five of the Worst US Presidential Candidates in History

radmanovac — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:23:50 +0000

It’s rare that we forget a failed presidential candidate. They did, after all, spend millions upon millions of dollars etching themselves into our brains for months on end. But some folks stick out much more than others, usually because they failed in such a spectacular fashion. 1. Strom Thurmond Strom Thurmond’s candidacy came about in ...

4 Stories of Notorious Thieves

radmanovac — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 14:04:26 +0000

Sometimes a thief will make a name for themselves not by what they steal, but by how they steal it. The following thieves were bold, violent, brilliant or possibly just very lucky. 1. The Dinner Set Gang The Dinner Set Gang was a group of Robin Hoods operating in the United States during the 1960’s ...

9 Awesome Things Built By Prisoners

radmanovac — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 10:42:04 +0000

Prisons are where we lock up the most deviant and twisted members of society, all of whom we imagine are also braindead idiots whose first instinct is to stab everything that looks at them funny. But, that’s quite wrong because, as you’ll see, some prisoners have a bit more brains than the others and have ...

5 Strange Houses People Actually Live In

radmanovac — Sat, 12 Jan 2013 11:29:47 +0000

There are a few absolute necessities in life, primarily food, water, and shelter. A house will, for the most part, give someone a chance to have all of these three things in one nice, simple package. Houses, particularly these days, are generally pretty cookie cutter and tend to look very run of the mill and, ...

Five Strange Relics of Christianity

radmanovac — Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:59:05 +0000

It only makes sense that you’d find value in something that confirms your faith, but it is a little odd when you attach significance to, say, random body parts of people or their bodily fluids. 1. The Holy Prepuce The Holy Prepuce, also known as The Holy Foreskin, is… Christ’s foreskin. Really, that shouldn’t need ...

Four Star Wars Technologies We Almost Have

radmanovac — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:37:01 +0000

Star Wars is one of the most iconic science fiction franchises in cinema, but despite its age reality is still racing to match its wacky dream of what is possible. Though it’s a bit unreasonable to expect a Death Star in your life time, you may be surprised to learn that some of the tools ...

6 Bizarre Demons From Around the World

radmanovac — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 14:49:54 +0000

The mythological creatures that plague a certain country or culture are said to have their basis in that society’s fears. But some… some are just completely messed up. 1. Jikiniki In Japanese Buddhism, a greedy or selfish person becomes a jikiniki when they die. The name means “human-eating ghosts” but don’t worry, they only eat ...

5 Notorious Medical Experiments

radmanovac — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:39:44 +0000

You don’t make progress without experimentation, but certain rules and ethics need to be in place when you’re talking about medical experimentation. This list covers some of the most notorious medical experiments, most of which took place in prisons. The knowledge we gained from them may be beneficial, but many were carried out under shady ...

5 More Least Likely Saviors From History

radmanovac — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:43:20 +0000

Being someone’s personal savior is a tall order to fill. Not surprisingly, history is filled with folks claiming to the son of this or the holy that who ultimately fail to really do much of anything. 1. Simon Magus Simon Magus was a sorcerer living in the days of the New Testament. Given the whole ...

4 Strangest Books in the Apocrypha

radmanovac — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 13:56:11 +0000

The Apocrypha are books or texts which have been removed from the Bible. Some used to be canon, others merely presented beside the text, but they no longer have a place in mainstream Christianity, though smaller denominations have adopted some of the books. Many of the books are considered taboo because they’re simply too strange. ...

The 6 Most Insane Theme Parks

radmanovac — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:06:53 +0000

Finding a fun place to take the kids when they’re out of school is a hard job. We’ve made it slightly easy for you now: don’t visit any of these places. Places like… 1. Dickens World, UK Whenever you think of ‘wholesome family fun’, what sorts of things come to mind? Disneyland? A nice meal ...

5 Famous Quotes (They’d Like You To Forget)

radmanovac — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 10:54:37 +0000

Most of us have said something incredibly foolish in our lives, but rarely does a flub from Joe Everyman cause as much of an uproar or confusion as it does from more prominent figures. Figures like… 1. Charles Manson, Cult Leader The Quote: “Believe me, if I started murdering people, there would be none of ...

5 Strange Alternate Universe Stories of Iconic Superheroes

radmanovac — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 13:51:49 +0000

Comic book writers use alternate realities to try and reinvent an established character or to tell stories that otherwise couldn’t be told in the established character’s universe. Some, like Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns, end up having a huge impact and redefine the hero. Others are, well, weird, to put it lightly. 1. Batman (Earth-9) ...

5 More Psychic Predictions (That Failed)

radmanovac — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 14:28:18 +0000

It’s time to count down more failed psychic predictions. This time we’ll be focusing exclusively on “professional” psychics. 1. Linda and Terry Jamison The Who: Calling themselves the Psychic Twins, Linda and Terry’s biggest claim to fame is predicting the events of September 11th, 2001 on the Coast to Coast AM radio show. Apparently you ...

4 Strange Celebrity Death Conspiracy Theories

radmanovac — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 12:54:01 +0000

Some of us refuse to believe that our idols can or have died. We all know that somewhere right now Tupac and Elvis are living it up wearing fake mustaches and large, cumbersome hats. Sometimes, when we do accept that a star has died, we have to concoct an incredibly elaborate scenario to justify the ...

10 Examples of Bad Video Game Box Art

radmanovac — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 14:46:58 +0000

To make a ton of money selling video games, you need a few things. Firstly, you need good graphics, because no-one’s going to buy your amazing game if the gameplay resembles something that the Commodore wouldn’t touch. Secondly, it needs a decent title, because it needs to pump the potential buyer up when they’re looking ...

4 Bizarre Pop Music Conspiracy Theories

radmanovac — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 19:23:21 +0000

Everyone knows (or should know) “Paul is Dead,” but that’s just the tip of the crazy iceberg. Some folks would want you to believe that every pop idol only exists in a grand web of deception. 1. The Real Killer of John Lennon Steve Lightfoot has a dream. You see, Mr. Lightfoot is under the ...

7 Villains You Won’t See In The Next Spider-Man Film

radmanovac — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:15:22 +0000

With the release of The Amazing Spider-Man in 2012, everybody will no doubt be wondering who the villain(s) will be in the inevitable sequel. Well, we’re not experts at writing movies but we can certainly tell you it’s not going to be any of these guys…. 7. Beetle In his past life, Beetle was a ...

Four Famous Generals (And Their Major Mistakes)

radmanovac — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 20:08:28 +0000

Even great men make mistakes. We know this as common sense, but there’s a difference between someone missing a pass and someone leading thousands of men to their graves. Mistakes on the battlefield are costly, and seem even more so when committed by otherwise brilliant men. 1. Sir Douglas Haig The Man: A general for ...

5 Absurd Looking Cars

radmanovac — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 14:34:29 +0000

When most people get a car, they basically just want a few things out of it. First, they want it to actually, you know, function. There’s not much point in owning a car if it doesn’t actually run, is there? Along with that, most people are hoping they can get a car that looks cool. ...

Four Strange Curses in the Bible

radmanovac — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 19:52:24 +0000

The Bible is full of messages of love and peace, war and misery, and of course, some pretty bitchin’ ways to get back at someone. Curses in the Bible are like foam fingers at a baseball game. Some are pretty overt, like the plagues that swept through Egypt. Others are just a little more bizarre. ...

Four Legendary Thieves

radmanovac — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:44:21 +0000

We know we shouldn’t, but most of us can’t help but love a successful thief. There’s something charming about someone who can evade police capture and make a career out of swindling others. Well, it’s not really charming, but it’s fascinating none the less. 1. Jonathan Wild (1683 – 1725) Before England utilized a full-scale ...

15 Photos of Animals Being Awesome

radmanovac — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:59:28 +0000

Some people say that animals are like little fluffier versions of people, only without atomic bombs and reality TV. They couldn’t be more wrong it seems, because we’ve never seen humans act this awesome and cool before. 1. Birds Sharing Bread “Alright you goddamn assholes. Who ate the butter? And where the hell is that ...

5 Awesome Scientific Theories That Will Blow Your Mind

radmanovac — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:26:47 +0000

Science is a crazy bitch. It’s given us the atomic bomb, the gun, the DVD player, the internet, computers, and most importantly of all, the technology necessary to be able to watch the entirety of Breaking Bad whenever we feel like it. However, it’s never always that simple. Here’s some of the craziest things science ...

4 Truly Bizarre UFO Sightings

radmanovac — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 14:49:20 +0000

By their nature UFO sightings are strange affairs, but the following four stories contain elements that make them truly bizarre, even in their field. 1. The Great UFO Chase On the morning of April 17th, 1966, police officers Dale Spaur and Wilbur Neff were investigating an abandoned car near Akron, Ohio. Sometime around five in ...

5 Extremely Lame Movie Villains

radmanovac — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 08:12:31 +0000

We all love a good movie villain. You can have a good movie made great with the inclusion of a fantastic villain, or you can take what would otherwise be a good movie and make it horrible if the villain is well below par. It’s not tough to at least create an intimidating villain, right? ...

5 Bizarre Version of the Afterlife

radmanovac — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:06:32 +0000

We don’t know for certain what awaits us at the end of the road called life, but we’ve got some vague idea of winged babies and dudes with pitchforks. There are, however, several beliefs that paint an even stranger image than those. 1. Avici Buddhism puts an interesting spin on the afterlife. Since there’s no ...

5 Movies that Inspired Crimes

radmanovac — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:51:56 +0000

Some would have you believe that we as a species are highly impressionable, so much so that the media that surrounds us influences us in ways we’re totally unaware of. Some even contend that the violence we see in films and television makes us violent ourselves. What follows are five films that inspired crimes. In ...

5 Most Awesome Batman Comics

radmanovac — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 17:11:37 +0000

Saying that Batman has awesome adventures is like saying that the sun rises every morning. Or that Mitt Romney will say something impossibly retarded during his campaign. But we’ve decided to prove this to you by finding the best five comics out there. Obviously there are tons of spoilers abound, but if you needed to ...

5 Controversial Films (That Helped Shape the Medium)

radmanovac — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:09:47 +0000

The old adage goes that you can’t make an omelet without cracking a few eggs, so we can further assume that you can’t progress an art form without pissing off a whole bunch of people. 1. Birth of a Nation (1915) Often times cited as the most influential film in history, Birth of a Nation ...

4 Facts About Your Body (That Aren’t Even True)

radmanovac — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:17:32 +0000

People are quick to tell you what you can and can’t do. The funny thing isn’t how often those people are wrong, but how often we believe them without checking the facts for ourselves. And when it comes to our own bodies, we really have no excuse. After all, it’s all right there. What are ...

7 Strange Airplane Designs

radmanovac — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 09:39:06 +0000

Airplanes, for the most part, have a very simple purpose: flight. That’s really about it, and that’s all that Orville and Wilbur Wright were hoping to achieve when they first caught air at Kitty Hawk. Of course, additional purposes have been added through the years. For instance, bombing the crap out of your enemies with ...

5 Ways the Internet Can Change Your Behavior

radmanovac — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 07:41:10 +0000

Technology changes how we live our lives, and the Internet is obviously no different. However, many aspects of Internet use may actually be changing how we behave offline. So what can the Internet do to you? Let’s find out together. 1. Makes You Depressed If you’ve ever looked at a conversation on reddit and thought ...

Four Stories of Alleged Time Travellers

radmanovac — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 08:33:17 +0000

Is it possible to travel through time? We may never know, but in the meantime we can at least enjoy a good laugh at those who would have us believe they’ve cracked the code. 1. Andrew D. Basiago Mr. Basiago is a smart dude: he’s a lawyer, holds five degrees and was a member of ...

7 Worst Coca-Cola Flavours Ever Released

radmanovac — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 14:42:10 +0000

Alongside McDonalds, Coca-Cola is one of the world’s most recognisable companies; present in nearly every country over the world, selling sugary sweetness and diabetes to over a billion people for the past hundred years or so. However, life at Coca-Cola HQ hasn’t always been plain sailing and throughout the years, there have been some spectacularly ...

4 of the Scariest Things in Space

radmanovac — Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:30:47 +0000

We spend a lot of time worrying about the unknown aspects of our universe, like the existence of aliens. Meanwhile, things that we should worry about are literally everywhere and go virtually undetected. Indeed, the truth is out there, and it will most likely corpse you. 1. Fast Moving Black Holes Black holes, the invisible ...

8 Strange Vending Machines

radmanovac — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 18:55:05 +0000

You can buy pretty much anything from a vending machine now. It’s just a sign of the modern age. However, there are some things you probably shouldn’t buy from. Machines like… 8. The One That You Have To Tackle For Beer We all know Argentina is a strange country. No, actually, that’s not true at ...

Eight Famous Misquotes

radmanovac — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:17:47 +0000

We look to the figures of the past for a sense of guidance in our chaotic modern world. In their words we find wisdom, but more often than not we’re not actually looking at their own words. Does that make the words any less important? Of course not. Does it make us stupid? Maybe just ...

5 Mysteries of the Brain

radmanovac — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:53:51 +0000

Despite its relatively small size, the human brain is one of the most complex parts of our bodies, so much so that what it can do and how it does certain things are still unknown to science. What follows are only five such mysteries of the human brain, and even with these five we’re only ...

Five of the Most Notorious Doctors in History

radmanovac — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:08:46 +0000

Before we begin, we’d like to reiterate that this list only includes five entries despite the subject matter allowing for many, many more. As such we’ve tried to give it as much variety as possible. Some of these guys are notorious for their beliefs being completely wrong, some for their experiments and some for their ...

4 Most Unfortunate Motorsport Races

radmanovac — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 09:04:34 +0000

We all know that NASCAR is the modern-day gladiatorial arena and as such has seen its fair share of controversy and tragedy. But some of the most shocking accidents in racing have happened outside of NASCAR, some happening well before the organization was even formed. 1. Newark’s 1912 Board Track Race A motorsport of the ...

5 Movie Adaptations of Books that are Truly Awful

radmanovac — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 08:46:27 +0000

It’s tough to adapt a book into a movie, let alone a high quality movie. There are so many factors, such as getting the tone of the film right, casting believable actors in the roles of characters that the audience has likely already imagined while reading the source material, and condensing hundreds of pages down ...

5 Edibles Invented By Accident

radmanovac — Thu, 04 Oct 2012 10:32:01 +0000

Preparing food is an art, and like all arts it requires room for experimentation. What follows are five everyday edibles that were made (or discovered) purely by accident. 1. Chocolate Chip Cookies Despite the wide popularity of the treat, the origins of the chocolate chip cookie aren’t exactly known. There’s two stories, one widely accepted, ...

12 Things That Look Like Hitler (That Shouldn’t)

radmanovac — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:12:27 +0000

Sometimes random objects can look like other things. However, 99% if the time, these random innocent objects are made accidentally to look like other innocent objects. The other 1% of the time? They look Hitler. Here are the worst 12 examples of that we could find. We don’t know exactly what is just out frame, ...

8 Animals Who Kick Ass

radmanovac — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:28:57 +0000

It’s a fact of the natural world that some creatures will be better at certain tasks than others, one of which is looking goddamn awesome. If you look around you, humans have evidently failed at that. Unlike these cool occupants of the animal kingdom… 8. The Angriest Kangaroo “For the last god forsaken time, my ...

4 Natural Disasters That Changed History

radmanovac — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:26:51 +0000

While people are capable of changing the world around them, nature does the same thing just as well, sometimes much more dramatically. In many cases a major disaster will change the physical landscape of an area, rendering it unlivable. In other cases it can turn people against their own government. Here are just four examples. ...

Marvel Vs. DC At The U.S. Box Office [INFOGRAPHIC]

euphoria — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 16:25:51 +0000

There has been a titanic battle between Marvel and DC comics for decades. Just who is the best? Fancy Dress Costumes have made an info-graphic which illustrates this perfectly. Should it be judged on total earnings or average per film? You decide!

4 Legendary Con Artists

radmanovac — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:12:15 +0000

We’re really not supposed to like con artists because, you know, they’re criminals, but sometimes their stories are so absurd and their cons so effective that they transcend the normal criminal life and become something of a legend. What follows are four such people. 1. Princess Caraboo On April 3rd, 1817, a strange woman arrived ...

4 Historic Conspiracy Theories

radmanovac — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 09:56:02 +0000

Everything we know to have happened over the course of human history is the result of two things: - Personal experience, or - Someone telling us it happened Of course, these both require some form of evidence to support, but there are many conspiracy theories based on the idea that what we know about history ...

Four Insane 2012 Doomsday Theories

radmanovac — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 10:34:06 +0000

2012 is, apparently, the end of the line for humankind/planet Earth/the solar system/universe. But how will we meet our demise? Those of us who don’t work well under pressure can take solace in knowing that, much like Baskin Robbins, there’s quite a few flavors of impending doom to choose from, so why not choose your ...

4 Leaders of Daring Rebellions

radmanovac — Mon, 17 Sep 2012 12:06:19 +0000

It takes but one person to start a rebellion. What follows is a list of four such people, each who helped spark now famous rebellions. Though they didn’t always succeed, each has earned their place in history. 1. Ivan Bolotnikov (1565 – 1608) Bolotnikov’s slavery began in Russia, where he was owned by Prince Andrei ...

5 Popes Who Really Dropped the Ball

radmanovac — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 22:27:09 +0000

When you’re the figurehead of an entire religion, it casts you in a certain spotlight. People are going to pay attention to you and so help you God if you make a mistake. Of course, everybody makes mistakes, but few popes can claim a slip-up as severe as any of the following examples. 1. Pope ...

Four Bizarre Advertising Moments

radmanovac — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:07:08 +0000

Let’s be honest, people: advertising rules us. It affects how we shop and even how we think. In some ways, when executed properly and with just a pinch of luck, it can completely trick us or even change our way of thinking. 1. The Left-Handed Burger Burger King advertising is known for an off-beat sense ...

4 Great Scientific Hoaxes

radmanovac — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:12:52 +0000

There’s always people with a desire to be the first to discover something. For some, there’s also a desire to trick a whole bunch of people into believing wacky nonsense. The following examples of scientific hoaxes mix both types of people. 1. Redheffer’s Perpetual Motion Machine In the early 1800′s a man named Charles Redheffer ...

TV Know – TV Series Reminder

sanela86 — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:08:56 +0000

Are you also a passionate TV series lover? Do you eagerly await new episodes feverishly count the days and hours until they air? If your answer to these questions is yes, then you probably have the same problem as most of the fans which follow so many shows that they can no longer keep track ...

3 Bizarre Theories About Aliens

radmanovac — Wed, 05 Sep 2012 19:34:49 +0000

7 Worst Fictional Lairs

radmanovac — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 02:22:11 +0000

In fiction, the heroes and villains need a place to work from. After all, they’ve got to have somewhere to keep all the paperwork and high-tech weaponry, right? This list, however, is meant to show you what happens you decide to save some money and not hire an architect. Or a designer with a functioning ...

4 Star Wars Plot Twists Ruined for Future Generations by the Prequels

radmanovac — Fri, 31 Aug 2012 03:43:56 +0000

Picture this…the year is 2077 and it’s the 100th anniversary of Star Wars. Or so we figure, we suck at math. In any case, imagine future generations sitting down to watch the six part Star Wars saga for the very first time. There’s a harsh truth to face here people. Nobody begins watching extended franchises ...

5 Fictional Murderers We Can’t Help but Love

radmanovac — Wed, 29 Aug 2012 03:28:05 +0000

Okay, we’re going to make a pretty controversial statement here, right off the bat: killing is bad. We know, we’re taking a pretty crazy stance on the issue, but we stand by the idea that taking a life is just not a very nice thing to do. That being said, when we’re talking about the ...