American intelligence operations during the Cold War were filled with embarrassing failures and botched projects. But there were also ridiculously bold, insane schemes that wo...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/11/10-most-audacious-cold-war-american-secret-operations/
There are many common microorganisms that sometimes make their way into the local and national news. These may include microorganisms that cause food poisoning, fever, pneumon...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/10/10-common-pathogens-that-can-also-eat-you-away/
A fighter ace is a pilot who gains five kills against enemy pilots. The most well-known and popular aces tend to come from major world powers like Germany or the United States...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/10/10-flying-aces-from-second-tier-world-powers/
Although we’re sure that the big events like wars and massacres happened, pseudohistorians and politicians thrive on reexamining and ultimately rewriting history—leading t...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/05/10-insane-attempts-at-rewriting-history/
Over the centuries, writers, philosophers, and politicians have created different images of the “ideal citizen.” In hindsight, not all are ideal—and a few are downright ...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/04/10-personifications-of-historys-ideal-citizens/
We live on a small, green planet with a single moon, orbiting a yellow star with a few less inviting rocky neighbors nearby and more distant neighbors of greater size and gase...
http://listverse.com/2016/01/01/10-what-if-scenarios-about-our-solar-system/
Throughout history, people have always tried to find some way to cheat their way to glory without any effort, a quality that has caused numerous issues in sports. Humans have ...
http://listverse.com/2015/12/30/10-bizarre-ways-athletes-tried-to-cheat/
Thousands of firearms have been invented since the discovery of gunpowder. Yet only a few have been widely adopted. Most have become forgotten firearms, some with wildly unusu...
http://listverse.com/2015/12/29/10-historical-firearms-with-wildly-unusual-characteristics/
In one of the more cynical moves by the movie industry, major corporations sometimes finance their own movies or muscle their unyielding influence behind the scenes of studio ...
http://listverse.com/2015/12/29/10-disastrous-attempts-by-corporations-to-turn-movies-into-ads/
Although California is known for awesome things like Hollywood and Silicon Valley, it has its dark side, too. For decades, its alternative, freewheeling atmosphere has attract...
http://listverse.com/2015/12/27/10-bizarre-unexplained-mysteries-from-california/
Terry Pratchett described the conventional view of the creation of the universe like this: “In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.” The current mainstream vie...
http://listverse.com/2015/12/27/10-alternatives-to-the-conventional-big-bang-theory/
America is in the grip of election fever. Donald Trump is riling up the nationalistic right. Bernie Sanders is riling up the progressive left. Once a more serious contender, B...