CIA Spy Tricks
For decades, rumors of top-secret “magic” manuals swirled within CIA circles.
The long-lost guides were said to have been written by a prominent magician, but many officers dismissed them as myth, believing them too fantastical to be true.
But in 2007, retired CIA officer Robert Wallace unearthed an extraordinary archived file and is now making its contents [...]
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Biggest American fraudsters off All Time
Bernard Madoff – the former money manager and Wall Street darling was sentenced to 150 years in prison with no parole on June 29, 2009 for orchestrating a $65bn Ponzi scheme – the biggest fraud in US history. More than 1,300 investors were drawn in over [...]
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Top 10 International Economy Airlines
Being a business man/woman, you must have to travel to international destinations frequently for attending several conferences and finalizing innumerable important deals. Many people might wonder that when you are earning money then why are you on a constant look out for economy airlines.
For such people you just have to quote that every single [...]
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Top 10 Wackiest Divorces
People tell the craziest tales – especially in divorce cases.
Here, from court files around the world, are some of the wackiest divorce cases we’ve found
10. A harried housewife from New York divorced her hubby of six years because he was so wild about the Three Stooges he kept jabbing her in the eyes, popping her [...]
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Huge prestonehenge complex found via Crop Circles
Given away by strange, crop circle-like formations seen from the air, a huge prehistoric ceremonial complex discovered in southern England has taken archaeologists by surprise. A thousand years older than nearby Stonehenge, the site includes the remains of wooden temples and two massive, 6,000-year-old tombs that are among “Britain’s first architecture,” according to archaeologist Helen [...]
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Top 10 Modern Mysteries
Mysteries tap the imagination, fuel speculation and invite the attention of conspiracy theorists. While there are numerous ancient mysteries, they don’t excite us the same way these top 10 modern mysteries do; perhaps because we can relate to them easier if they’re closer to our own time. It is that ability to relate, to feel [...]
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Top 10 Drug Lords
Offhand, drug lords make for a problematic top 10, as reliable data concerning their operations doesn’t exist, making their “achievements” impossible to verify and subject to all sorts of exaggeration and rumor. However, such legends and modern folklore also present the best criteria by which to rank these kings and queens of the black market; [...]
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Scary Terminator Bear
As if the the Terminator is not freaky enough, they have now combined it with a bear, bringing the Bearbrick Terminator to life in a morbid and crazy looking toy.
Bearbrick makes some odd looking bears in different themes and fashion and now with the upcoming Terminator Movie made a new version of the endoskeleton model [...]
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36 Educational Tips From 70s and 80s TV
Television has always had its share of out-there plots, weird characters and completely unbelievable moments. I got to thinking, what would it be like if someone my age had never gone to school, but instead had been raised by watching TV. Here are a few of the ways he might believe the world works.
The A-Team
36. [...]
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The 12 Worst People to Gamble With In Vegas
Vegas is America’s Tijuana, but without needing to sit on a toilet for 2 days afterwards. Some of the people you meet in Vegas are so shady it can make you feel like the city had been controlled by a bunch of mobsters. Between your pupils never adjusting to the epileptic flashing lights and the [...]
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7 Products You Rather Your Kid Won’t Even Know About
From Fake Beer to Suicidal Bathtub Plug : 7 Products You Rather Your Kid Won’t Even Know AboutSome trends can be considered as improvements and are easily likable. Others should better be left behind. Take this new freaky trend from the land of “no one can be crazier than us” for example: fake alcoholic drinks [...]
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Greatest Conspiracy Theories In History
Chemtrails
Chemtrail conspiracy theorists believe that some contrails, which consist of ice crystals or water vapor condensed behind aircraft, actually result from chemicals or biological agents being deliberately sprayed at high altitude for some undisclosed purpose. The staple of right-wing radio shows in the US, there is fevered speculation that the chemicals being sprayed are part [...]
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Anti Smoking Campains
It appears that some of the most creative and inventive advertising is coming from nonprofits these days.
This month, I will be taking a look at the nonprofits and “for a good cause” marketing techniques. Today, we turn to the the advertising campaigns being used to increase awareness about the bad effects of smoking
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How would you [...]
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Undie Run 2008
This was probably the biggest we’ve ever seen. It took 10 minutes for the thousands of students to make it through the Strathmore Ave. tunnel.
Last night’s Undie Run was definitely different than years past. After UCLA administrators threatened to ban the event from occurring, the student body stepped in and found a compromise: change the [...]
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World’s Most Deadliest Prisons
Bang Kwang Prison : (Thailand)- Known as the “Bangkok Hilton”, Bang Kwang is understaffed, overcrowded, and filled with inmates who struggle with insanity as they spend the first months of their sentences chained in leg irons. The Thai culture doesn’t believe in coddling prisoners, and, in the words of Director of Prison Khun Nattee, “Thai [...]
