There have been quite a few interesting discoveries made this week. In Canada, we find the world’s largest T. rex. In Pompeii, we find an ancient fast food joint. In France, we learn why Garfield telephones have been washing up on beaches for decades. In the dusty archives of England’s Durham University, we stumble upon a royal charter from 800 years ago. 10 The Rex Of Rexes According to a paper published in The Anatomical Record, paleontologists in Canada have found the biggest Tyrannosaurus rex in the world, and they named him Scotty....

10 Robert E. Lee Among American Civil War buffs, Robert E. Lee became so revered that historians claim he’s difficult to talk about objectively because he’s become the “marble man.” From 1862–65, he commanded the Army of Northern Virginia so well that he defended the Confederate capital of Richmond and even almost won the war twice despite often being outnumbered more than two to one. Before the Civil War, he was a graduate from the prestigious West Point Academy and had the distinction of never being given a single demerit....

10David BartlettXtreme Green Grass Things are pretty dry in California at the moment. The Golden State is currently experiencing one of the worst droughts on record, a natural disaster that’s lasted four long years. In fact, things are getting so bad that earlier this year, Gov. Jerry Brown issued mandatory water cutbacks of 25 percent. And that’s pretty bad news if you’re a blade of grass. Thanks to the shortage, Californians can only water their lawns two or three times a week (down from the usual four or five), and lawns across the state are now a nasty brown....

10Nuns With Guns American pop culture regularly portrays nuns as women who serve their church, slap disobedient Sunday school children with rulers, and lead otherwise uneventfully chaste lives while clad in glorified penguin costumes. But many modern nuns have given the Vatican an ulcer’s worth of stress with progressive views that flout church traditions. And far from leading painfully dull existences, some have even hit the mean streets, seeking out would-be evildoers in the name of justice....

A vicious cycle of torment, suffering, madness, and crime is sometimes created in which the victims become the victimizers of still others who are frequently guilty of nothing more than being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Their behavior is so hideous that some confuse their deeds with the acts of demonic beings, immortal bogeymen, mutants, ghosts, or the very devil himself. While these films often allow the possibility of both a supernatural and a natural explanation of the events they depict, medical science typically allows but one cause, although the cause, mental illness, whether it applies to a movie’s villain or victim, like Stephen King’s monstrous It, takes many forms, all horrific and terrible to behold....

Each contributes new facts and riddles to this incredible aquatic world. However, the ocean also has a scary side—from wrecking the weather on land to blowing giant holes in the seafloor and countries. 10 The Loudest Fish One can be forgiven for not associating fish with noise. More often than not, they are mute. One species, however, can be very vocal during reproduction. The Gulf corvina is a large, silver fish about the size of a snowboard....

Today’s “Big Pharma” has much more stringent regulations than in the early to mid-1900s. All the items on this list are taken from Grollman and Slaughter’s 12th revision of Cushny’s Pharmacology and Therapeutics, an amazing pharmacopoeia of unusual and bizarre old-world drugs. 10 Metrazol In 1926, F. Hildebrandt tested a new drug on animals and found two primary clinically significant effects. In high doses, it caused epileptic-like convulsions. In more reasonable doses, it merely stimulated the heart and increased respiration in cases of depressant poisoning (i....

These murderers consume the flesh and blood of the people they kill for various reasons, ranging from a sense of “keeping” their victims forever to saving money on groceries. Whatever the reason is, we can be sure it’s deeply demented and decidedly disturbed. Here are the ten most ferocious cannibal murders to ever stalk their prey, along with their various reasons for deciding to consume their victims. 10 Ottis Toole Ottis Toole was a serial killer who operated for an undetermined length of time from the 1960s to the 1980s and who was also a brief companion to, and partner-in-crime of, the more infamous serial killer Henry Lee Lucas....

Since surveillance has become so prevalent in the world, a large number of crimes have been recorded and used as evidence in court. In many cases, these tapes are extremely sensitive and sealed from the public eye. This is to protect the families of the victims and prevent the spread of the videos via the Internet. However, this doesn’t stop people from searching the web for the clips. This article will examine ten real videos that you will not be able to find on the Internet....

But Babe Ruth last played baseball in 1935, and many his records have since fallen. We might ask, was Babe Ruth really that good? He was, and not just for his athletic abilities. 10He Remains A Mystery Even though Babe Ruth is one of the most famous athletes of the 20th century, a lot about him remains unknown. His early life, particularly, is almost a complete blur. He was born in Baltimore and grew up in a poor neighborhood....

It wouldn’t be the first time sci-fi has prepared us for actual developments in the real world around us, and after the past two years, it’s hard to declare anything impossible as we unroll into the future. So let us at least examine the possibilities… 10 Apes Are Super Smart! “The proper study of apes is apes.”—Dr. Honorious (Planet of the Apes) Intelligence can be measured in a variety of ways....

And more recently – robots. Military drones, autonomous decision-making androids, nanobots – the world is looking more and more like an elaborate science fiction story, and depending on how you put the pieces together, the future just might be a terrifying place ruled by the very robots we’ve created. If that sounds alarmist, just stop for a second and take a look at some of the capabilities modern robots now have:...

10Prehistoric Women Increased Penis Size Through Sexual Selection A joint study by several Australian biologists and zoologists concluded something that most of us already suspected—penis size really does matter to women. The study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences asserted that women generally found men with larger penises more attractive, but overall attractiveness increased based on a combination of factors such as height and body type, and no individual trait determined male attractiveness....

10 An Inspiration To Professional Boxers Sometimes, intense strife can disturb the extremely well-organized communities of ants. Entomologists at the University of Illinois and the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences used high-speed cameras to record ant-to-ant fights in four species of trap-jaw ants. Trap-jaw ants have powerful mandibles capable of snapping shut at over 40 meters (130 ft) per second. Their jaws are so powerful that the ants also use them to hurl themselves into the air to escape predators....

10The Moon’s Mysterious Magnetic Field The Moon has remained magnetically inert for eons, but new research confirms that this was not always the case. Over four billion years ago, an inner molten moon-core whirled against a lunar mantle, much like Earth’s own dynamo, and a potent magnetic shield extended from the Moon. But this was presumably a much weaker version than Earth’s, since the satellite obviously lack’s Earth’s heft, right? Surprisingly, our scrawny little moon was actually able to generate a mightier field than ours....

10The Killer Hawk Of Chicago Chicago, 1927. A killer hawk is on the loose, picking off the city’s beloved pigeons. The story grabbed people’s attention and soon the occupants of downtown Chicago—who considered the pigeons to be mascots of the city—rallied round and decided to hunt down the predatory bird. The story dominated the city’s newspapers—a banker offered a $50 reward for its capture and the Lincoln Park Gun Club appointed a special team to take out the hawk....

It’s a problem, though, when some of these oft-repeated misconceptions in movies are so prevalent that people start believing them as fact. They don’t just affect our perception of the world but also create issues during real-time crisis situations in some extreme cases. 10 That’s Not How Chloroform Works Chloroform is portrayed as the ultimate weapon to instantly knock someone out in almost every movie in which it’s featured. No matter how scientifically accurate the rest of the movie is, writers often fail to research this misunderstood chemical....

We have all heard our fair share of urban legends, visited some “haunted” houses, been to these locations willingly. But what if we were simply trying to get from point A to point B? We had no intention of exposing ourselves to the paranormal, the supernatural. A lonely night time drive down the wrong (or right?) road is sometimes all it takes to end up with an encounter you were truly not expecting....

10 ‘A Day In The Life’By The Beatles The Beatles are like pizza—everyone is familiar with them, and almost everyone likes them. From their clean-cut, kitsch-pop early days, singing about holding hands and twisting and shouting, to their acid-fueled later days, during which they recorded some of the most critically acclaimed music of all time, the Beatles have a little something for every taste. No strangers to a vast expanse of themes in their music, the Beatles’ 1967 song “A Day in the Life” was inspired, in part, by a tragic car accident....

The queen mother’s motto was, “Never complain, never explain,” but when words fail, actions can speak louder, and those actions can be passive-aggressive or just plain ruthless. Here are ten examples of when a royal let their guard down. 10 Taking The Saudi Prince For A Ride Queen Elizabeth II loves to drive. She learned during World War II as second subaltern in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service as a truck driver....