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10 Bank Of Pennsylvania Heist1798 The Bank of Pennsylvania Heist is usually billed as America’s first bank robbery. It occurred in late August 1798 at the Bank of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Today, it’s better remembered for the false imprisonment of Pat Lyon, who later successfully sued for damages. The robbers got away with over $162,000. That impressive number limited the suspect pool to people with the required skills or access to pull it off....

Aside from the nutritional benefits, food also seems to bring family and friends together, be it sitting around the dining room table together for dinner, celebrating holidays, or enjoying one of life’s milestone moments with those closest to you. From breakfast foods to lunch and dinner choices, as well as sweet treats, this list contains 10 bizarre and tragic food-related deaths. 10 Fish Cake Fifty-one-year-old Darren Hickey, a wedding planner and venue owner in Lancashire, England, was described by his partner, Neil Parkinson, as “larger-than-life....

This period of Japanese history is known as the Edo era, named after the country’s capital city (present-day Tokyo). For more than 200 years, the shogunate kept Japan sealed off from the world until the US forced it to reopen in the 1850s. Despite its isolation, however, Edo Japan enjoyed a long period of stability and wealth as well as a golden age in the arts. Life in Edo Japan was colorful and interesting, and there were plenty of unique aspects that made it unlike any other place then or since....

10North Korea And The US Almost Went To War Over A Tree This one arguably ranks somewhere among the most bizarre reasons to start a war. Known as the Poplar Tree Incident, the whole fiasco started on August 17, 1976. American soldiers tried to trim a huge poplar tree that had been obscuring visibility in the middle of the Joint Security Area of the Demilitarized Zone. Previously, the North Koreans had refused to allow the men to trim the tree....

10 The Vegetable Lamb Of Tartary The “vegetable lamb,” a popular myth from the Middle Ages, was believed to be part animal and part plant. Two varieties of the vegetable lamb existed. One was the fruit of a tree which would burst open when ripe and reveal a perfect imitation of a little lamb within it. The second was an actual living lamb stuck onto a short stem by its navel....

10John Kasich’s Feud With Blockbuster Ohio governor John Kasich seems like one of the less-interesting presidential hopefuls, until you hear about his epic, long-running dispute with his local branch of Blockbuster. As recounted at length in his actual autobiography, the feud started in the late ’90s, when Kasich and his wife, Karen, rented the movie Fargo. Apparently, “the guy behind the counter . . . assured me it was a great movie and that I should probably rent it....

10‘Billy Possum’ Back in 1902, Theodore Roosevelt was hunting in Mississippi. Eventually, his guide found a black bear, bashed her over the head, and tied her to a tree for Roosevelt to shoot. But when Roosevelt saw the pitiful creature, he couldn’t pull the trigger. The bear was so scrawny and pathetic that Roosevelt had one of his buddies slit the animal’s throat. But that part of the story never really got around....

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Historical records from the past cannot always be taken as absolute fact, so a few of these deaths may have been exaggerated, but they are interesting nonetheless. So, here are 10 of the weirdest ways that royals and nobles have reportedly left this mortal world. 10 King Pyrrhus Was Hit by a Roof Tile Thrown by an Old Woman To die on the battlefield was often seen as an honor, but not all kings were blessed by being struck down by an enemy blade during an epic fight....

The most well-known Apocalypse (book describing visions of the end times) is of course the Book of Apocalypse (Revelation), but it was far from the only Apocalypse being widely read by the early Christians. One of the most popular and widely quoted is the Apocalypse of Peter. This book was written as a conversation between Jesus and his followers. It basically describes all the horrible things that happen in hell and all the awesome things that happen in heaven....

“Nowhere in space will we rest our eyes upon the familiar shapes of trees and plants, or any of the animals that share our works. Whatsoever life we will meet will be as strange and alien as the nightmare creatures of the ocean abyss, or of the insect empire whose horrors are normally hidden from us by their microscopic scale.” – Arthur C. Clarke Sphere is a psychological thriller concerning a large alien sphere found in a spaceship detected at the bottom of the sea....

Mysteries are born every day, and some live and evolve over a long time before being solved. Unfortunately, others remain unsolved as the years, decades, and centuries pass. On this list are more varied mysteries that have accumulated around the world and that have yet to be solved. 10 Hemet Maze Stone It was 1914, and a rancher on the outskirts of Hemet, California, was surveying his property when he came across a large boulder with a strange image carved into it....

And that’s if we can afford, or even find, the room. For much of the developing world, living space is at such a premium people spend ridiculous sums of money to live in quarters smaller than some prison cells. And they, too, slave away to keep even that. Submitted for your approval are 10 cases of living in small spaces, some ingenious and enlightened, others not. Smaller living may be coming into fashion, but it’s definitely not a new idea....

Despite this, many people still believe that humanity has slowly learned better social rules over time and has successfully built upon inventions to get where we are now. However, there are many examples in history when social rights existed, were lost, and then were regained. There have also been important inventions that historians now believe were discovered, lost, and rediscovered at least once by our species. 10 Women Have Fought The Battle For Their Rights Many Times Today, there is strong support for ensuring that women are treated equally to men, and many laws have been put in place in recent years to that effect....

On October 16, 2004, the journal Astronomy published an online article that discussed a new-found strewn field of impact craters in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. It reported on a field of impact craters stretching from the town of Altötting to the area around Lake Chiemsee. The strewn field falls within an ellipse 36 miles long and 17 miles (58 by 27 kilometers) wide, and may hold at least 81 impact craters ranging from 10 to 1,215 feet (3 to 370 meters) in size....

Not all fairytales are what they seem at first glance. Here are ten children’s tales with backstories and hidden meanings that are much more sinister than you might realize. 10 Curious George Ask any child about Curious George, and they’ll probably know about this story. These books follow the adventures of a curious young monkey and his owner, the Man in the Yellow Hat. But, behind George’s antics are a rather dark double meaning....

If you are reading this because you have contemplated or are contemplating suicide, or if someone you know has, we urge you to visit suicidepreventionlifeline.org, call the 24-hour National Suicide Prevention Hotline in the US at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or speak to a professional or a loved one. 10Suicide Is Largely Something Teenagers Do The Misconception: Since suicide is a leading cause of death among teenagers in America, and since we view teenagers as more or less constantly irrational, it makes sense that they would be the ones most likely to take their own lives....

Perhaps borrows is too mild a term though; more accurately, English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over the head and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary. As such, this mongrel tongue of ours contains no small amount of Latin-based terms. The following 10 words have been selected because of their interesting origin stories, surprising initial usage or the way the meanings have been altered slightly over time....

Thankfully for us all, scientists are consistently working on coming up with hacks to overcome our brains’ limits, as there is still a lot we don’t understand about the most important part of the body. Here are ten ways you can hack your brain to your advantage, according to science. 10 Be More Attractive By Believing You Smell Good It comes as a surprise to no one that smelling good makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, as we instinctively associate smell with hygiene....

In the face of the Internet hype around The Force Awakens, it is easy to forget that fan rumors have been a constant part of the franchise. Here are 10 old Star Wars fan rumors, including one about The Force Awakens that started when Lucasfilm announced it. 10 Christopher Walken Playing Darth Bane Casting rumors are always out of control when a new movie is coming out, but few have gained as much hype as the rumor that Christopher Walken would play the fan favorite character Darth Bane in Attack of the Clones....