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Some of the creepiest are the women. (Is that a compliment?) And it wasn’t because they looked scary. Here are the top 10 creepiest women in fairy tales. 10 The Mirror-Loving Queen From Snow White “Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the fairest one of all?” asks the Queen. Before the start of “Snow White,” Snow White’s stepmother, the Queen, was the most beautiful woman in the land. In her efforts to maintain this status, she forces Snow White — the princess — to live the life of a maid....

As soon as he opened it, he became permanently injured by the explosive contents. He had been sent a letter bomb by someone who was trying to kill him. But why and from whom? The subsequent investigation tried to answer those questions. While the FBI attempted to catch this criminal, they dubbed him the “Unabomber.” Eventually, they discovered the Unabomber living in a small cabin where he crafted his bombs and wrote various journal entries describing his work....

But the weird and wacky can give way to nightmares in the waking world. Unfortunately for you, if you have ever dreamed of riding around on the back of an unusual creature, this list reveals 10 times when those cherished companions have turned deadly. 10 Cassowary The world’s most dangerous bird is the cassowary, edging out both the emu and the ostrich for the win. Although a cassowary is as tall as a person, the real threat is closer to the ground....

The Dreamlands is a fictional location in the Dream Cycle of H. P. Lovecraft. It is also the setting for a number of pastiches written by other authors. The Dreamlands is a vast, alternate dimension that can be entered through dreams, similar to astral projection or lucid dreaming. Experienced dreamers are among the most powerful inhabitants of the Dreamlands and may become its permanent residents after their physical deaths. The Dreamlands can be entered in other ways, including physically....

In it, players traverse a mythical land, trying to catch “pocket monsters” of widely varied appearance and ability, then “train” them to defeat other monsters in battle. It’s since spawned a legion of video games, animated television series, trading cards, and other media, becoming the second most successful video game–based franchise in the world. It’s second only to Nintendo’s Mario series. And this was before July 6, 2016, when the Pokemon Go mobile app was released to the world and quickly rose to dominate, well, seemingly everything....

Today, we look at the current bete noir regime in line for some democratization at the end of a cruise missile—Qatar. 10 Qatar Is Technically The Richest Country In The World Global Finance magazine conducted a survey in early 2017 that measured the GDP (gross domestic product) of all countries in the world. Qatar ranked as the richest—a spot that it’s occupied quite regularly over the last few years. The latest study shows their GDP per capita as $129,726....

Cabaret (1972) It is the city of Berlin in 1930, a time when political unrest racks the country, the economy has been destroyed, and millions of unemployed roam the streets. Enter into this chaos an American cabaret dancer, working at the downtown “Kit-Kat club” where anything goes on the stage. Into this young dancer’s life come several characters such as a rich German politician, a young Jewish man struggling with his identity, an Englishman teacher from London, and of course the all-knowing, all-seeing Master of Ceremonies....

10 Charlotte’s Web 1973 Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde, and a young Danny Bonaduce supply their voices to a stellar animated feature based around the life and, as it seems, the impending death of a runty pig. Templeton steals the show in this, the superior original, as the gluttonous rat. 9 Stuart Little 1999 Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, Michael J. Fox … and the oh-so-adorable-you-want-to-smack-him Johnathan Lipnicki fill out the cast for this animation-meets-live action comedy that really is pretty cute and quite family safe....

Scientists are notorious for being eccentric. However, all we hear from the famous ones are their amazing accomplishments. The internet is pretty good a digging up dirt, and lately the dark sides of some revered scientist are resurfacing. Listverse has saved you the work of searching the internet yourself. Here is a list of the top 10 famous scientists that would definitely be #cancelled in today’s jackboot-wearing cancel culture. Top 10 Terrifying Assaults On Free Speech Happening Right Now...

The Aeneid is a Latin epic poem written by Virgil in the 1st century BC (between 29 and 19 BC) that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Trojan who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Romans. It is written in dactylic hexameter (considered to be the Grand Style of classical poetry). The first six of the poem’s twelve books tell the story of Aeneas’ wanderings from Troy to Italy, and the poem’s second half treats the Trojans’ ultimately victorious war upon the Latins, under whose name Aeneas and his Trojan followers are destined to be subsumed....

Reign: November 6, 1494 – September 7, 1566 Suleiman I, also known as Suleiman the Magnificent, reigned as Sultan of the Ottoman Empire for 69 years, longer than any other Sultan. His reign marked the beginning of the golden age of the Ottoman Empire. During his rule, the Ottoman Empire encompassed most of the Middle East, Southeastern Europe and Rhodes. Suleiman also made educational, legislative, taxation and criminal reforms....

At other times, it was the natural world that posed the biggest threat to human survival. Nature on the frontier was vast and unforgivable. Here are 10 of the grisliest tales from the American frontier. Horrific Facts About Scalping On The American Frontier 10 John Colter And The ‘Human Hunt’ John Colter, a legend of the American frontier, spent most of his life in the wilderness. In 1803, he joined the Lewis and Clark Expedition where he gained renown as one of the best hunters and scouts....

With an emphasis on food. Around 50%-90% of women experience food cravings during their pregnancy. Some of these cravings are food they already enjoy. Some are things they would never have dreamed of eating. My craving was a cupcake the size of my head with a ton of strawberry buttercream frosting—which I never did get. But some food cravings are so strange, so out-of-the-ordinary, so, for lack of a better word, gross, that only science—maybe—could explain it....

Many of us think that people are too sophisticated today to believe in such nonsense. Sadly, that’s not always true. This list examines these modern evils, shedding light on present-day attacks and cold-blooded murders brought on by superstitious beliefs and the irrational fear of witches and witchcraft. 10 11 Years In April 1998, a man broke into the home of Modesta Navarro Nieves and accused her of casting a witch’s spell on him....

Baruch ben Neriah was a scribe in the Bible who was the secretary for (and blood relative of) the prophet Jeremiah. In addition to writing all of Jeremiah’s prophesies which were dictated to him by the prophet himself, Baruch also wrote his own Biblical Book (you can read it here – it was removed from Protestant Bibles in the 1500s but can found in Orthodox and Catholic Bibles). He is a greatly revered person in the history of the Jews and by Christianity too....

A few diseases have even been eradicated (gone forever), with even more eliminated (gone from entire countries or regions). Although we have a long way to go, it is comforting to look back on where we’ve been. Here are 10 of the greatest triumphs of modern science over bacteria, viruses, and parasites. 10 Infectious Diseases That Changed History 10 Smallpox Smallpox was an airborne virus that killed roughly one-third of the people who contracted it....

People writing notes or letters, putting them in bottles, and throwing them into the sea happens more than we think. These bottles are carried by ocean currents and end up in unimaginable places far away. Once opened, some changed lives, and others exposed secrets that were never meant to be known. 10 The Note That Exposed The British Ship That Refused To Rescue A Downed German Aircrew The German Zeppelin L 19 (also known as LZ 54) was returning home from a bombing mission in the UK when it crashed into the North Sea in February 1916....

The music from this enchanted island swirls around centuries of love and war, feast and famine. It tells the story of bravery, cowardice, death, and experiencing life the way it was meant to be lived. Of course, there are a few with some pretty unique backgrounds. So here are the top 10 Irish songs with strange origins. 10 “Molly Malone” Oh, sweet Molly Malone. She was just trying to sell her fish at the market....

Nearly 3,000 people died that day in plane crashes, building collapses and desperate leaps from burning buildings. Still, such disasters often have a select few who stand out as unlikely survivors. Here are ten. RELATED: 10 Disturbing Raw Videos From 9/11 10 First One Down, Last One Out: Ron DiFrancesco (South Tower, 84th Floor) Of the two collapses, the South Tower’s was more stunning simply because it occurred first. Never had a building that gigantic completely come down, so most thought they had far longer to escape than the scant 56 minutes between impact and implosion....

And even though people in the Middle Ages weren’t as ignorant as we “civilized” modern folk like to believe—they still had more than their fair share of superstitions and social stigmas, as you can see by the way the following ten groups of medieval outcasts were treated. Leprosy is caused by a bacteria, and it leads to skin lesions, muscular weakness, and nerve damage. One of the most unusual symptoms of untreated leprosy is the slow decay of your nose as the cartilage breaks down—so yeah, people were pretty freaked out, especially when they noticed that the disease could spread just by contact with a leper....