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What happens when we combine Mother Nature’s propensity for reminding us who’s really in charge every now and again with the massive increase in the use of security cameras, dash cams, and camera phones around the globe? We get to experience—now more than ever—what it is like to really confront one of these disasters for ourselves (from the safety of our own homes, of course!). So here is a list of 10 home videos that recorded deadly natural disasters....

10 South Africa ‘Honors’ FIFA President After FIFA president Joseph “Sepp” Blatter awarded South Africa the honor of hosting the 2010 World Cup, they decided to return the favor. The South African government bestowed an award known as the “Order of the Companions of O R Tambo” to Blatter for his kindness. However, when they announced that they were honoring him with the award, the world erupted into giggles rather than applause....

10Lucy Gordon From the outside, Lucy Gordon seemed to be on top of the world. She was born in Oxford, England before moving to France for most of her childhood. Gordon made her screen debut in 2001 and went on to star with some of the biggest names in cinema, including John Cusack, Audrey Tautou, and Tobey Maguire. Throughout the 2000s, she found herself in smaller film roles in hits like Serendipity and Spider-Man 3, although her big breakthrough performance was as the real-life actress and singer Jane Birkin in 2010’s Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, which she reportedly loved working on....

See Also: 10 Images of Where Children Sleep Around the World 10 Syria Abdul is 10 and he loves Kibbeh. Syria’s second-largest city Aleppo, has over seventeen varieties. Kibbeh is like a type of dumpling made primarily of bulgur with a variety of meats, vegetables, and spices added. Life for children in Syria can be unbearable with many living without shelter, food, or clean water. Abdul is two years overdue for a life-saving heart operation that he probably won’t get....

10Booze What is more important than the invention of alcohol? While the substance was certainly useful for tolerating the brutal conditions of the ancient world, it also had another, nearly miraculous effect. It was a sterilizer in an age when Purell and hand soap were distant dreams in the eyes of the OCD. It is arguable that booze is the very thing that made civilization possible, giving people clean drinking water and a way to sanitize wounds, foods, and pretty much anything else that they poured their liquor on....

But throughout those thousands of years of repression, there have been women bubbling with abilities and ideas who’ve refused to stay shut out. In a world where only men were allowed to succeed, they cut their hair, put on pants, and accomplished things their brothers refused to believe could ever be done by a woman. 10 Rena Kanokogi: The Woman Who Won A Male Judo Competition From a young age, Rena Kanokogi (nee Glickman) wanted to be a judo master....

Named Parrotfish because of their calcareous bird-like beaks. Parrotfish use these beaks to crush and eat the small invertebrates that live in coral. Much of the sand and sea floor of coral reefs are actually remains of meals from the parrotfish, they chew the coral, eat the invertebrates and spit out the leftover calcium. Like Cichlids, There are many individual species of Parrotfish, with varying degrees of color and patterns....

These weird deaths aren’t just an ancient history thing; they struck the Greeks more than anyone. Perhaps it was because they tried things that others didn’t have the courage to attempt, or perhaps they simply knew not to taint a good story with facts. We will never know sure what was happening, but based on the stories the ancient Greeks left behind, Greece in its prime was a country overrun with an epidemic of absurd, Looney Tunes–like deaths....

10Ricinuleids, Or ‘Hooded Tickspiders’ A “tickspider” sounds like a frightening animal, but the Ricinuleids are neither venomous predators nor disease-spreading bloodsuckers. These tiny creatures can only be found in the damp, moldy leaf litter of tropical forests. Their name comes from their spider-like shape and flattened, leathery bodies, along with a hinged panel, or “hood,” that completely covers their faces. While their ancient ancestors had eyes, modern tickspiders have a few light-sensitive cells in their place....

Despite being such a world-changing event, the Spanish flu is surprisingly underrepresented in popular world history. While we understand that other important things—like the Russian Revolution and World War I—were also going on around that time, they still don’t compare to what many historians have described as the “greatest medical holocaust in human history.”[1] 10 The Spanish Connection Because it’s called the “Spanish flu,” many of us assume that it originated in Spain....

10Demolishing The Whole Of Glasgow The largest city in Scotland, Glasgow is one of the best places on Earth to experience both Victorian architecture and public drunkenness. Had 20th-century planning officials gotten their way, only one of those would now be true. In 1945, city officials published a report suggesting they demolish the whole of Glasgow. Had they just left it at that, the plan might at least have elicited some support from Glasgow’s Edinburgh rivals....

10 Living Out The Plot Of Big Remember that Tom Hanks film Big? It’s about a boy who wishes that he was a grown-up. Thanks to some vaguely explained magic, his wish is granted. He goes to sleep one evening and wakes up the next day in an adult body. Hilarity ensues. If you’ve ever stopped to think about the plot, you’ve probably realized that Big is kind of terrifying. Being magically granted a mature body while still having a child’s brain would be the stuff of nightmares....

10Elisha Graves Otis Though he is relatively unknown, Elisha Graves Otis was a brilliant inventor who revolutionized how humanity moves in a straight line. Otis is the brains behind the elevator safety brake, an invention that helped make elevators statistically safer than stairs. Otis’s simple invention dramatically improved elevator safety by removing the risk of the elevator dropping to the bottom of the shaft if the cables supporting it snap. The invention consists of a large spring that is kept coiled by the elevator’s own weight....

The following people have stories to tell that are not easy to hear. Although many are not 100 percent verified, all appear to confirm our worst fears about the public figures and institutions involved. 10 Leon PanettaCIA Contract Assassinations The shady CIA hit man has long been a staple of fiction, but we like to hope that the agency doesn’t actually carry out wantonly illegal contract killings. In 2009, many Americans missed it when former CIA director Leon Panetta revealed to Congress that President George W....

But Hollywood rivalries and rocky relationships aren’t a completely new phenomenon. Classical Hollywood stars didn’t get along quite as well as you might think. 10Bette Davis & Joan Crawford As two of the biggest female stars in Hollywood history, the bitter feuds between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis have become the stuff of legend. However, there are numerous rumors as to how this rivalry arose. Reporter Michael Thornton, who was close to Davis, suggested that she had been humiliated when the bisexual Crawford attempted to hit on her....

Here is a list of pseudosciences (false scientific methods, theories, and systems) and hoaxes that fooled people all over the world. More than a few are still believed even today. 10 Canals On Mars People have been fascinated with space and the mysteries of our solar system for centuries, and the planet Mars has been on our minds since people first took note of it in the night sky. In 1907, Mars rocketed into the mainstream news when The New York Times reported that there was life on it....

10 Letters From Space Beings The UFO sightings drew out all sorts of crazy. One woman in Newtown, NSW, claimed that she was getting letters from the space beings and that the aliens were now permanent residents in Australia. The letters were written on parchment and contained “a mass of gold symbols and drawings which, as she explained to a skeptical television audience in Sydney, reveal amazing predictions for Australia’s future....

But there are real places that are every bit as incredible as our fantasies. There are cities that, like Atlantis, were wiped clean off the face of the Earth. For hundreds of years, they lived on as nothing but stories, often ones that were so incredible that people doubted they ever really existed. But these lost cities have been found. They weren’t just myths—they were actually out there, just waiting for us to uncover them....

By the end of 1968, the Black Panthers had established around 38 chapters across America. Their ideology developed over time. They wanted to change the system permanently and created a “Ten-Point Platform and Program” to facilitate this change. The Black Panthers are remembered in history as a hypermasculine, violent, and confrontational group of black men who stuck it to the system. But the party had a lot more to it than its black berets and black leather jackets....

Our world has played host to a wide array of optical oddities. The origins of these strange lights aren’t immediately apparent, and they have both spawned legends and brought scientific inquiry. Explanations have been given for some; others remain not very well-understood. 10 Sprites, Jets, And Elves (Oh My!) While these oddities are more easily seen with a low-light camera, it is possible to see red sprites in the atmosphere with the naked eye....