Only two things in life are guaranteed: death and internet trolls. We’ll avoid the latter for now and focus on the former. We all get our tickets punched at some point and there are a thousand and one ways for it to happen. For the most part, everyone wants to go peacefully and painlessly but [...] The post 10 Deaths Too Embarrassing To Be Believed appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

When it comes to the media we create or consume, the formats we utilize to do so are just as important as the content itself. As the decades have passed we’ve seen video technology evolve time and time again to better suit the needs of the current consumer. This does mean that, as time passes, [...] The post 10 Video Formats That Have Been Made Totally Obsolete appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

Someone once said “everything in moderation” and it was probably about alcohol or betting on robot fights but it can apply to almost everything. Food is one of the best examples because, as we know, overindulging in almost anything can have negative consequences. Eat too many gas station burritos and you may spend the rest [...] The post 10 Things You Never Want to Eat Too Much Of appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

As futuristic as it sounds, weapons forged from meteorites date back millennia. In fact, after gold and copper, the earliest metal objects ever made by humans were probably made with outer space iron. In other words, the Iron Age came from the stars. Not just any meteorites can be used, however; they need to be [...] The post 10 Earth Weapons Made From Off-World Materials appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

If ever there was someone you needed to know you could trust, it would most definitely be your doctor. After all, medical professionals play an important role in our world, helping those of us with ailments and injuries, assuring us that we’ll be okay. However, there have been times when those with authority over our [...] The post 10 Terrifying Medical True Crime Stories appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

What’s in a name? Research shows your name alters how people perceive you from the moment they learn it. Your first initial could change your entire life without you knowing it because we’re subconsciously attracted to cities and jobs that share the same letter.   So names carry a lot of weight even when we [...] The post 10 Common Things That Were Once Called Something Much Different appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

The world of video games is an endlessly fascinating place, especially when you peek behind the curtain and learn its inner workings. Controversy is no stranger to video games, whether it’s attributed to a specific title or the people who made it. In this list, we’ll be running down some fascinating examples of various times [...] The post 10 Notorious and Interesting Video Game Controversies appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

There are some colorful sayings about opinions and few of them paint a pleasant picture. But everyone indeed has an opinion and they’re not always going to be good or valid or agreeable. When these opinions are presented as reviews, whether for books, or restaurants, or products, they can color other people’s perceptions and maybe [...] The post 10 Wild and Unexpected Reactions to Bad Reviews appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

Nuclear power is arguably the safest and most efficient form of power we currently have. Despite how great and reliable it is, the nuclear stigma will probably never go away because when it has gone bad in the past, it’s gone really bad. And there’s the eternal association it’s going to have with nuclear weapons [...] The post 10 Unexpected Ways People Have Tried to Use Nuclear Technology appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more

How much memory do you have on your phone? An iPhone can have anywhere from a “bare bones” 64 GB to as much as a terabyte. Do you have an external hard drive for your gaming console? If so, it’s probably got at least a terabyte or two, right? And to think, if you bought [...] The post 10 Mind-Blowing Numbers Behind Computer Memory and Storage appeared first on Toptenz.net ..read more