The Rorscach test (commonly known as the inkblot test) is used by the psychiatric world to help determine a person’s mental state. It is very common but very controversial. I have managed to obtain copies of all of the inkblots and believe we are the first site to do so - so by [...]
[WARNING: This list contains images that are, frankly, gross] In keeping with our series on the assaults on the human body (see The Top Ten Loudest Noises), we bring you this list consisting of 15 of the worst smells imaginable. Wonderful scents and amazing smells fill the air all around us: freshly baked bread, perfume, [...]
Top 10 Books For a Classical Education
It is time for another competition! We all know that the modern education systems around the world are failing in many areas once thought important in human mental development. The Classical Education system covered all of the topics that we learn today, but with a greater emphasis on our western Classical past. Here [...]
Top 15 Quotes By Famous Atheists
Following our list of quotes from St Thomas Aquinas, this is the second in our series of famous quotes from great atheists and great religious minds. Here are 15 quotes from some of the greatest atheist minds in history. Quotes 1 - 5 1. Creationists make it sound like a ‘theory’ is something you dreamt up [...]
Top 10 Tragic Movie Set Deaths
Film actors and crews are often put in to highly dangerous situations in order to give a more authentic result to their films. This has, sadly, on many occasions lead to tragedy on the set. This is a list of the top 10 tragic movie related deaths. 10. Twilight Zone: The Movie - 1983 [...]
Top 15 Unusual Deep Sea Creatures
The deep seas are often considered to be the last great, unexplored regions on Earth. Every year hundreds of hitherto unknown creatures are discovered ranging from tiny crustaceans to monster fish, and hundreds, even thousands, remain hidden awaiting our cameras. Here are 15 of the most unusual deep water denizens. 15. Ocean Sunfish The ocean sunfish [...]
Top 15 Quotes of Thomas Aquinas
Recently we have had some interesting discussions between atheists and religious people on some of our lists. This has inspired me to write a series of lists on topics relating to both sides of the story. To start with, I am doing this list of 15 of the most brilliant quotes from Saint [...]
Dr. Seuss, the pen name of Theodore Geisel, was a writer and illustrator of 40 children’s books. His writings have become required reading for anyone who loves rhyme, nonsense, vivid pictures, and wonderful word images and some have even gone on to aid very young children in their reading. His collected works consistently rank on [...]
Top 10 Worst Engineering Disasters
Mankind, for all its genius and amazing achievements, is still far from infallible. Buildings still have to be built, and that takes the collective know-how of hundreds of people, and anywhere along this chain of human assistance could easily appear a weakest link. Take the Titanic, for instance, sure they rammed into an iceberg, but [...]
Top 10 Tips for Wearing White Tie
So, you have been invited to dine with the Queen at Buckingham Palace and the invitation specifies “white tie”. You have no idea what that means or what it entails. Okay, it is unlikely that any of us will be dining with the Queen, but White Tie events do happen quite often and [...]
Top 10 Greatest TV Documentary Series’
In our less-and-less-literary age, TV has gradually become the primary font of wisdom for the great mass of population – most of us get our news from television network and cable sources, for example. Commentators on culture and society have often tried—almost since television’s invention—to raise the alarm about this growing tendency of ours [...]
Many cultures find that English might possibly be one of the most difficult languages to learn. Not, in fact, for its words, but for the fact that it has so many unusual and contradictory rules. Just looking over an English study book will tell you that so many odd ifs and buts apply to so [...]
Top 10 Politically Incorrect Kids Books
Unfortunately, in modern times, the responsibility of raising your children to be respectful of others has been taken over by government. In virtually every Western nation, political correctness is rife and books are being torn from the shelves by the handful. Some of these books make their way back, with revisions, but some [...]
Top 10 Coolest Home Science Experiments
Science isn’t something that necessarily needs to be done in the closed quarters of a lab. Many of the most brilliant experiments can be done in your own home and literally cost you almost nothing to make! So, just by using a bit of household equipment and items you would likely have anyway spend some [...]
Earth is truly an amazing and wonderful place inhabited by more places and creatures still undiscovered. All across this great planet, new and stunning species and locations are found more and more frequently - giving us rare glimpses into habitats so extreme, few of us will ever get to experience them up close. Many new [...]
Gems are one of nature’s ways of saying, “look how beautiful I can be”, and people know it, too. For thousands of years humans have been adorning themselves with gems and jewels to stand out and wow an audience. Be it necklaces, brooches, pendants, or bracelets, precious and rare gems have long since become one [...]
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