But throughout history, symbolism has held a powerful place in our cultures. This is reflected in armor from ages past that portrays otherworldly creatures, folklore, or exaggerated features to make the wearer an object of fear. Sometimes for show, sometimes for survival, these are 10 of the most fantastical pieces of armor ever crafted. 10 Maximilian I’s Frog-Mouth Helmet Unusual in form and name, the frog-mouth helmet seems to be the most impractical helmet possible....

What can we learn from these shadows out of time? One of the lasting legacies of the late great Stephen J. Gould is the idea of natural selection’s ultimate futility. Across geological time, it doesn’t really matter how big your brain is or how efficient your circulatory system is. Giant rocks from space don’t tend to care about that. 10 Archaeocyathids Archaeocyathids weren’t long for this world, but they did great things in their brief time....

10Renaming ‘Hurricane’ Feminist Roxcy Bolton doesn’t like hurricanes. Her opposition results not so much from the destruction they cause but from the word itself. Bolton claimed that the term “hurricane” sounds too much like “her-icane.” She thinks “hurricane” sounds feminine, and consequently is misogynistic, making us associate the destructive storms with women. Roxcy claimed that “women are not disasters, destroying life and communities and leaving a lasting and devastating effect.” Instead, she wanted to rename hurricanes to “him-icanes....

When it gets truly weird is when you get more than just a handful of people to go along with your bizarre, out-of-place idea. These Internet fads don’t stand out because they exist—as the Internet is home to much weirder stuff—but because they convinced a bunch of regular individuals to get on board. 10 ‘Naked Butts In Front Of Pretty Scenery’ Photography No one likes a picture of a naked butt online unless you’re specifically looking for that, and you’d probably be banned from most social media platforms if you post one....

For every leader of men who has been dubbed Richard the Lionheart, Catherine the Great or William the Conqueror, there are some unfortunate souls like the ones we will look at in this list. 10 Failed Assassination Attempts On British Royals 10 Halfdan the Bad Entertainer is said to have been the King of Norway, having taken over this role from his father King Eystein – who had an even more embarrassing nickname....

We have stories from both sides of the law. On one side, we have a decades-old FBI investigation into Bigfoot and a scantily clad Aussie who fought crime wielding a didgeridoo. On the other, there is a group of Russian bridge thieves and the thrilling return of Florida Man. 10 The Return Of The Chessman A family from Edinburgh discovered that they had one of the lost pieces of the Lewis Chessmen sitting in a drawer for decades....

This photo was taken by Will Counts and is considered, by the Associated Press, as one of the top 100 photographs of the 20th century. The photo shows fifteen-year-old Elizabeth Eckford being taunted as she attempts to enter high school. Elizabeth was one of the students, known as the Little Rock Nine, who were initially prevented from entering racially segregated Central High School, in Arkansas. The students were finally allowed to enter, only after President Eisenhower sent U....

Well, apparently, like everything, we can buy it. This list covers 10 practitioners and proponents of the dim mak (death touch). They, more than anyone, have served to popularize the myth that has served us so well in television, movies, and video games. Some men on this list say that the dim mak is real, regularly perform it, and teach it to others. Others are legends of the craft and serve to inspire martial artists today....

This immediate belief that the spouse is the killer can have devastating results. Sometimes, grieving spouses are wrongly convicted. 10 Russell Faria At 9:40 PM on December 27, 2011, a call came into 911 dispatchers in Troy, Missouri. The caller was 41-year-old Russell Faria, and he sounded hysterical. He was calling because his wife, Elizabeth “Betsy” Faria, had committed suicide. When police and EMTs arrived at the home, they found 42-year-old Betsy dead and cold to the touch, but there was no way her death was a suicide....

It is commonly known that memories fade a little with age, and conditions such as dementia can rob people of parts of their former selves. But for people with neurological conditions like amnesia, the loss of memory can prove utterly devastating and leave them with no clue as to the person that they are. 10 Henry Molaison Born in 1926, Henry Molaison, or H.M. as he was referred to in medical journals, had suffered epileptic seizures since the age of ten, possibly as a result of being run over by a bicycle at age seven....

10James Freney Known as the Irish Robin Hood, James Freney unabashedly stole from the wealthy and helped the poor. Throughout the 1740s, he was a plague on every tax collector and coach that dared travel the roads of Ireland’s County Kilkenny. Still, he did live by his own law: “Rob only those who are worth robbing.” Like every true gentleman criminal, Freney relied on his wits to avoid capture and insisted his gangs adhere to a thieves’ code of honor, which included remaining courteous, returning goods if they held sentimental value or the victim needed them, and assisting the poor whenever possible....

SEE ALSO: Top 10 Places You Don’t Want To Visit Truk Lagoon is located off the coast of Micronesia, and beneath the pristine tropical waters lies one of the largest ship graveyards in the world. In the midst of WWII, Japan chose Truk Lagoon as one of its headquarters for heading off the Allies in the South Pacific. It soon became their largest stronghold in the area, until February, 1944, when American troops launched an attack that sank more than 60 ships and 275 airplanes....

10Swamp Ghost Months after the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941, US bombers raided the Japanese at Simpson Harbor, Papua New Guinea. One plane made a second run after its bomb bay malfunctioned. Even though it worked the second time, a hot fight ensued between her crew and the enemy. The Flying Fortress managed to not explode in a spectacular fashion, but she never made it back to base. Badly whipped, she belly landed in a deep swamp....

10 Fruit Bats Love Oral Sex Animals have sex primarily for reproduction rather than pleasure. The male inserts his penis into the female’s vagina, and after a minute or two, the deed is done. Sex among animals is so basic and boring that it’s fascinating to know that certain mammals engage in sexual activities that are associated with humans and pleasure, such as fellatio and cunnilingus. In 2009, researchers from the Guangdong Entomological Institute in Guangzhou, China, accidentally discovered that short-nosed fruit bats engage in oral sex....

This list is dedicated to all those who had a bad idea and decided, sadly, that going through with it was the right course of action. They may have come up with the worst perfumes ever made – but they had a goal, and for all we know, they had a good time achieving it. Below, you will see fragrances that range from the bizarre to downright offensive. The name for this perfume makes you wonder if the executives at Etat Libre d’Orange were sitting around at a board meeting, banging their heads against their desks to come up with new ideas....

10The Great Bed Of Ware The Great Bed of Ware was originally built sometime around 1590, and it was first installed in an inn in the town of Ware. The first record we have of it is in the travel records of a German prince who stayed at the inn, which had gotten quite a name for itself thanks to its massive, four-poster bed. The bed was so well known for a very obvious reason that Shakespeare even used it as a rather tongue-in-cheek way to describe something of a huge size....

Other times, they may figure out the solution to a vexing mathematical theorem, the fate of disappearing molecules, the reason that a computer model can’t seem to account for the apparent contradictions in the persistence of complex ecosystems, or the reason that particular architecture bears unlikely stains. Other puzzles scientists have contended with—and ultimately solved—posed questions of identity: what the dinosaur with the two huge arms looked like, who painted Madonna of the Veil, and to whom the bones found in some Tennessee woods belonged....

10Teleportation Humanity has been searching for a method of true teleportation for a long time, but it’s always felt like asking too much of science. And then science went ahead and proved it was possible. We’ve explained the phenomenon of quantum entanglement before. Researchers from Delft University of Technology were able to teleport information across the room and prove the quantum entanglement theory in practice. They isolated a pair of electrons in two diamonds at a distance from each other....

Even better, many of these southern sights can be viewed without a telescope. All you need is a clear night away from a city. Think deserts in Africa and Australia. Think high mountaintops in New Zealand. Think isolated islands . . . well, pretty much all over. There is a lot of space in the Southern Hemisphere. 10 The Southern Cross The Southern Cross, officially known as Crux, is the smallest of the 88 recognized constellations and still one of the best-known....

In fact, Vinciguerra’s bomb was just one of a number of terrorist attacks carried out by a bewildering array of right-wing movements and front groups with the evident support of the Italian security services. The aim was to undermine support for democracy and discredit the communists and anarchists who would be blamed for the atrocities. The exact details of this conspiracy remain shadowy, but the basic outline of the strategy of tension is now clear, as are the names of a number of the groups involved....