If you’ve ever been to college, or submitted a list to Listverse, you’ll be familiar with those three magic words: “Don’t reference Wikipedia”. Yet in spite of its reputation for unreliability, Wikipedia is the 5th biggest website on Earth, and a major source of information for people all over the world. But when something becomes

It is estimated that more than 25 million people take a cruise each year. Chances are, if you haven’t been yourself, you know someone who has. That’s a LOT of people. Especially, when you consider that each ship can carry as many as 3,000 guests or more. That’s 3,000 people who will eat, sleep and

The Wuhan flu, Chinese coronavirus, Covid-19 virus, or simply coronavirus as some prefer to call it, needs no introduction. It is the latest nuisance we all have to deal with. The virus first appeared in China and in less than two months, has spread to every continent in the world. It has killed over 4,000

Discover the ways that someone might hack your computer, steal your identity, or steal your financial information without you ever knowing it — until it is too late. As you will learn, the best way to defeat a hacker is to understand how they typically hack you. By understanding some of these basic principles while

Everyone loves a conspiracy, don’t they? Hollywood, especially, thrives off them. Sometimes they make them up and sometimes they’re even part of the conspiracy itself, but, when there are so many great conspiracy theories and cover ups to choose from in real life, its easy to see why they don’t often bother. Top 10 Conspiracy

[COMPETITION: This list contains a competition! See the bonus item at the bottom of the list for more details.] The economy is a tricky thing, and that’s become clear to anyone witnessing the coronavirus affecting a possible global recession. If you find yourself being unable to go to work out of your company’s fear of

If there is one superhero in all of fiction that could be said to stand alongside Superman in terms of sheer popularity and depth of lore, it would be Spider-Man. Since 1962, Peter Parker, victim of the radioactive spider bite that changed the face of American fiction, has been a beloved character and role model

Since 1945, there has not been one military use of a nuclear weapon. For the most part, the concept of mutually assured destruction (MAD) kept the nuclear powers in check. However, that doesn’t mean that the world has been safe during this time. To the contrary, the age of the atom bomb has arguably been

Death comes to us all. No matter how rich, powerful, or well-loved you might be, no one lives forever. When it’s a celebrity that’s died, the news tends to travel fast—so fast in fact that it precedes the actual death. Sometimes news outlets jump the gun, sometimes rumours are spread online as clickbait, and sometimes

Humans are by nature pretty wasteful. Once we have extracted our use from any items we tend to discard the remnants and not care too much about what happens to them. While today’s landfill sites are overflowing waste management is not just a modern problem however. As far back as we look we can find

Breaking the law seems straightforward. A mean person wants something and then breaks a bunch of rules to get his way. But underneath the surface, crime is driven by a legion of factors. There are obvious reasons, but some triggers are completely unexpected. Violent criminals are spawned by childhood contaminants, an extra hour of sleep,

The usual optimism that comes with a new year did not last long in 2020. Between the potential threat of a world war (fueled by the Iran–United States conflict) and the actual threat of a coronavirus, the past few months have been tense. These are scary times, and the Internet seems to be filled with