The 2010’s, as they’re now being called, have been eventful to say the least. If we’d have to sum them up, we’d say that it was a decade of widespread – and permanent—change around the world. Economic instability, civil wars and general social unrest dominated the headlines in many countries, though we also made massive

“Florida man” is a meme. It refers to every déclassé and dumb (especially dumb criminals) person that has ever crawled out of the Everglades. For those addicted to the Internet, the Sunshine State is the magical place where robbers use Sharpie goatees as disguises and eight-foot-long alligators carry out impromptu home invasions. See Also: 10

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The moon is one of the visible features of the night sky. Little wonder humans have blamed it for almost everything they cannot find answers to. While the moon is usually innocent—as you are about to find out—it is not always so. The moon has sometimes turned up guilty of accusations leveled against it. These

I am very excited to announce, on this first day of the new decade, that we are launching our YouTube Channel today. You may recall in the past that we had a channel with a number of videos that were outsourced for production. They are not longer available and from today the channel will be

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Ten of our best writers put their heads together and came up with a collaborative list of the ten most significant events of the last ten years. This is a first for Listverse and, as the last list we publish in the 2010s, it is a fitting transition to the New Year and new decade.

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