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487 - Top 10 TERRIFYING Facts About the YAKUZA (Re-Issue) May 21, 2020

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The yakuza is the Japanese mafia and their name essentially means “good for nothing.” The name is believed to be drawn from the lowest hand in the Japanese card game baccara, which is similar to Blackjack. In the game, getting the cards ya-ku-sa (“eight-nine-three”) is the worst possible hand you can get.

486 - Top 10 Most Dangerous SITH LORDS in the Star Wars Universe May 20, 2020

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In a sense, the Jedi and the Sith are different sides of the same coin. They are the extremes of what some may say is the same ideology. The Jedi believe in control over themselves, their emotions, and control in everything else in the Galaxy through peace. The Sith, on the other hand, believe in power; power to shape the Galaxy as they see fit. And while the Jedi believe that anyone should have the power of control over their lives, the Sith believe that anyone should control the amount of power they can individually achieve.

485 - Top 10 Famous VOICE ACTORS Who Helped Shape HOLLYWOOD May 20, 2020

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You probably don’t know their faces, but millions of people know their voices better than they do the voices of their own family. For nearly the past century, these performers brought life to iconic cartoon characters and excited audiences about upcoming films and shows, all without having to spend any time in the hair and makeup department.

484 - The Weirdest JAPANESE OBSESSIONS (You Wont Believe) May 19, 2020

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When you ask Westerners about Japan, odds are they’ll come up with some peculiar stereotypes, generally involving things like Sailor Moon and maybe (OK, probably) some tentacles. Of course, not every stereotype is true. There are a lot of normal aspects to Japanese culture, and Japan in general is home to some incredible history and one of the most technologically advanced and financially robust populations in the world.

483 - Incredible Warriors Who Faced Entire Armies All Alone May 19, 2020

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What is the stuff of legend? Is it making a game winning shot? Is it revolutionizing an industry or a country? Super-human efforts lead us to placing men and women on pedestals for all to admire and aspire to. What is more super-human than fighting off a group of enemy combatants by oneself? That is the stuff of legend.

482 - 10 Videos That Ruined Peoples Lives May 18, 2020

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Recording a video is a good way to encapsulate a moment so you can keep it for as long as you like. However, most of the people involved in these videos wish that those moments never happened, and would now go away. These are people who did something stupid, or illegal, and were unfortunate enough to have it caught on film. The videos went public, and it completely ruined their lives.

481 - 10 Outrageously Nonsensical Propaganda Movies and TV Shows May 18, 2020

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Since audiences believing propaganda tends to be of dire importance to the governments and organizations creating it, you’d expect it to try to be as believable and somber about subjects that are a matter of life and death as they can be. You would at least expect basic tact and decorum. If not that, at least something somewhat credible. These, however, are often pure nonsense, even though they were often made for the purpose of withholding basic human rights from people.

480 - 10 Most Overcrowded Cities in the World May 17, 2020

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Doesn’t being in a crowd just suck? Catching the subway, getting in line at the airport, unexpectedly finding yourself in the mosh pit at a heavy metal gig… hey, we’ve all been there. But while those moments were likely among the least-pleasant of our lives, at least we had somewhere you could escape to after. Not everyone is so lucky. Some of our fellow humans are stuck living in cities that are like Black Friday at the magic unicorn store all year round.

479 - 10 DISTURBING Facts About ATTILA and the HUNS May 17, 2020

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Who were Attila and his Huns? Well, as Europe was slowly transitioning from the Classical Era to more medieval times, the Roman Empire was witnessing its last years as a dominant force on the continent. Well, the western half, at least. In the east, the Byzantine Empire would endure up until the 15th century. In any case, the Western Roman Empire fell due in large part to the many internal struggles for power, but also because of the many barbaric incursions coming in from Central and Eastern Europe.

478 - The Forgotten Signers of the Declaration of Independence May 16, 2020

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What elementary school student in America couldn’t tell you about Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson, two of the most famous signers of one of the three most momentous documents of American history? Most middle school students could go a little further and tell you about second president John Adams or John Hancock, President of the Continental Congress, if only because of his most prominent signature.

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