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237 - What Would Happen if CALIFORNIA SECEDED from the Union (America) Dec 22, 2019

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Before we get started, we want to point out two things. First is that a state leaving the Union would be an incredibly complex legal issue, and who knows what people and companies will do if a Caliexit happens. So to simplify the scenario, this is looking at what would happen if nothing changed in California. The only difference is that California is now its own separate country.

236 - Top 10 STRANGEST LAKES Dec 21, 2019

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Lakes aren’t all that exciting. Some of them are huge and some of them are salty (The Dead Sea) but none of them are bizarre or entertaining in any way– right? Well not exactly. You just need to venture off the beaten path a little, and you’ll find things like…

235 - Top 10 OUT of This WORLD Facts about SPACE Dec 21, 2019

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William Shatner hit the nail on the head when he uttered the famous phrase, “Space, the final frontier.” Why? Well, contrary to what some scientists will have you believe, space remains mankind’s final and rather obscure frontier. After all there is so much we have yet to understand about space, and much that we thought we knew is starting to look ‘shaky’.

234 - Top 10 Facts about PERSIAN IMMORTALS Dec 20, 2019

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The Immortals were the heavy infantry unit of the Achaemenid Empire’s army. Also known as the first Persian Empire, the civilization was founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 B.C. in what is today Iran. The name ‘Immortals’ was coined by Greek historian Herodotus. What’s known about them mostly comes from his writing.

233 - Top 10 CREEPY Cases of Violent GHOSTS Dec 20, 2019

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When it comes to dealing with ghosts, a lot of them are pretty harmless. They may moan, walk around and even slam doors, but rarely do they act violently. Then there are some cases where the spirit, be it a poltergeist, ghost or some other type of spirit, let their presence be known through destruction and even violence.

232 - Top 10 CREEPIEST Places in AMERICA Dec 19, 2019

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There are just too many creepy places in America for this list to be the top 10, but these 10 destinations are all near the top of the list in terms of all-in-all creep factor. With Halloween fast approaching this list is appropriate and if you live near any of the places you may want to take a visit and see what you have been missing. From an axe murder’s home to a witch’s cave and a ghostly cemetery you are sure to find something to send chills up your spine.

231 - How to Identify a SOCIOPATH Dec 19, 2019

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Sociopaths walk among us each and every day. They are family members, lovers and colleagues. These “cold ones” inhabit a different psychological world, where conscience, love, and remorse are non-existent. The people that they meet are targets who are utilized in order to access the best things in life.

230 - What Would Happen if MINIMUM WAGE Was $15 Everywhere Dec 18, 2019

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It’s a rallying cry for progressives across America. Fight for $15. The dream of combating poverty by raising the minimum wage to $15 everywhere. Already, cities such as Seattle and Syracuse, NY, have begun phasing in or have already implemented a $15 minimum as law. And, so far, the prognosis is good. No wonder people want it implemented everywhere, huh?

229 - Top 10 People Who DECLINED KNIGHTHOOD Dec 18, 2019

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When being knighted entailed higher taxes and the responsibility of supplying an armed man on horseback to the British Crown, it is understandable why an individual might refuse the privilege. But even with the modern title being strictly honorary, 2% of the 3,000 people annually chosen by civil servant committees from public and governmental nominations still reject the offer. While most do so quietly, a 2003 London’s Sunday Times article leaked an official document detailing decliners, which was designed to avoid repeat invitations. This list explores the top ten people to decline knighthood and their surprisingly varied reasons for refusal.

228 - Top 10 HUGE Historical MYTHS Dec 17, 2019

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As TopTenz has covered in other articles, the past was in some ways so much worse than we can relate to. But let’s not assume that it was all terrible, or that everyone was too stupid to make life better for themselves. Our heads are full of flawed beliefs about the past. These myths are often created to make history more dramatic to keep students awake during class, to simplify the past for easy digestion, or to inflate our sense of superiority over some country or the past in general. Let’s try to set some of those myths straight.

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