Wednesday, April 1, 2009

useless mental tidbits | fantastic lists

There's something about a good list that captivates my Collector Instinct. I've been keeping links to different lists with the idea that "one day" I would be able to use parts as a jumping-point for blog articles. Riiiight. I'm learning that I'm the sort of fella that likes to gather information, and can gather and gather until there is nothing left to gather... hint: there is always something more to gather...

Few do the list-thing quite as well as the fine folks at ListVerse, so here's a list of my favourite lists on ListVerse.

Top 10 Myths about Ninjas
Top 10 Misconceptions about Vikings
Top 10 Medieval Urban Legends
10 Christ-like Figures that Pre-Date Jesus
10 Gunslinging Outlaws of the American Wild West
10 More Books that Changed the World
Top 20 Wise Quotes from Confucius
10 Great Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction Novels
Top 10 Interesting Jack the Ripper Suspects
Top 10 Fascinating Secrets Taken to the Grave
10 Weird and Wonderful Oddities of Nature
Top 10 Signs of Evolution in Modern Man

The group at wired also know how to put together interesting lists.

Apocalypse Then: Wired's Favorite World Expiration Dates
10 Best Geeky Last Words
7 (Crazy) Civilian Uses for Nuclear Bombs
Bongs, Virginity & Other Stuff You Can't Sell on eBay
Top 10 Celebrity Rants Caight on Tape
Top 5 Most Extreme Exoplanets
Top 5 Bets for Extraterrestrial Life in the Solar System

And for the Variety-Pack...

NYT Tech Columnist David Pogue's Top 10 Cocktail-Party Questions
BrainzDotOrg has the 10 Most Revealing Psych Experiments
New Scientist lists the Top 10 Bizarre Experiments
TelegraphUK lists the Top 10 Greatest Experiments of All Time
kottke lists Spread the Word's survey of Top 10 Books People Lie about Reading
PopCrunch has a great list of Celebs That Look Like Animals
DumbLittleMan lists 15 Simple Changes that will Improve Your Health

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