useless mental tidbits | fantastic lists

Here's another round-up of interesting lists.

10 Great Achievements of the Human Mind [listverse]
Top 15 Facts You Probably Don't Know. [listverse]
Top 10 Scientific Music Videos. [wired]
10 Fascinating Prize Challenges. [listverse]
Another 10 Curious Everyday Inventions. [listverse]
Top 10 Things You Should Never Discuss Online [listverse]
Top 10 Ancient Jobs that Sucked Big Time. [listverse]
10 Unabashed Quacks in Medical History. [listverse]
10 Failed Doomsday Prophecies. [NatlGeo]
10 Failed Predictions About the Future. [dotd]
Top 10 Worst Military Decisions in History. [listverse]
10 Heroic Last Stands from Military History. [listverse]
Top 10 Creepy Aspects of Victorian Life. [listverse]
10 Nursery Rhymes and Their Origins. [listverse]
Top 10 Geekiest Constructed Languages. [listverse]
Top 10 Extreme Genres of Music. [listverse]
20 Movie-Inspired Band Names. [spinner]
Top 10 Bad Messages from Good Movies. [wired]
25 Scariest Moments in Non-Scary Movies [ifc.com]
Top 10 Movies About Movies. [listverse]
Wired's Favourite Sci-fi Movies of All Time - Pre Star Wars [wired]
Wired's Favourite Sci-fi Movies of All Time - Star Wars and After [wired]
Wired: After Watchmen, What's "Unfilmable"? These Legendary Texts. [wired]
10 Fascinating Recently-Discovered Photos. [listverse]
35 Most Creative 404 Pages Around. [pro.blog.design]
20 of the Worst Designed Websites in the World. [manolith]
10 DC Comics Characters Deserving a Mass Makeover [wired]
Anti-Stuff Holiday Gift Guide [getrichslowly]
5 Tips for Tightening Your Budget. [nmom]
Top 10 Greatest Chess Players in History. [listverse]
10 Reasons Why the Quidditch World Cup is the Best College Sporting Event. [mental.floss]
15 Life Lessons from Sim City. [philltopia]
10 Bizarre Cases of Identity Theft. [listverse]
15 Uniquely Modern Umbrella Designs. [WebUrbanist]
Top 10 Notorious American Biker Gangs. [listverse]
10 Classic American Muscle Cars. [listverse]
Senior City-zens: Worlds 10 Oldest Still-Inhabited Cities. [WebUrbanist]
Top 10 Bizarre Cultural Disorders. [listverse]
15 Fastest Things in the Universe. [listverse]
10 More Amazing Wonders of the Natural World. [listverse]
Top 10 Incredible Funguses (sic) [listverse]
Top 10 Incredible Sharks. [listverse]

useless mental tidbits | Getting passed at 160km/h

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Crazy Remixers | Ricardo Autobahn

via kottke.

headspace | B&W to Colour

Check out the illusion brought to us by the fine folks at haha.nu that tricks the mind into seeing colour in a black-and-white image.

BW to Colour

shiZINE | Good-bye (for now?!) Slickity Jim's Chat and Chew

Fire spread through five businesses this morning at Broadway and Main Streets. One of the businesses heavily damaged was the popular Slickity Jim's Chat and Chew.

Respect | Lest We Forget

Crazy Band | Tom Fun Orchestra

Tom Fun Orchestra-Bottom of the River from trunk animation on Vimeo.