Listverse.com's Ultimate Book of Bizarre Lists: Fascinating Facts and Shocking Trivia on Movies, Music, Crime, Celebrities, History, and More

822 Pages·2010·6.13 MB·English

by  Jamie Frater

Table of Contents

Title Page
Dedication
CHAPTER ONE - Life and Death
10 STORIES OF BIZARRE BIRTHS
10 BIZARRE BIRTH DEFECTS
10 PAINFUL RITES OF PASSAGE
10 TRULY BIZARRE DEATHS
10 BIZARRE DEATH-RELATED FACTS
10 HORRIFYING PREMATURE BURIALS
10 BIZARRE APOCALYPSE SCENARIOS
10 FASCINATING AND BIZARRE DISINTERMENTS
10 BIZARRE DISAPPEARANCES
10 COMPOSERS WHO DIED ODD DEATHS
5 PROMINENT PEOPLE PUT ON TRIAL AFTER THEIR DEATH
12 PEOPLE WHO DIED PERFORMING
10 MOST TERRIFYING NATURAL DISASTERS
10 TRULY AWFUL WAYS TO BE KILLED BY AN ANIMAL
40 FAMOUS LAST WORDS
CHAPTER TWO - Work and Play
10 UNUSUAL MAIL DELIVERIES AND EVENTS
10 CURIOUS EVERYDAY INVENTIONS
10 UTTERLY USELESS MILITARY COMMANDERS
10 ANCIENT JOBS THAT SUCKED BIG TIME
10 TRULY WEIRD JOBS FROM HISTORY
10 WORST URBAN JOBS IN AMERICA
10 BIZARRE HOBBYIST COLLECTIONS
10 MOST ANNOYING WASTES OF TIME
10 ARTISTS WHO WORK WITH BIZARRE MEDIA
10 MOST BIZARRE MODERN JOBS
CHAPTER THREE - Between the Sheets
10 BIZARRE AND ICKY RELATIONSHIPS
10 BIZARRE PLACES TO GET MARRIED
10 INCREDIBLY BIZARRE SEXUAL PRACTICES
10 MOST FAMOUS PENISES
10 BIZARRE DATING WEBSITES
10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT SEX
10 MURDERERS YOU SECRETLY LOVE
CHAPTER FOUR - Food and Drink
10 BIZARRE FOOD FESTIVALS
10 BIZARRE EATING DISORDERS
10 WEIRDEST FOODS TO GET YOU IN THE MOOD
9 UNUSUAL FOOD COMBINATIONS
10 MOST BIZARRE SOUPS
10 CRAZIEST DIETS EVER
10 FAILED MCDONALD’S PRODUCTS
10 UNUSUAL USES FOR COCA-COLA
10 WORST HALLOWEEN TREATS
10 UTTERLY DISGUSTING FOODS
10 FASCINATING AND STRANGE FOOD FACTS
10 FOODS WE LOVE THAT CAN KILL US
10 ANIMALS YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE PEOPLE EAT
CHAPTER FIVE - Days Gone By
10 BIZARRE MUSEUMS THAT WILL SCARE YOUR SOCKS OFF
10 GRUESOME MEDIEVAL TORTURE DEVICES
10 CREEPY ASPECTS OF VICTORIAN LIFE
20 FASCINATING HISTORICAL ODDITIES AND FACTS
10 HISTORICAL MONSTERS
10 TRULY BIZARRE TRADITIONS
10 SCANDALOUS FACTS ABOUT HISTORICAL FIGURES
10 MEDIEVAL URBAN LEGENDS
10 FORGOTTEN FACTS ABOUT MOMENTOUS EVENTS
10 REASONS THE DARK AGES WERE NOT DARK
15 QUIRKY FACTS ABOUT MEDIEVAL ENGLAND
10 ABSOLUTELY AWFUL ROMAN EMPERORS
10 UNFORTUNATE FATES OF ENGLISH KINGS
10 NOTABLE COINCIDENCES OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
10 REALLY ANCIENT INVENTIONS YOU THINK ARE MODERN
20 ODDITIES YOU DON’T KNOW FROM HISTORY
10 BRUTAL HISTORICAL WEAPONS OF WAR
CHAPTER SIX - Fact and Fiction
10 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS
15 QUITE BIZARRE FACTLETS
10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE ROMANS
10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE MAYANS
10 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT THE SCYTHIANS
15 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT ANCIENT EGYPT
10 CURIOUS FACTS ABOUT PORNOGRAPHY
10 FACTS ABOUT MAIL -ORDER BRIDES
10 COMMONLY BELIEVED MYTHS
10 FASCINATING “FACTS” THAT ARE WRONG
10 FASCINATING INTERNATIONAL “FACTS” THAT ARE
WRONG
15 FACTS YOU PROBABLY DON’T KNOW
10 ASTONISHING FACTS ABOUT DREAMS
15 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT TOILETS
10 FACTS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CHE GUEVARA
15 FASCINATING FACTLETS
10 MYTHS ABOUT NINJAS
10 MYTHS ABOUT THE COMMON COLD
10 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT NEANDERTHALS
25 FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT CIGARETTE SMOKING
15 AMAZING FACTS ABOUT THE HUMAN BODY
10 MYTHS ABOUT DINOSAURS
10 BIZARRE FACTS ABOUT KIM JONG IL
CHAPTER SEVEN - Heaven and Hell
10 POSSIBLE RESTING PLACES FOR THE HOLY GRAIL
10 POPES WHO DIED BRUTAL DEATHS
10 BIZARRE AND RIDICULOUS FATWAS
5 BIZARRE MYTHS ABOUT THE PAPACY
10 APPALLING RELIGIOUS SCANDALS
10 WEIRD RELIGIOUS PRACTICES
10 BIZARRE POSTMODERN RELIGIONS
10 MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT THE CATHOLIC CHURCH
10 PSYCHOACTIVE SUBSTANCES USED IN RELIGIOUS
CEREMONIES
5 MOST BADASS NUNS OF ALL TIME
10 ASTONISHING (AND SOMETIMES WEIRD) BIBLICAL
MIRACLES
10 PEOPLE WHO GIVE CHRISTIANITY A BAD NAME
10 BIZARRE THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT CHRISTMAS
CHAPTER EIGHT - Science and Nature
10 BIZARRE CASES OF MIND CONTROL
10 BIZARRE SLEEP DISORDERS
10 WEIRD AND WONDERFUL ODDITIES OF NATURE
10 UNABASHED QUACKS IN MEDICAL HISTORY
10 TRULY BIZARRE SCIENTIFIC STUDIES
10 MAMMALS WITH BIZARRE DEFENSES
10 BIZARRE SPIDERS
10 BIZARRE CAT TALES
10 BIZARRE SCIENTIFIC BELIEFS OF THE PAST
10 ODD DISEASES WITH NO KNOWN CAUSE
10 BIZARRE HOME MENAGERIES
15 TRULY BIZARRE CREATURES
10 BIZARRE AND DREADFUL MENTAL DISORDERS
15 UNUSUAL PREHISTORIC CREATURES
10 BIZARRE MEDICAL TREATME NTS
10 BIZARRE AND FASCINATING MEDICAL TALES
10 EXTREMELY STRANGE PHOBIAS
11 UNBELIEVABLE MINIATURES
10 WRONGLY ATTRIBUTED INVENTIONS
10 SCI-FI INVENTIONS THAT SHOULD NOT BE INVENTED
10 MYSTERIES OF OUTER SPACE
10 EXTINCT CREATURES THAT AREN’T EXTINCT
10 SURREAL CREATURES
10 CREATURES THAT CRAWLED OUT OF YOUR NIGHTMARES
CHAPTER NINE - Entertainment
10 BIZARRE KUNG FU MOVIES
10 BIZARRE TV SHOWS FOR KIDS
10 MYSTERIOUS FICTITIOUS ISLANDS
10 MOST EVIL DISNEY VILLAINS
10 BANNED CONTROVERSIAL ALBUM COVERS
10 ROCK ACTS THAT SABOTAGED THEIR CAREERS
10 CLOWNS YOU DON’T WANT TO MESS WITH
10 BIZARRE AND TRAGIC HOLLYWOOD SUICIDES
10 MOST EVIL VILLAINS IN ANIME
10 WEIRD AND CONFUSING FILMS
10 MOST RIDICULOUS COMEDIES
10 SUPERHUMAN FEATS IN CHESS HISTORY
12 MOST CONTROVERSIAL VIDEO GAMES
10 ODDEST VILLAINS FROM SCOOBY-DOO
10 MOST CONTROVERSIAL STAR TREK EPISODES
10 HIDDEN IMAGES FOUND IN CARTOONS
10 VILEST VILLAINS OF FICTIONAL LITERATURE
10 BIZARRE TOYS FOR KIDS
CHAPTER TEN - Around the World
10 BIZARRE TOURIST ATTRACTIONS
10 SPOOKY TRAVEL DESTINATIONS
10 BIZARRE MICRONATIONS
10 PLACES YOU CAN’T GO
10 PLACES YOU DON’T WANT TO VISIT
10 SCARIEST FILIPINO MONSTERS
10 BIZARRE CREATURES FROM JAPANESE FOLKLORE
15 TRULY ODD GEOGRAPHICAL FACTS
10 COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT BRITAIN
10 ODDITIES OF THE BRITISH PARLIAMENT
10 PLACES WITH MORBID NAMES
10 MOST DANGEROUS PLACES ON EARTH
10 INCREDIBLE REAL - LIFE CASTAWAY TALES
10 UNIQUE AND AMAZING PLACES ON EARTH
10 MOST TERRIFYING PLACES ON EARTH
10 AMAZING CITIES YOU’LL NEVER VISIT
15 BOGEYMEN FROM AROUND THE WORLD
10 BIZARRE TRAVEL GUIDES
CHAPTER ELEVEN - Sports
10 ODD DISCONTINUED OLYMPIC SPORTS
10 SPOOKY SPORTS CURSES
10 BIZARRE SPORTS
10 INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS SPORTS
10 MARTIAL ARTS FROM OUTSIDE ASIA
10 WORLD CUP CONTROVERSIES
15 WORST SPORTING MOMENTS OF ALL TIME
10 DEATHS OF PRO WRESTLERS
10 EVENTS THAT HAVE KILLED BOXING
10 STORIES BEHIND CRAZY SPORTS TRADITIONS
10 STIRRING AND UNEXPECTED OLYMPIC MOMENTS
14 THINGS YOU DON’T KNOW ABOUT THE ANCIENT
OLYMPICS
CHAPTER TWELVE - Miscellaneous
10 URBAN LEGENDS THAT CAUSED A MORAL PANIC
10 BIZARRE COLLEGE COURSES
10 BIZARRE CASES OF MASS HYSTERIA
10 BIZARRE BODY MODIFICATIONS
10 MOST CONTROVERSIAL FLAGS
10 BIZARRE THEORIES AND THE FACTS SURROUNDING THEM
10 HUMAN SIDESHOW FREAKS
10 BIZARRE GOVERNMENT PUBLICITY STUNTS
10 BIZARRE MODERN PARANORMAL PHENOMENA
10 BIZARRE ENIGMAS THAT DEFY EXPLANATION
10 ROADS THAT WILL SCARE YOU STUPID
20 WEIRD SUPERSTITIONS
20 FANTASTICALLY NAMED PEOPLE
10 HUMAN CREATIONS ATTRIBUTED TO ALIENS
10 BIZARRE AND OBSCURE CONSPIRACY THEORIES
10 WEIRD THINGS CARS HAVE BEEN COVERED WITH
10 BIZARRE HUMAN MYSTERIES
10 TRULY RIDICULOUS CRIMINAL ACTS
7 ESSENTIAL ZOMBIE SURVIVAL TIPS
Photo Credits
Acknowledgements
About the Editor
Copyright Page

I dedicate this book to my brothers, Stewart and Andrew Frater,
and to my sisters, Catriona Anderson and Sarah Jones.

With all my love.