The true test for each and every person on the planet is seeing if they will help someone else without the thought of receiving anything in return. The ability to help someone who can do nothing for themselves is the epitome of human kindness. Kindness is contagious, and here are 10 acts of kindness that were repaid exponentially. 10 Welcome Wounded Warrior When a service dog was operating in an armed forces division, he was wounded in action....

10 God The Monster Slayer God, according to Christian tradition, is often portrayed as an all-knowing, benevolent being capable of doing anything and everything on a whim. And although most people would portray God as an old, bearded man sitting on His high throne, He was actually a little more active than that. In many Biblical accounts, the almighty creator of the universe wrestled with Jacob (and lost). In Psalm 74:12–14, we see Him fight against one of the most powerful beings ever mentioned in the Bible, a sea monster....

When other scavengers are done picking soft tissues from a carcass, all that’s eventually left are the “dry” remains…the bones, the hair and leathery scraps of skin. These materials are edible to both larval and adult Dermestid beetles, found world wide and sometimes even in our homes where they consume organic fibers in clothing, carpeting and furniture. Museums and taxidermists even employ thousands of these creatures at a time to clean skeletons for display, but must be careful to retrieve them before the bone itself gets nibbled on....

Since it was first excavated in the 1700s, Pompeii has given us thousands of finds, some of which changed our understanding of ancient Roman culture. While this helped us understand the Romans like never before, the discovery of shockingly explicit frescoes and statues offended the sensibilities of the people of the Enlightenment. They hid many of them away in private collections. These more controversial facets of Pompeii (and Roman culture in general) are still glossed over in classrooms today, but their archaeological importance cannot be denied....

Recommended: Unlock the awe-inspiring scent of Ancient Egypt on Top 10 Incredible Smells. 10The Teenager And The Pyramid In the region of Beni Suef stands a pyramid. This odd duck is called the Meidum pyramid. It was originally a step monument but the sides were later smoothed to turn the structure into a real pyramid. Nobody knows why Meidum was altered in this way. In 2019, a grave added to the site’s reputation to head-scratch for answers....

10Can’t Get High Cholesterol While most of us have to worry about limiting our intake of fried foods, bacon, eggs, or anything that we’re told is on the “cholesterol-raising list” of the moment, a few people can eat all these things and more without fear. In fact, no matter what they consume, their “bad cholesterol” (blood levels of low-density lipoprotein, associated with heart disease) remains virtually non-existent. These people were born with a genetic mutation....

Before dying of cancer in 1979, Wayne acted in nearly 250 films, many of which were great movies with fantastic performances from the Duke. (Think Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Shootist, just to name a few.) But while he was one of the biggest stars of his day, Wayne wasn’t content standing in front of the camera; he wanted to take a seat in the director’s chair. The Duke was especially interested in directing a film about the Alamo, the legendary mission where a small band of Texans fought to the death against a massive Mexican army....

There are some animals so bizarre and disturbing that we begin to question how evolution managed to create such creatures. The four species of babirusa possess exceedingly bizarre weaponry, with which they carry out acts of aggression. Native to Indonesia, these “Deer Pigs” not only possess massive lower canines that curl, fang-like, over the upper jaw—but their upper canines also come in backwards, pairing with the lower tusks and curling back towards the head....

Others aren’t so lucky. For every Beauty and the Beast, there’s a Once Upon a Forest. And with traditionally animated films at the brink of extinction, it’s nice to know that there are still a few unexplored ones to enjoy or critique. 10Little Nemo: Adventures In Slumberland1989 Before we knew Nemo as an adorable clownfish, there was Little Nemo, the boy who dreams of adventure and gets more than he bargained for....

But then we have strange questions, unconventional doubts about life that do not usually come to our minds on a normal day. Have you ever wondered what Earth would be like if it were devoid of all life? Then this article is for you. If not, keep reading anyway; some of the answers, or the questions themselves, exposed here will certainly not leave you indifferent. 10 How Much Life Has Ever Existed?...

10 The Pinochet Regime If you’re only vaguely aware of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, you should know we once managed to fill an entire article with his crimes and still had enough left over for a sequel. His 17-year rule was only made possible thanks to Henry Kissinger. In 1970, Chile became the first Latin American nation to elect a Marxist leader. Fearing the country would side with Cuba or Russia, Kissinger—by his own admission—plotted a coup to install Pinochet as leader....

10Ernest “Smokey” Smith With a reputation as a hellraiser, Ernest “Smokey” Smith had a knack for annoying his superiors—he was promoted to corporal and then demoted back to private nine times. But when it came to battle, he more than earned his reputation as one of Canada’s greatest soldiers. In October 1944, as the Allies were pushing through northern Italy against fierce German resistance, Smith and his small platoon were sent across the flooded Savio river to secure an important beachhead....

10 The Sweatbox This film portrays Disney’s massive retooling of The Emperor’s New Groove from a relatively artistic picture called Kingdom of the Sun to the crowd-pleasing final product. Disney originally hired Sting to record several songs for the cartoon, so the musician’s wife—producer Trudie Styler—filmed the process for a traditional behind-the-scenes featurette. When Disney cut Sting and drastically reworked the film, her project evolved into a controversial look at how studios dictate creative development....

From the ancient Egyptians to modern man, many have tried and failed to stem the ravages of time and keep the hair on their heads. Maybe these bizarre cures didn’t work, but you have to admit they were creative. 10 Animal Fats Man’s seemingly futile quest to retain a full head of hair isn’t a new phenomenon. Recorded evidence of baldness treatments extends all the way back to ancient Egypt....

Not all of these disappearances result in the those involved vanishing without trace and not being seen again, however. Some of these incidents appear to have acted as some kind of portal phenomenon, transporting their targets thousands of miles away in an instant. Here are ten of the most mysterious of such cases involving bizarre, cloudy mist. 10 Man Transported Thousands Of Miles1959 Shortly after checking out of a roadside hotel in Bahia Blanca, Argentina, a businessman got into his car and prepared to continue his long journey home....

10 Ifugao Funerals The native tribes of the Ifugao province in the Philippines go by many names, so we’ll just stick with “Ifugao” to keep things simple. When a member of an Ifugao tribe dies, those close to the deceased will set to work at preparing for the mourning process, although the spouse is expressly forbidden from having anything to do with this process. Male relatives will build a chair, which will be used to prop the dead body up for the mourning period (up to eight days)....

For the following women, the miracle of life happened in some strange yet memorable places, leaving them with stories to tell for years to come. Here are ten decidedly unusual places where women have given birth. 10 Walmart While this may sound like the plot of the 2000 Natalie Portman movie Where the Heart Is, it is far from fiction. An unnamed woman in Utah had no plans to give birth the day she went into Walmart to buy a few necessities in October 2016....

10 Foundation Of Imperial Power In the seventh century, much of Tibet was divided into squabbling, petty fiefdoms with no central authority. Each fiefdom was ruled by a leader called a gyelpo. During this period, Buddhism began to replace Hinduism, with Chinese science, knowledge, and technologies filtering in for the first time. One by one, the independent fiefdoms were snuffed out by the rising power of the Yarlung Kingdom in Central Tibet, which formed the foundation of what we know as the Tibetan Empire....

Despite many Mamluks being the captured sons of Christians, Jews, pagans, and other non-Muslim religions, the Mamluks quickly gained a reputation for being zealous jihadists. Indeed, their gory conquests outdid those of the famous Muslim warrior Saladin and his Ayyubid Empire, which the Mamluks overthrew in 1250. At their height, the Mamluks controlled Egypt, northern India (including the major city of Delhi), the cities of Aleppo, Damascus, and Jerusalem, and the nation which would become known in the 20th century as Iraq....

10 Kosher Meat Boycott In turn-of-the-century America, meat prices were governed by the beef barons, and in 1902, the price of kosher meat skyrocketed. The Jewish women of New York City found themselves suddenly unable to feed their families, and they were going to have none of it. Organizers urged entire neighborhoods to boycott buying meat from the local kosher butchers. On May 15, things escalated when around 20,000 women smashed their way into Lower East Side butcher shops and started setting things on fire....