It doesn’t really matter if you’re a fan or not; the show has put some interesting ideas forward. The 17th season recently concluded, and while it keeps the experts on the edge of their argumentative seats, we may even see an 18th in the near future. Although some of the claims made by the show have come across as quite feasible, we’ve also seen more than a few that made even their staunchest supporters look the other way in shame....

Patent Number: US 6681419 “A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead. The apparatus includes a mounting member adapted for attachment to an upright bathroom wall either above the commode or urinal or below the showerhead. A compressible head support member is attached to and extends from the wall and said mounting member. The head support defines an elastically deformable or resilient forehead support surface which is spaced above the floor and from the wall a distance sufficient for the user to lean his forehead thereagainst and be supported while using the commode or urinal....

The placebo effect is when a person takes something they believe is medicine for an ailment they are suffering (which is not really a medicine), and they get better. A placebo is an inert substance, and when taken (with the advice from others that it will cure them) makes the person get better, simply because they were expecting or believed that it would work. Something similar, called the nocebo effect, is when a person takes fake drugs and thinks they are experiencing problems that would have been caused by the real drugs....

10 Israeli Commandos Fooled Sentries By Cross-Dressing In 1973, Israel launched Operation Spring of Youth as part of a larger operation targeting the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) as revenge for the massacre of Israeli athletes at Munich. The operation, which targeted PLO leaders living in Lebanon, had to be very stealthy. The Sayeret Matkal special operations force tasked with carrying out the assassinations had to sneak past Lebanese security forces and PLO guards without arousing suspicion....

SEE ALSO: 10 Things Rich People Do That You Don’t 10 Robert Durst Robert Durst is the heir to American real estate mogul Seymour Durst. Robert Durst is suspected of murdering 3 people. Kathleen McCormack Durst, his first wife, who disappeared in 1982. His longtime friend Susan Berman who was killed in 2000, and lastly Robert’s neighbor Morris Black who was killed in 2001.These are the cases that have direct ties to Durst but it is speculated that he may have killed others....

Here are ten of the most bizarre historical finds ever reported. Some of the following artifacts and sites are very real and can be visited today, despite their enigmatic nature. Others were destroyed by nefarious forces or never existed at all, depending on who you ask. 10 The London Hammer In the middle of 1934, Max Hahn, a resident of London, Texas, discovered an odd-looking rock on a ledge beside a waterfall....

Whatever the reason, there’s no denying that monsters are here to stay, and here is a list of the monsters who have lived in our collective consciousness for the longest time. 10 The Chupacabra The chupacabra is a mythical creature that is said to live in Puerto Rico, South America, and Mexico, even venturing into the American southwest. It is often described as a dog-like creature with spikes down its back....

In some cases, there is no crime at all. The child died from tragic, unforeseen circumstances, but faulty evidence somehow led to false accusations of murder. The following people had to go through this unfathomable ordeal after losing their children. 10 James Richardson In 1967, James Richardson lived in Arcadia, Florida, with his wife, Annie Mae, and their seven children, aged two to eight. Three of the children were from Annie Mae’s previous marriage, but James had fathered the rest....

While those people are professionals doing a job they’ve been hired and trained to do, others have less understandable, much weirder reasons for hanging around dead bodies—some can’t let go of a person they lost, while others might even actually enjoy being around corpses, as is the case with necrophiliacs. The line of distinction between the two is both one of purpose and legality. Here are ten people who actually lived with corpses for a while, usually under some pretty bizarre circumstances....

The Notorious B.I.G. Christopher George Latore Wallace was an American rapper from Brooklyn, New York, better known by his stage name of The Notorious B.I.G. When he debuted with his 1994 album Ready to Die, he was already a central figure in the East Coast hip-hop scene, and helped increase its presence at a time when it was the West Coast who dominated the genre. He became involved in the East Coast – West Coast feud, which was causing waves within the hip-hop community, and on 9th March, 1997, he was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting in LA....

But living abroad isn’t all sunshine and lollipops and guilt-free sex with hot locals. Plenty of the world’s most popular expat destinations have a darker, hidden side to them. Have a bad experience in one of these countries, and your dream life abroad could turn into a screaming nightmare. 10 Japan’s Justice System Is Built On False Confessions Japan is a country so safe that it makes Canada look like Somalia....

But we could have done just fine without some of these relics. These rediscovered supposed treasures are so worthless that they collectively lowered humanity’s cultural credentials. 10Churchill’s Last Poem In 2013, retired manuscript dealer Roy Davids seemingly made the find of a lifetime. Hidden among some useless papers was a 40-line work by Winston Churchill called “Our Modern Watchwords.” It had never before been published and represented the only known poem the Nobel Prize–winning author wrote as an adult....

10Messalina Messalina is best remembered for accusations about her wild sexual escapades, which Roman writers tended to throw at anyone they didn’t like. Pliny the Elder even claimed that she had sex with 25 men in a row to win a contest with Rome’s most famous prostitute. This hostility probably came from the fact that Messalina was the most powerful woman in Roman history up to that point. Her husband was Claudius, who became emperor mostly because his ambitious relatives considered him a drooling idiot and never bothered having him murdered....

The purchase of something as significant as a house is one of the most important decisions you will make in your life. While the government tries it’s best to do everything in its power to make sure the transaction is fair and you are not buying a lemon of a home, a lot of issues slip through the cracks. Due to the age of laws, new developments, and sometimes honest discrepancies, home sellers do not always have to let you know of the potential risks of a building that you are seriously considering buying....

10 Water Found On Mars The existence of water on Mars has been a hot topic for decades. The more we’ve studied the red planet, the more obvious it’s become that Mars was once a thriving planet with an atmosphere, liquid water, and maybe even life. We’ve known about ice and water vapor on Mars for a while now, but the presence of liquid water, while likely, could not be firmly established....

Fast-forward a decade or so, and it’s becoming clear that they were wrong. Across the modern world, our global civilisation seems to be falling into a moral cesspit—a cesspit consisting of extremism, racism, and aimless violence. It may not be too late to turn back, but it’s going to take a heck of a lot of willpower, especially when you consider: In the wake of any large-scale atrocity, our politicians like to step up and talk about things like ‘unity....

Like the African elephant, there are human societies that women run. These women are fierce, loyal, intelligent, and just downright badass. Here are 10 societies run by women. 10 Minangkabau In the eastern islands hovering above Australia, Minangkabau is the largest matriarchal society globally. Over four million people participate in this culture where women are respected and even favored. In some cultures, it’s considered a bad thing to have a daughter but not here....

Christian Bale showed how black coffee, one apple, and one can of tuna per day could take him from Batman shape to dangerously emaciated within a span of four months. Matt Damon, Jared Leto, and Matthew McConaughey are no strangers to jumping up and down the scale for movie roles. In the superhero genre, there’s nowhere to go but up. Up the food intake. Up the supplements. Up the muscle....

Except perhaps for the field of archaeology. Even the most sober archaeologist may tell you that some ancient relics and artifacts seem to have a decidedly non-scientific ability to object vehemently to being stolen. 10Ballista Balls On the border of Israel and Syria in the late 1980s, crews uncovered several hundred proto-cannonballs used by the Roman Empire to weaken enemy fortifications. According to records, the ancient city of Gamla had been overtaken by the Romans after its walls had been destroyed; 9,000 of the city’s residents plunged to their deaths in the gorge below to avoid capture....

Although scientists have obtained hundreds of thousands of photographs of planets, galaxies, and other places in the universe, pictures of Earth from space are counted in the millions. Thanks to space technologies, we have photographed and analyzed every corner of our planet from a celestial perspective, ultimately expanding our understanding of the world in which we live to an unprecedented level. But among so many images of Earth, only a handful have been able to remain in the collective memory until today....