TOP 7 ACCIDENTAL DISCOVERIES     1. CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES According to Nestle, Mrs. Wakefield (owner of the Toll House Inn) was making chocolate cookies...

TOP 7 HISTORICAL MONSTERS     1. ONI JAPANESE The oni is a monster from Japanese tradition. It is normally depicted as a giant creature...

TOP 7 ANCIENT MYSTERIES     1. RONGORONGO Everyone knows about the giant stone heads (or Moai) of Easter Island. Less well-known, however, is that...

TOP 7 INVENTIONS OF THE MIDDLE AGES     1. HEAVY PLOUGH FIFTH CENTURY AD While primitive ploughs had been in use since perhaps the...

TOP 7 ANCIENT INVENTIONS     1. THE WHEEL 5000 BC When talking about ancient inventions, the wheel is one that always comes to mind,...

TOP 7 WORST PLAGUES IN HISTORY     1. MOSCOW PLAGUE AND RIOT  1771 The Moscow Plague progressed from its initial appearance to a full-blown...

TOP 7 MODERN METHODS OF EXECUTION     1. GARROTE The garrote is one of two methods of execution on this list no longer sanctioned...

TOP 7 MOST WANTED FUGITIVES     1. GANGSTER NOEL CUNNINGHAM He escaped from a prison transport van in June 2003; he was being taken...

TOP 7 ASSASSINS     1. JOHN WILKES BOOTH John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington,...

TOP 7 INFAMOUS CONMEN     1. FRANK ABAGNALE BORN 1948 Frank Abagnale started taking risks at an early age. Always one to find a...