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1. Accidental Inventions

   Gizmodo

   Necessity is the mother of invention? Perhaps not.

   Issue #55: September 7, 2010

2. The 7 Most Impressive Libraries from Around the World

   Creative Cloud

   Knowledge - there's a lot of it.

   Issue #54: August 31, 2010

3. The 10 Worst Diseases

   Health and Life

   Not fun.

   Issue #53: August 24, 2010

4. Top 10 Bandits

   Time Magazine

   Claude Du Val gets our vote.

   Issue #52: August 17, 2010

5. 16 Most Outrageously Misleading Hotel Ads

   Huffington Post

   Tip: Next time you need to decide on a hotel in the US, be sure to visit Oyster.com, which displays real photos of hotels.

   Issue #51: August 10, 2010

6. The Best Magazine Articles Ever

   Cool Tools

   The list does not lack in ambition.

   Issue #50: August 3, 2010

7. The World's 15 Most Toxic Places to Live

   MNN

   To be fair, some of these are not really locations where people live to begin with, but educational nonetheless.

   Issue #49: July 27, 2010

8. Six Completely Legal Ways Cops Can Screw You

   Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Cracked

   Beware: The 5-0 doesn't always have your best interest in mind.

   Issue #47: July 13, 2010

9. The 100 Greatest Movie Insults Of All Time

   Deploy at will.

   Issue #46: July 6, 2010

10. Ten Biggest and Best Jumps

    When cause fear gravity does not.

    Issue #44: June 22, 2010

11. 100 Things We Didn't Know Last Year

    BBC

    Interesting things, that is.

    Issue #43: June 15, 2010

12. 10 Best Stand-Up Comedians of All Time

    Guyism

    Where does Larry the Cable guy fit into this hierarchy?

    Issue #42: June 8, 2010

13. Maps That Changed The World

    Peter Barber, The Daily Mail

    The Head of Map Collections at the British Museum breaks down ten examples of revolutionary cartography.

    Issue #41: June 1, 2010

14. Most Controversial Books in America

    GOOD

    If you're not provocative these days, what are you?

    Issue #40: May 25, 2010

15. Top 10 College Dropouts

    Joseph Lin, Time

    College seems overrated.

    Issue #39: May 18, 2010

16. The Greediest People of All Time

    Newsweek

    Greed may no longer be considered a virtue, but don't tell that to these poster-boys.

    Issue #38: May 11, 2010

17. Most Unread Books of Decade

    Guardian.co.uk

    Catch your book club off guard by suggesting one of these unsung page-turners.

    Issue #37: May 4, 2010

18. The World's Ugliest Statues

    Joshua Keating, Foreign Policy

    Bigger is not always better.

    Issue #36: April 27, 2010

19. The 15 Strangest Buildings in the World

    Opinion Road

    Whimsical architecture from around the world.

    Issue #35: April 20, 2010

20. Most Indebted Countries

    Cnbc.com

    The U.S. doesn't even crack to the top ten.

    Issue #34: April 13, 2010

21. The 50 Most Interesting Articles on Wikipedia

    copybot

    There are a lot to wade through. Why not start with these?

    Issue #33: April 6, 2010

22. Seven Foods Experts Won't Eat

    Liz Vaccariello, Shine

    Should you be looking for yet another thing to freak out over.

    Issue #32: March 30, 2010

23. 10 Good Things About Depression

    Huffington Post

    There is nothing bad without something good, and nothing good without something bad.

    Issue #31: March 23, 2010

24. Most Brilliant Atheists

    Brainz

    If there is a god, she doesn't seem to take much personally.

    Issue #30: March 16, 2010

25. Ten Amazing Bridges

    Travel and Leisure

    When a low-budget bridge just won't do.

    Issue #29: March 5, 2010

26. False Predictions from History

    Gracie Murano, Oddee

    Hindsight is 20-20.

    Issue #28: February 26, 2010

27. World's Most Complex and Dangerous Roads

    Waze

    Bolivia's "road of death" would make for a nice school-bus ride.

    Issue #27: February 19, 2010

28. 7 Impressive Real-World Robberies

    Jacopo della Quercia, Cracked

    Cases of people that defied the odds to take possession of items that were not theirs and that were not for sale.

    Issue #26: February 12, 2010

29. The Richest Politicians in the World

    Money Central

    Michael Bloomberg is the sole representative from the English-speaking world. Slightly out of date, but interesting nonetheless.

    Issue #25: February 5, 2010

30. 20 Best Gadgets of the Decade

    Paste Magazine

    Some of the usual suspects, and some that are not so obvious.

    Issue #21: January 8, 2010

31. 12 Cities Built from Scratch

    Web Urbanist

    So much easier to build ridiculous cities when you start with a blank slate.

    Issue #20: December 22, 2009

32. Top 10 Strangest (a.k.a Most Disgusting) Foods from Around the World

    Moolf

    Disgusting and shocking or strange and fascinating? Either way, we advise that you don't look at these during or immediately after a meal.

    Issue #19: December 18, 2009

33. 12 Places To Go If The World Goes To Hell

    Joe Weisenthal and John Carney, The Business Insider

    When the day finally arrives, you'll be glad you thought ahead.

    Issue #18: December 11, 2009

34. Most Dangerous Jobs in the World

    Career Builder

    Fishers and related fishing workers top the list at 142 deaths per 100,000 workers.

    Issue #17: December 4, 2009

35. 100 Best Professor Bloggers

    Online College

    Who said you need to go to college to soak in the wisdom of renowned professors?

    Issue #16: November 27, 2009

36. Twenty Most Bizarre Craigslist Adverts of All Time

    The Telegraph

    Lending credence to the notion that you really can find anything on the free-for-all classifieds site.

    Issue #15: November 20, 2009

37. 100 (Really) Creative Business Cards

    Webdesigner Depot

    Who needs good networking skills when you've got one of these in your wallet?

    Issue #14: November 13, 2009

38. Ten Biggest Taught Misconceptions

    Paul Jury, Manolith

    For example, Einstein actually was not a bad student in school.

    Issue #13: November 6, 2009

39. Seven Thoughts that Harm Your Body

    LiveScience

    How to control your mind to control your body.

    Issue #12: October 30, 2009

40. Top Ten Doctored Pics of All Time

    Time Magazine

    Mercifully, no celebrity airbrushing has made the cut.

    Issue #11: October 23, 2009

41. 55 Ways to Get More Energy

    Zen Habits

    You may consider yourself adequately energetic, but if you don't, here are some useful suggestions.

    Issue #10: October 16, 2009

42. Workspaces of the Famous

    Lifehacker

    Work environment affects the worker and the worker affects the work environment.

    Issue #9: October 9, 2009

43. The Most Controversial Magazine Covers of All Time

    Angela West, Web Designer Depot

    It would be interesting to see the percentage increase in sales resulting from each of these.

    Issue #8: October 2, 2009

44. The 10 Biggest Intellectual Fights Of All Time

    Britney Wilkins, Online Courses

    The debate about whether there exists a justified use of torture could have easily made the list.

    Issue #7: September 25, 2009

45. Ten Medical Treatments from the Middle Ages

    David Morton, Oddee.com

    Suddenly that dentist appointment doesn't look so bad.

    Issue #6: September 18, 2009

46. The World's Five Most Ambitious Mega-Projects

    Yonah Freemark, The Infrastructurist

    Apparently it will soon be hard to distinguish between the Alps and some fine Swiss cheese.

    Issue #5: September 11, 2009

47. The Fifteen Priciest Paintings in the World

    Style Crave

    Time to dust off the checkbook.

    Issue #4: September 4, 2009

48. Seven Myths About Sleep

    Karen Springen, WebMD

    Ever feel angry that some people seem able to get by just fine on only four hours of sleep? Perhaps this will make you feel better.

    Issue #3: August 28, 2009

49. The Five Most Beautiful Castles in Asia and the Middle East

    Florin Nedelcu, Hotel Club Travel Blog

    Some of these are breath-taking.

    Issue #2: August 21, 2009

50. Top 10 Beaches in the US

    National Geographic News

    As the summer nears its end, there is perhaps time for a swim at at least one of these.

    Issue #1: August 14, 2009