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List o’ Top 20 Party Schools of 2010 – Really?
Each year the Princeton Review puts out its list of Best Party Schools (US colleges and universities) and so in read more

List o’ Top Ten Hottest Female Tennis Stars
Tennis is one of the most graceful and beautiful sports to enjoy as a spectator. The game is also graced read more

List o’ Top 10 Habits That Make You Look Older
Some people manage to age gracefully, getting better with age like a fine wine, as the saying goes. Others just read more

List o’ Selected Stats About the US Open Tennis Tournament – The Women
In the 100+ years that the US Open Tennis Championship has been played, interest in tennis has soared. In the read more

List o’ Selected Stats About the US Open Tennis Tournament – The Men
In the 100+ years that the US Open Tennis Championship has been played, interest in tennis has soared. In read more
Matts House Mastering Master Socket
– Matt’s genius is usually locked safely away in his brain. Washington Foundation Repair companies . proactol . MLM Team read more

List o’ 20 Events On This Day in History — September 5
On this day – September 5 – we take a look back in time. This list presents Twenty Memorable Events read more

The Very First Top Ten FBI Most Wanted List – 1950
In 1949 the FBI came up with a list of the hardest criminals to catch and due to great public read more
Matts House Cheering up Internet
Matt’s genius is usually locked safely away in his brain. Take a step not only through Matt’s front door, but read more

List o’ Top 10 Oldest Universities on Earth
The list of the oldest universities in the world varies, depending on how one defines a university. If a university read more

List o’ Many Banks Allegedly Under Rothschild Ownership
The Rothschild dynasty has been around for centuries. Legend has it that the family banking fortune began with the British read more

List o’ Top Ten Reasons Women Stick Around
Infidelity, the ugly word: maybe your partner cheats – happens all the time, right? Maybe something else happens that would read more

List o’ 10 Inventions That “Fly Under the Radar”
So many things in every day life make life much easier, better or just convenient, but are just there as read more

List o’ Top Ten Stories Behind The Top 10 Hits of 2001-2010
These are the top songs for each year as published by Billboard Magazine Top 100 year-end charts (USA only). The read more

List o’ Ten Great Movie Vampires
Vampires have become an integral part of modern culture, from true believers to those who love to be entertained with read more

List o’ 10 Currencies No Longer in Circulation
Money comes and money goes, but economies keep on moving forward. There are certainly hundreds, maybe thousands, of currencies that read more

List o’ Top Ten Songs By Canadian Bands About Canada
There are a couple of articles and postings in this blog about Canada, and this one deals with song themes read more

List o’ Top 10 Wealthiest Historical Figures
Everyone knows about the Warren Buffets, the oil sheiks of the Middle East and Bill Gates’ of the world, but read more

Top 6 European Countries Deepest in Debt
The recent financial crisis and recession have been a worldwide occurrence. The events in the United States since 2008 have read more

List o’ Top 10 Inventions by Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was one of the most practical inventors in history. He built many devices that were designed to help read more
List o’ Top Ten New Slogans for BP
Since the UK-based British Petroleum has trashed the beautiful coastline of the Gulf of Mexico, the company has become the read more
List o’ 10 Google Adsense Myths
Google Adsense myths – the net abounds with them. This is by no means presented as a complete or definitive read more

List o’ 10 Rarest Printed Books
Bibliomania – taken from the Greek, meaning book-madness – is the term used for the hobby of book collecting. Prior read more
50 Tips for Improving Google Adsense Site Monetization: Part II
Part II of the previous posting on how to monetize your web site using Google Adsense. Also, if you enjoy read more
List o’ 17 Photos: Sossusvlei, Namib Desert, Namibia
The Sossusvlei, Namibia’s famous highlight in the heart of the Namib Desert, is a huge clay pan, enclosed by giant read more
List o’ Photoshop Weirdness – A Gallery
foundation repairing . Ductless Mini Split . Sean Hakes . —???— more bizarrely cool touched photos —???—
List o’ 10 Professionals Crazy Trash Talking
It is a truth about human nature: like it or not, verbal sparring is part of just about anything remotely read more

50 Tips for Improving Google Adsense Site Monetization: Part I
Collected from various sites, sources and Google forums, this list presents an aggregate of strategies and techniques to helping a read more

List o’ Top 10 Favorite Movie Cars
Many special cars have been created for the big screen, but there are some that really stand out as memorable. read more
List o’ 12 Cool Mythical Creatures: Part I
In the wake of the vampire mania that is sweeping the nation, it is timely to post a list of read more
List o’ 10 Cool Cases of Animal Camouflage
Just like plants, animals have evolved stunning characteristics and brilliant mechanisms for defending themselves passively. Whether its the ability to read more

List o’ Top 10 Movie Werewolves
Although the New Moon series certainly introduced the modern generation to the world of vampires, werewolves and other supernatural creatures, read more
List o’ 10 Types of Guys Who Leave Parties
Men are predictable animals. They fall into routines, including their social lives, when schedules and regular patterns dont need to read more
List o 10 Interesting Mythical Places
Faith, mythology, tribal legends have all handed down stories through the generations. Stories of places long forgotten in time and read more

List o’ 10 Contributions of the Victorian Era
// < ![CDATA[ // ]]> The Victorian Era is defined, quite literally, as the time of the reign of Queen read more
List o’ Car Accident Pics – Gallery
These are not gross, gory pics. longboard wheels . Mississippi foundation repair contractor . No blood spatters or dead bodies; read more
List o’ 10 Ways to Die: What Are the Odds
Death and taxes – the only sure things in life. Of the impending demise that we all inevitably face, Winston read more

List o’ 10 Really Cool Data Infographics
A picture is worth 1,00 words, and it can also be worth a couple of thousand – or more – read more

List o’ 10 Memorable Literary Villains
// < ![CDATA[ // ]]> Everybody loves a good bad guy Even if it means you love to hate read more
List o’ 10 New Animal Species Discovered in Ecuador Rainforest
In a press release on January 14, 2010 it was announced that an expedition to the coastal rainforests of western read more
FIFA World Cup 2006: Top 10 Best Goals
Best saves list (here) deserves a balancing entry – the Top 10 Best Goals scored in World Cup 2006. This read more
FIFA World Cup 2006: Top 10 Best Saves
This is a video compilation of the Top 10 best saves of the previous tournament as assembled by the fans read more

List o’ 17 of the Rarest and Coolest Cars
// < ![CDATA[ // ]]> For a lot of people, cars are more than just a ride. They are image, read more

List o’ 12 Best Classic Cowboy Movies
Reach for the sky, pardner! The western – it?s so much more than a movie genre. To some it represents read more

List o’ 10 People Who Performed Surgery – On Themselves!
Everyone has likely had a moment when something has hurt so much, that you just want to reach inside yourself read more

List o’ 10 Scary Facts About Smoking in the Car
Smoke in the car? It is becoming increasingly common in many countries to hear about laws being passed that prohibit read more

List o’ Top 10 Bizarre Inventions to Ease Your Commute
Lots of people commute to work, every day all around the world. And really, there can’t be too many who read more
Guatemala Sinkhole 2010 Added to the List o’ World’s Biggest Sinkholes
UPDATE (June 1, 2010): Guatamala – Tropical Storm Agatha: A massive hole, caused by rains from the tropical storm Agatha, read more
List o’ 10 Outrageously Silly Modern Age Hairstyles
Bad hair knows no bounds, and while some just have their days, these hair styles had their years – even read more

List o’ Top 10 Things Thrown on the Ice (Hockey)
Like any sport, hockey has its traditions, its idiosyncrasies and a dedicated fan base. Many of the traditions kick in read more

List o’ 15 Cloned WordPress Themes
Cloning popular websites into WordPress Themes has become a popular phenomenon. Since this appears to be legal and nobody has read more

List o’ Ten Hybrid-Electric Car Makers Before 1920
It may seem as if the rush to alternative fuels and electric/hybrid cars is a new fad, but in fact read more
List o’ 30 Not-So-Secret Secrets About Men
Maybe none of these are really secret, but then guys have never been too good at keeping stuff secret anyway. read more

List o’ 5 Tips For Making Some Adsense Dollars With Your Blog
Is there money in your web site just waiting to be unlocked? Here are some tips that will give you read more
List o’ Top 10 Sports Cars By Annual Fuel Cost
Style and fuel economy are no longer strangers to each other. With consumers becoming increasingly conscious of environmental issues and read more

List o’ Top 10 Extreme Sports
Extreme sports is a loose term to describe any kind of physical activity which has some risk of danger attached read more
List o’ Ten Great Mothers Day Gifts
Do you shop for special days at the last minute in the 24-hour drug store or service station? Mother’s Day read more
List o’ 100 Reasons It’s Great to Be A Guy – Part II
For anyone who wonders what the benefits of being a man might be – this is Part II of the read more
List o’ Top Reasons It’s Great to Be A Guy – Part I
Some say it’s a man’s world – maybe so. Not to say that it is any easier being a man read more

List o’ Top 10 Odd Names for Places
Everybody has to be from somewhere, so every place has to have a name. But what gets interesting is what read more
List o’ Top 10 Modern-Day Acts of Piracy at Sea
Pirates are still out there. According to the world’s anti-piracy organization, the International Maritime Bureau (IMB), Somali pirates attacked ships read more
List o’ 10 Most Commonly Started – But Not Finished – Books
Is it a sharp turn away from book in the digital age? Perhaps people are reading less, and perhaps the read more
List o’ 10 Company Name Origins
Have you ever wondered where some well-known companies got their names? Anyone who has had the task of coming up read more

List o’ 10 Little Known Advanced Ancient Civilizations
Most people are well aware of the “A-list” ancient empires and civilizations – Greek, Roman, Egyptian, Cartheginian, etc – but read more
Tisto Interview
Dutch-born trance DJ & producer, Tijs Verwest began as a DJ at various school parties and later as a resident read more
Journey of Football – A View From Africa
tankless water heater company . long boards . With a strong presence in the realm of African football thanks to read more

List o’ 20 Things That Women Keep Secret
Men, take note – this list is for you! From a compilation of many women interviewed comes a list of read more

List o’ Lots of 4 Chord Pop Songs
This great video clip features a lot of “4 Chord” pop tunes done in a funny parody by this band. read more

List o’ 12 Great Covers of Classic Rock Songs
Great songs get played by great bands, and this list is all about both. This list is not meant to read more

List o’ Many Nintendo Factoids
Almost everyone knows at least one of Nintendo characters – Mario, Sonic, Zelda – and the company has sold zillions read more
List o’ 10 Events From This Day in History: June 18
In an interesting look back on this day in history, this list presents some of the notable or otherwise just read more

List o’ Top 10 Albums – From the Vatican
The Vatican has previously denounced rock music as the devils work, but oh how times have changed. In February 2010, read more

List o’ 15 Historic Nuclear Bomb Detonations
Blowing up the world would be easy – but where did it start and how did we get here? When read more

List o’ 10 Random Objects: Male or Female?
Many languages assign gender to their words, such as French, Spanish, Italian, where words are masculine or feminine. English does read more

List o’ 10 Easter Treats That We All Love
Easter is about lots of things for many people. but for most kids – and quite a few adults – read more

List o’ Celebrity Family Look-a-Likes
And if the headline for this post caught your attention, these are not celebrities from each others’ families. This is read more
Very Cool Handwritten Clock – In Real Time
This is one of the coolest clocks ever…

List o’ 13 Fails: More Expert Predictions That Missed
Looking back, yes indeed, hindsight does give 20:20 vision. It’s easy to be right after things have happened, but it read more
List o’ 9 Best Transformers Redux: Autobots vs Decepticons
This post presents some wickedly cool high res pictures of transformers, because it has been a while since the movie read more

List o’ 18 Fails: Expert Predictions That Missed
Sure, we are all perfect in hindsight, but it’s fun to look back. So when experts talk people tend to read more

List o’ 10 Firsts in Movie History
In 1927, one of the biggest visionaries in movie history – Mr Harry M Warner, of the famed studio in read more

List o’ 10 Somewhat Bizarre Championships
There are Olympic gold medals for athletics, Oscar and Felix statues for movies, lots of awards for music, Emmys for read more
List o’ 10 Way Cool Art Illusions
This post features optical illusions that use colour, space and shape to fool the eye. Each of the pieces will read more

List o’ 10 Rather Useless Leftover Body Parts
The human body, although a very efficient bit of engineering indeed, has a couple of spare parts. And these spare read more

List o’ 10 Things That Canada Has Given to the World
So many postings are US-centric I thought it would be good to post something that gives another view to the accomplishments of another country. And since I am Canadian, well – here is a list of 10 great things that Canada has contributed to the world. By many standards, Canada is a relatively young country yet has managed to give us all some wonderful gems during her 142 year history, ranging from arts and culture to science and astronomy. While it is difficult to narrow down all that Canada has brought forth and shared, here are some of the more visible and globally impacting of the many. read more

List o’ 10 Great Covers of Classic Rock Songs by Everyday People
// < ![CDATA[ a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="listsoplenty.com/blog"; // ]]> You probably have never heard of these people before, but their love of the read more

List o’ 10 Funny Pranks Caught on Video
The only thing worse than being pranked and falling for it, is getting it captured on video. And of course, read more

List o’ 10 Social Networks Out of the Mainstream
Facebook, MySpace, and a couple of other well known sites began as concepts that were highly dubious, at best, when read more
List o’ 10 Flash Mob and Mob Prank Events
Flash mobs appeared around 2003 and have been something of a cult-phenomenon. The way it works is that a very read more

List o’ Origins of 10 Common “Named” Things/Idioms
// < ![CDATA[ a2a_linkname=document.title;a2a_linkurl="listsoplenty.com/blog"; // ]]> Whether it’s what we call things, how we use expressions or just in plain read more
List o’ 10 Famous Commercial Uses of the Droste Effect
The Droste effect is a specific kind of recursive picture, also referred to as mise en abyme (“placing into infinity”). read more

List o’ 10 Cool Random Factoids
Factoids can be fun, especially when they are nice to have and not must have. The things we have to read more

List o’ 13 Most Valuable Comic Books
REPOSTED: First Superman, then Batman set new records, only 3 days apart! The highly successful “comic book” movies introduced the read more

List o’ 10 Marketing Boo-Boos Part III
see Part I here; see Part II here There is no shortage of examples of very questionable marketing decisions that read more

List o’ 10 First Motorized Vehicles Ever Made
Over 600 years ago, visionaries in Italy recorded designs for wind driven vehicles. The first was Guido da Vigevano in read more

List o’ 13 Lethal Poison Plants
Most plants contain some level of toxins (like alkaloids) for defense. After all, theyre plants. They cant go anywhere but read more

List o’ 11 Amazing Things the Human Body Is Capable Of
It never ceases to amaze what the human body can do, or what kind of things people discover that they read more

List o’ 20 Famous Accidental Discoveries
The phenomenon of Independent Multiple Discovery is interesting – how more than one person has made the same discovery without read more

List o’ 10 Tips to Get the Most Out of Your Daily Commute
A casual and easy list on some fun and interesting ways to help make some use of your time spent read more
LOP App – Lists o’ Plenty is Now on Your iPhone !!
LOP – Lists o Plenty – iPhone/iPod Touch App is here! Lists o Plenty is now available in app for read more