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Top Ten Internet Jokes


Here, we have for you, the top 10 jokes of all time. Based on a variety of ratings and reader demands, these are jokes from internet portals the world over.


1. The Jury

Lawyer: What do you think about the attorneys at defense?

Juror: I believe they should be drowned at their very birth.

Lawyer: In that case, you have a bias for the prosecution.

Juror: Not true Sir.  I believe prosecutors should be drowned at

Birth just as well.


2. Q: Who among a blonde and brunette are more likely to hit the ground first if they fall of a building.
A: It would be the brunette – because the blonde shall stop for directions


3. Babble

A blonde asked someone the time and was told that it was 4:45. She had a puzzled look on her face as she replied.

Tell you something, I am kind of astonished, I have asked so many people the time, through the day, and have been getting different answers all day long.


4. Good Marketing

This guy went to the office one day and found a new blonde girl working the paint on the wall. She had a new coat and a leather jacket.

Thinking this was a little weird; he asked her.

She explained him the orders on the tin,

For best results, put on two coats.


5. Overtly Smart

Two guys are going back home late night. A mugger waylays them and pries them for cash. Both these people unwillingly take out their cash. The first guy swings around to the second, handing him some cash, says here’s the $20 that I borrowed from you.


6. There were 2 young blondes girls in a car parking lot, struggling with the stuck up door of their car using a hard wire.
Blonde one:

I am unable to pry the door no matter how hard I try

Blonde two:

You better speed up and do it. It’s opening to rain, while the roof top is down!


7. Thy Wing

The helper receives the order for pizza the order day. He asked the blonde if a six slot serve would be okay with her.

Quite surprisingly to his intellectual being, the woman told him that she would like to take a Six slot serve, for the reason that 12 would be too much for her capacity.


8. Keep Rolling

A woman is troubled at her husband’s memorial service. You have dressed him up in a green suit and I wished to see him in a black dress up.  The caretaker says that would not be a problem madam, and tells his helper Jack; -exchange the heads on three and five!


9. Very Bad Luck

The guy who killed Kennedy, Sirhan, goes into a parole case each year. He once told the parole board that if Kennedy was alive, he would speak in his favor and say let him go. Sad!! The one guy who would have sustained him, and he shot him.



10. Two for Trouble

I knew two of these twins. They shifted to England, so that the other person could drive.

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Top 10 Cartoon Theme Songs From The 80’s


In my opinion, cartoons when I was a kid were much cooler than the ones from the 90s or now. The criterion for this top 10 was not the quality of the cartoons, but how the intro and the theme song sounded. These 10 are the ones that I’ll remember forever.

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Top Ten Casino Cities


There are several cities that enable you to have a great casino vacation. As an adult one of the pleasures you can enjoy is to take part in casino games. Casinos are spectacular places where you can try and win a fortune. The best casino gambling spots can be seen in the USA, the Caribbean and Canada.


1. Las Vegas

Most favorite hotspot for those who like to gamble is Las Vegas. The casino hotels in Las Vegas can be called the superb getaway as far as gambling is concerned. In this bustling city you can have a memorable casino experience and this city is the perfect destination for casino lovers from all parts of the world.


2. Caribbean

Being the biggest in the Caribbean, Atlantis casino contains several slot machines, celebrity chef restaurants, many relaxing guest rooms for vacationers, dolphin retreats and other entertainment options. Aruba in the Caribbean has the most number of casinos. If you like gambling you can spend time at the Renaissance Aruba. This hotel lies in the heart of the city and is open 24/7.

3. Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls is no doubt a family destination which also has many gambling casinos where everyone can have a great time gambling by escaping the congestion of the city.

4. Nevada

Lake Tahoe, Nevada, looks beautiful because of the beautiful lakes and majestic mountains surrounding it where newly weds and others can take part in outdoor and indoor sports, eat well and gamble too. The place can be chosen for casual travel and for a great casino time.

5. Colorado

Black Hawk in Colorado is a notable casino center which has more than 20 casinos. There are over 10000 gaming machines in Black Hawk, and over 100 table games. Out of the major cities having legalized gambling in Colorado, Black Hawk has the most casinos.


6. Montreal

Montreal, Canada, has great places where you can indulge in casino games. Montreal offers a wide variety of gambling entertainment starting from slot machines to hockey pools. Montreal is a great city noted for its shops, hotels and restaurants.

7. New York

There are several casinos in New York where gamblers can have a great time. The Turning Stone Resort Casino is situated in the hub of Central New York’s spectacular Mohawk Valley and is a world unto itself. You can find superb 4-star accommodations, great golf courses, good food and a large spa here. There are also full-service destination spas, a range of hotel accommodations, gourmet restaurants, several dining options, dance club, celebrity entertainment, five championship golf courses, and a world-class casino.

8. Atlantic City

Atlantic City is a great place which has many interesting shops and restaurants. There are a few shops that have opened on the Boardwalk, and rail connects this casino town to several cities.



9. Michigan

You can find plenty of casino hotels in the superb town in Michigan. You can try gambling at Odawa casino at Petoskey. This place is a great spot to drive to. You can try your luck at table games, roulette wheels, slot machines and lots more.


10. Connecticut

The stylish Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun are famous Indian casinos in Eastern Connecticut. Travelers here generally combine a casino trip with visit to some of the famous places or destinations such as Boston, Cape Cod and others.

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Top 10 Funny Commercials


Laugh as you enjoy a short video of the funniest commercials ever made. You can see all types of humour. Everything from witty and clever to absurd and bizarre. Comedy is difficult but this one will definitely make you laugh.

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Top Ten Epidemics


Among the really sad ways of getting the human population on a simmer, is an epidemic. Countless people perish every year because of certain unstoppable diseases, since time immemorial. I am listing the names of around 10 diseases which have been a ban for mankind since the earliest if times.


1. HIV

The Human immunodeficiency virus, leads to a state of lack of immunity. The host tends to acquire immune deficiency syndrome, which naturally tends to crush a human upon slightest exposure. The disease seen a categorization in terms of a major epidemic. Though by itself, the virus has far more strength such that a large number of AIDS victims finally yield to death from an AIDS related deficiency.


2. Ebola

The virus had not been detected until around 3 decades ago. The Ebola leaves behind a fatality of around 90%. Recorded for equal damage to both humans and animal stocks, the Ebola is known to kill the victim within 6-7 days. Death would come from either multiple organ failure or hypovelmic shock. Sometime back a survey showed that there are companies which have created an effective vaccine which proved it self in tests carried on monkeys.


3. SARS

A big-time break out of the virus carried some big scare, a couple of years back. Although severe acute respiratory syndrome has not seen many outbreaks in middle Asia. Most of the time, the disease strikes in a viral form, which comes on a fatality rate of around 65-70% at least. The highest mortality range starts with people over the age of 65. It is said that the government and heath care of China came up with a vaccine which was supposedly effective in about 75% of the test operations.


4. Malaria

Malaria is a vector borne disease, with its claws dug mostly in third world countries. With a count of about 500 million people catching this disease, and around 1.5 million succumbing to its blow. However, with proper care, a patient of malaria may very much expect a full time recovery. Like many other diseases, Malaria does not have vaccine either.


5. Anthrax

Anthrax called currency as a name for biological warfare, which has been doing rounds for quite sometime now. A person inhaling anthrax will die due to the poisoning caused by the spores. In fact, a live stock affected by anthrax is likely to kill the person who ingests it. After contamination, the bacteria of anthrax are known to multiply at a high speed, eventually killing the host with by realizing two very poisonous toxic chemicals. The host may die immediately, or may live up to a month, with sharp breathing problems.


6. Cholera

A person is likely to get cholera from ingesting food which has been contaminated. Without proper care and treatment Cholera will rise from diarrhea to severe shock in about 12 hours and eventual death in a couple of days. Fortunately, orally able re-hydration techniques. Surviving cholera is quite possible if proper care is taken. Though, in a sharper form, cholera has a fatality rate of 3 hours. Proper sanitation is a must for keeping a check on the disease.


7. Bubonic plague

Transmitted through bacteria carrying fleas, Black Death is known to kill ¾ of its victims in a week’s time. The disease had a notorious reputation in the medieval ages, and is said to have killed around 25 million people in the medieval period. This disease is marked by a swelling in the lymph nodes. However, in the modern times, there have not been many outbreaks of this disease.


8. Influenza

Among the most frightening viruses, influenza is quite common to infect people of all ages and nations. Fortunately, the flu is not at all hard to be detected. Although, children and older people are quite likely to catch this flu. The Spanish strain of influenza is amongst the most famous and is said to have eliminated 5 percent of human population between the years 1918 to 1919.


9. Typhoid

Typhoid is among the lesser fatal diseases in our times, with a fatality rate of just 10-30% although the symptoms do not show until the popping of certain stages of which do not come up until three weeks. This disease has away of staying dormant in its host, even when the host has been cured of its effects. With a passage of time, the disease may get transferred and promoted to another host.


10. Small Pox

The virus of small pox has been detected in many forms, and has used a whole lot of vaccination in the past few decades. When hemorrhagic or flat, small pox is in its worse avatar, with a high fatality rate which leaves ten percent chance of survival. However, Chicken Pox is one of the few diseases which have been eliminated from ecological existence.

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Top 10 Most Dangerous Aquatic Species


Of all the aquatic species that have the power to cause the death of humans, this list compiles the ten most dangerous of them. The modus operandi of all of these animals may be very different – yet each one of them is what we would call ‘dangerous’.


1. Box Jellyfish (Chironex fleckeri)

Although ‘box jellyfish’ denotes the entire Cubozoa class, the most dangerous of them all is the deadly Chironex fleckeri. The venom of this species is the most deadly in the animal kingdom and is reported to be able to kill 60 humans within a period of 3 minutes.



2. Yellow Bellied Sea Snake (Pelamis platurus)

The venom of this dangerous sea snake is several times more potent and deadly than the most venomous land snake. The bite itself is painless and may even go unnoticed by the victim. Symptoms start showing around after half an hour of the bite, and if immediate medical attention is not received, the victim goes into cardiac arrest after six to twelve hours.


3. Saltwater crocodile

Crocodiles are territorial and they do not like intruders. They have been known to attack small boats and canoes and result in human deaths. Though you may argue that this is not exactly an aquatic animal, it hardly matters when you are been attacked by in water.


4. Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias)

All of us are familiar with the Great White – the popular star of the movie “Jaws”. Great Whites are expert hunters and know how to immobilize prey and render them helpless while they finish them off. There are reported incidents of Great Whites being responsible for the deaths of innocent swimmers off the coast of USA.


5. Blue-Ringed Octopus

This common name refers to several octopus species of the genus Hapalochlaena – small and beautiful octopuses that have a venom powerful enough to kill humans.


6. Cone Shells

Belonging to the family Conidae, these gastropods live in mud and show very little signs of life. However, if picked up (because of their bright colors) they can bit with their harpoon like teeth and cause death. Their venom contains neurotoxins and is fatal.


7. Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis)

It is commonly mistaken to be a jellyfish because of its striking resemblance to them. Although its venom is not very potent, it does have the power to kill off the victim by cardiac arrest if instant medical attention is not received. Deaths caused by stings from this animal are very rare but they do occur.


8. Lionfish (Pterois volitans)

This is a small, spiny, striped, exotic creature found in some regions of eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Considered venomous, the lionfish has a typical way of turning upside down and exposing its spines. Although its venom is not fatal, it causes severe pain, headaches, and vomiting – unless medical supervision is received, the sting can take serious proportions.


9. Stonefish (Synanceia)

The genus Synanceia is popularly called stonefish, and consist of several species of small, shy, and sometimes very beautiful fish that are at the same time capable of stinging you with deadly venom if disturbed. Typically, stonefish stings occur because they are stepped upon, as they are hard to distinguish from stones under the water.


10. Fire Coral

These are marine organisms that are not actually coral and are typically members of the genus Millepora. Their stings are not fatal but can cause severe burns on the skin. It can become fatal if the victim develops an allergic reaction to the chemical injected in the sting.

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Top 10 Most Expensive Accidents In History


The aim here is to list out ten of the most expensive accidents that have taken place over the years. The lives that have been lost are undoubtedly priceless and cannot be measured in monetary terms.


1. Chernobyl

This is considered to be the most expensive accident in history. This disaster was the biggest catastrophe in socio-economic terms as half of the Ukrainian area was contaminated. About 1.7 million people were affected and 200,000 had to leave the area. The overall cost is estimated at $200 billion.


2. Space Shuttle Columbia

The wing of the Space Shuttle Columbia was damaged after which it was destroyed. The shuttle cost $6.3 billion and the investigation cost was estimated at $500 million. Additional costs were estimated at $300 million. The overall cost was $13 billion.


3. Prestige Oil Spill

The Prestige oil tanker, in 2002, was carrying heavy fuel during a storm in Spain. One of the tanks burst and the captain asked for help multiple times but nobody followed his instructions. Naturally, the storm destroyed the ship and the tanker split after which 20 million gallons of oil was released into the sea. The cleanup cost was estimated at $12 billion.


4. Challenger Explosion

Because of a faulty O-ring, the Space Shuttle Challenger took a mere 73 seconds to deteriorate. One joint was not sealed because of which the gas reached outside. The external tank then released liquid hydrogen, resulting in an explosion. The replacement costs were $4.5 billion and other costs were estimated at $1 billion.


5. Piper Alpha Oil Rig

In 1988, a few technicians were carrying out a routine check of the valves and 100 valves were supposed to be replaced. However, they forgot to check one. The same night, one of them pushed a button which was attached to the liquid gas pump. What followed was the costliest oil rig accident in history. The entire platform burst into flames and collapsed. Over 150 workers died and the damages were estimated at $3.4 billion.


6. Exxon Valdez

Even though this oil spill does not feature on the list of the largest oil spills in history, it was definitely the most expensive one. This is because the Prince William Sound is located in an extremely remote area. The ship’s master did not pay attention to the controls which caused the ship to crash. The cumulative clean up cost is estimated at $2.5 million.


7. B-2 Bomber Crash

This stealth bomber took off from Guam in 2008 and crashed shortly after. According to investigations, the data in the computers was distorted. The aircraft then moved up which caused it to stall and consequently crash. The losses accumulated to $1.4 Billion.


8. MetroLink Crash

This accident took place during September 2008 and is considered to be the worst train accident in California. A freight train and the commuter train crashed into each other, resulting in the death of 25 people. The losses amounted to $500 million.


9. Tanker Truck vs Bridge

In 2004, a tanker trunk and a car had an accident. The truck was carrying over 30,000 liters of fuel in Germany on the Wiehltal Bridge. The truck fell 90 feet, resulting in an explosion which ultimately destroyed the bridge. Repairs were estimated at $40 million whereas the replacement cost was $318 million.


10. Titanic

The Titanic sank during 1912 and the accident is said to be the most famous ones till date. The ship was considered to be the most luxurious of its time. When an iceberg hit the Titanic, the ship split in half and about 1,500 people died. $150 million were lost to the oceans.

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Top Ten Largest Carnivores


A carnivore is one which eats meat and these animals depend solely on animal tissue for the purpose of extracting nutrients on a day to day basis. The following are the top 10  largest carnivores:

1. Southern Elephant Seal

The Southern Elephant Seal is said to be the largest carnivore to have lived till date. The adult males have large proboscis which they use for making roaring sounds that are very loud. They do so during the mating season.


2. Walrus

While males can weight 2,000 kilograms, females weigh at least 1,200 kilograms. Their necks are extremely thick and can move with the help of all fours. They take the help of their entire body when they swim and do not use their flippers as much. The Walrus is bald and its skin is wrinkled. When they are young, they are brown in color which fades as they grow older.

3. Stellar Sea Lion

This carnivore also goes by the name of the Northern Sea Lion. This species is almost extinct in the northern Pacific. The Stellar Sea Lion is named after Georg Wilhelm Stellar. Their numbers have declined due to unknown reasons in Alaska.


4. Grizzly Bear

The Grizzly Bear also goes by the name of silvertip bear and is native to North America. Grizzlies are said to stay alone along rivers, ponds and streams. The females can give birth to a minimum of one and a maximum of four young which weigh only 500 grams each. A female Grizzly or sow will attack anyone of anything if her cubs are in danger.


5. Polar Bear

Polar Bears are found in the northern part of the Arctic and are said to float on ice floes through the day. While an adult male stands at 8.5 feet and weighs 900 pounds, a female adult will stand at 6.5 feet and weigh 500 pounds. Each polar bear has a black mouth, nose and eyes and off-white fur.

6. Siberian Tiger

Siberian Tigers can weigh over 700 pounds and can stand at 9.5 feet. While their base color is orange, their stripes are black and they have white markings that are found on their faces. These carnivores are powerful hunters and are very territorial. The tiger has broad and soft pads which allows it to follow its prey silently.

7. Lion

The Lion belongs to the cat family and the genus Panthera. The males can weigh over 250 kilograms while the females weigh a little less. A majority of the Lion population resides in Africa and Asia while the species is almost extinct in India.


8. American Black Bear

The American Black Bear is native to North America and can adapt itself to a number of habitats and environments. The population of these bears is quite widespread and they are not in danger of getting extinct any time soon. This bear is said to have inspired “Winnie the Pooh”.

9. Giant Panda

The Giant Panda is native to large parts of China and is a part of the bear family. It has large black patches around its ears, eyes and all over its body which is generally round in shape. Even though it features under the list of the largest carnivores, its diet consists mostly of bamboos.


10. Spectacled Bear

This bear is also referred to as the Andean Bear and is found in South America. This bear’s fur is black and it has markings on its chest and face which are beige in color. While the males weigh at least 130 kilograms, the females can weigh 82 kilograms.

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