Listverse

Making top ten lists is something I've done for as long as I can remember, it's a fun way to pass the time and can help you reminisce about your favourite tv programs for example my top ten scrubs moments, I'd actually struggle to do this but the JD and Turk drum line would be somewhere up in the top 5, oh and 'betrayal five' would definitely be in there too.

Because of this I found that Listverse, a website focused purely around lists of trivia from a variety of different sources is pretty fascinating, although perhaps it really shouldn't be. But where else can I read about the top ten unusual cat breeds *spoiler* the number one choice isn't Siamese but it is possibly the scariest thing I've seen since The Thing it doesn't even look real, more like one of those creatures that would feed on humans on some god forgotten planet in a futuristic sci-fi horror film.

Other favourites are the top 10 Bizarre Tourist Attractions which include the dictator inspired Neutrality Arch, a life sized depiction of the great battle of Sekigahara featuring life sized depictions of mutilation and ritual suicide and a house featuring around 2,100 real painted skulls.

This isn't to say Listverse isn't without it's flaws the top 10 genres of Extreme Music coming across as not only slightly uninformed but the inclusion of 'Political Hip Hop' seems head scratchingly odd particularly when the first paragraph highlights the fact that many artists who could be said to have formed the roots of todays modern hip-hop came from a highly politicized background.

This aside there's plenty of other lists on the site to both entertain and inform and chances are provide the answer to that elusive pub quiz question and as per usual there's space under each list to debate inclusions or exclusions on the latest list addition.