The 6 Weirdest Cities People Actually Live In. Look, we're idiots: None of us knows what, exactly, goes into city planning, but we assume it's probably a lot of distinguished gentlemen emailing each other about math, statistics and blueprints. But somewhere along the line, somebody accidentally CC'ed the insane asylum, and we wound up with the following civilizations that simply should not be: #6. Neft Dashlari: A Hacked Together City in the Middle of the Sea Via Skyscraper.talkwhat.com Back in 1945, the USSR discovered oil just off the coast of Azerbaijan. Via Skyscraper.talkwhat.com"If you find yourself plummeting into the sea, you've gone too far. " Five thousand people live and work on Neft Dashlari, right there in the face of logic and Poseidon alike. Via Skyscraper.talkwhat.comThey went a little crazy on the swimming pool, though. Via Skyscraper.talkwhat.comOur guess? #5. Via Acontecimientos2012 Manshiyat Naser is a city with zero unemployment, extremely cheap housing and a populace that mostly describe themselves as "happy.
" #4. 6 Bizarre Factors That Predict Every Presidential Election. #3. How Vigo County, Indiana, Votes Photos.com If you follow election coverage, you know by now that there are entire swaths of the continental United States that are already in the pocket of one candidate or the other. California will go Democrat, no questions asked. Texas and the rest of the deep South will go Republican. In fact, Vigo County has correctly picked the winner of every presidential election since 1956, in most cases within 3 percent of the popular vote. Wiki"Someone tell Ohio and Illinois to quit hogging the armrests. " Every 10 years, the people over at the Census Bureau get high as balls before attempting to answer this completely high as balls question: If you could attach a weight to all of the people in America, where is the point that you could totally balance the whole country? WikiWhereas Florida is America's dick that sometimes leads it to questionable judgment.
Why does this matter? #2. Getty GettyWhy shouldn't the president also have a reality show? #1. 6 Insane Superstitions That Are Still Shockingly Influential. #3. The Indian Government Declares Astrology to Be Legit Photos.com For the record: Astronomy is the science of studying planets and stars through massive telescopes; astrology is that thing that tells you how much ass you're going to get this week based on your birthday. One of them is a respected scientific discipline. "It clearly shows right here that you have to sleep with me. If you live in India, however, the answer might not be the one you expected. The (snicker) gravity of the situation is not lost on the astronomers of India: The former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation has gone on record stating that the country's belief in astrology is preventing them from gaining their due recognition in the field of science.
Wiki"If I wished to make the right amount of "fuck you" for this, from scratch, I'd first have to create two universes. " #2. Keystone/Getty"But ... our qi! " Getty"I told you, forget about the lead poisoning. . #1. Fotolia"Those are some nice Lost Boys. 5 Everyday Things That Can Literally Drive You Crazy. We're still living in the Stone Age when it comes to our understanding of mental illness.
If you find out that your mom needs pills to control her blood pressure, you shrug and forget about it; if you find out that your mom needs pills to keep from hearing voices in her head, you think you're living in a horror movie. But your brain is just another part of your body, and just as you can get a cold by touching a doorknob somebody sneezed on, there are all sorts of random and innocuous things that can make it go haywire. Like ... #5. Your Birth Month Getty Typically, the month you're born in doesn't affect much beyond determining what major holiday will make everyone forget to send you a card. Getty"OK, we'll be there in 20 minutes, for real this time ... 20 to 30. One study found that almost every mental illness was connected to what month you were born in -- if you were born in January, you're more likely to be schizophrenic or bipolar.
What the hell? #4. . #3. Why? So why does this happen? 6 Popular Songs You Didn't Know Have Dark Hidden Messages. The drawback of making a subtle point in song about the human condition is that nobody pays attention to subtle points in songs. Your average listeners aren't priming their ears for the moment when an artist makes the perfect lyrical metaphor about unrest in the Middle East. They just want to dance. That's why people keep thinking that "Born in the USA" is a patriotic song, and why most people don't get the subversive message of ... #6. Getty What You Think It's About With its simple but catchy melody, "This Land Is Your Land" sounds like about the least offensive song ever written. Yep. Getty"Yay for the section of Earth that we live on! " What It's Really About "This Land Is Your Land" is, for lack of a better term, a song about communism.
But in fact, Guthrie was a fairly outspoken communist sympathizer. Via Wikipedia"Kill the fascists, and the barbers too while you're at it. " One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple, by the relief office I saw my people. . #5. . #4. Photos.com.