Top 10 Richest People On The List - Page [2/2]

6)      Charles Koch:  He has made it to the top 10 list, overtaking the likes of Eike Batista, Stefan Persson and Karl Albrecht. His net worth is $34 billion. He and his brother David hold 80 percent of Koch Industries. Charles Koch 7)      David Koch:  His net worth is $34 billion. He and his brother Charles 80 percent of Koch Industries. The Koch brothers' net worth was up by...

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Top 10 Richest People On The List - Page [1/2]

The number of billionaires across the world has risen from 1,226 in 2012 to 1,426 this year, with the US topping the list with 442, followed by Asia-Pacific (386), Europe (366), the Americas (129) and the Middle East & Africa (103),according to Forbes magazine. Carlos Slim Helu from Mexico is the richest man in the world, followed by Bill Gates, Amancio Ortega and Warren Buffett. Charles Koch, David Koch and Liliane...

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Top 10 Awesome Men with Mental llnesses - Page [2/2]

5 Edgar Allan Poe Known for his dark writings and tales of horror, Edgar Allen Poe was extremely interested in psychology. His fascination shows in his writings of madmen and psychological thrillers. But was he himself mad? A rival, Rufus Griswold, said so by publishing a libelous obituary in revenge for things Poe had written or said about him. Though Griswold’s account of Poe as a crazy man was dismissed, Poe may have had bipolar disorder....

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Top 10 Awesome Men with Mental llnesses - Page [1/2]

10 King Charles VI of France King Charles VI of France was also known as Charles the Mad. He reigned France from 1380 to 1422. About a dozen years after taking the throne, his descent into madness began. He suffered from multiple episodes of mental illness including a time when he could not remember his name or that he was the King. He often did not recognize his wife or children. For a five month period in 1405, he refused to bathe or...

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Top 10 Crazy Bastards Who Actually Changed The World - Part [2/2]

5. Henry Cavendish Source: Hulton Archive/Getty Images What he did: Cavendish was an instrumental figure in the scientific community. Aside from discovering hydrogen, he also calculated the density of the planet earth with surprising accuracy using only a couple of lead balls and his own intellect. This may not sound too important, but it was influential in the field of astrophysics, because it led to many important breakthroughs, including...

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Top 10 Crazy Bastards Who Actually Changed The World - Part [1/2]

10. W. C. Minor Source: Oxford University Press What he did: The Oxford English Dictionary was notable as being one of the first well-organized and well-compiled dictionaries. Indeed, it was more or less the first dictionary that didn't suck, and which made an attempt to catalogue all the words in the English language, not just the ones that were tricky. Eventually, a few professors realized that all the dictionaries of the time were...

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Top 10 Famous People On History - Part [2/2]

5 Siddhartha Gautama (Buddha) c. 563–c. 483 B.C. Google searches: 4 million+ per month Number of books: c. 7 million You might be surprised to know that most of the people who google Buddha are not Buddhists. In the Western Hemisphere and throughout Europe, Buddhism is not as well understood as the three major monotheisms. A few clarifications: Gautama was probably born in Kapilavastu or Lumbini, Nepal in about 563 B.C., about 24 years...

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