Top 10 Easiest Halloween Costumes to Make

Halloween is coming up, and it’s good to be prepared. If you’re handing out candy (there’s a list on how to confuse trick or treaters) that’s fine. But for those who are roaming the streets, you can’t do it with casual clothes on. But what if you don’t want to spend a large amount of money? Here are the top 10 easiest Halloween costumes to make. Also, please remember that all face paint should be non-toxic.

10. Dracula

For this infamous blood-sucker, you’ll need white face paint, a set of fake vampire teeth, a comb, and a button-down shirt. A tuxedo is optional. First, you should gently put the face paint on your cheeks, chin, nose, and forehead. Get none in your mouth, eyes or nose. Because Dracula is seen as civilized, put gel in your hair and comb it backwards, like Bela Lugosi’s Dracula. Then, put on the tuxedo/button-down shirt. Finally, put on the vampire teeth.

9. Ogre

You will need blue or green face paint, a stick (make sure not to poke your eye out), a pillow, and a shirt that looks somewhat like what a medieval villager might wear (that’s the hard part). The shirt should look somewhat like the sepia shirt Shrek wore. Start by putting on the shirt. Rub the face paint on your forehead, chin, cheeks, and nose. Next, put the pillow under your shirt. Ruffle your hair, to make you look more barbaric. Finally, wield the stick (act like it’s a club).

8. Superman

Get an old long-sleeved blue shirt you don’t care about, a red sheet you don’t care about, and a computer connected to a printer or a piece of paper with the Superman shield on it. Cut out the Superman shield or print it before cutting it out. Cut a hole big enough for your head to fit through in the red sheet. Tape the shield to the shirt, and then cut the sheet so it looks like a cape. Put on the cape.

7. The Blob

This one is especially easy. All you need is a purple sheet that’s large enough to cover you that you don’t care about, and scissors. Cut two holes for your eyes in the sheet, and get in. When using, do not crawl like the Blob. Make sure you do not trip in the costume.

6. The Joker

You will need a green wig, white, black and green face paint, and a purple suit and green pants. Put on the garments. Apply the red to the area around your lips, the black around your eyes, and the white to the majority of your face. Put on the green wig. Remember to act evil.

5. Zombie

Find some tattered clothes some red face paint. Put on the clothes, and put little lines of red face paint on your chin and around your mouth, but make it look as realistic as possible. Mess up your hair so you look as unruly as possible. Lean your head forward and droop your arms forward. Glare at anyone who passes by you.

4. CEO

All you’ll need is a few Monopoly $500 bills, a suit, a comb, a button-down shirt, a tie, and elegant shoes. Part your hair on the right side of your head. Put on the suit, and stuff the Monopoly money in your pockets. If you can, get a wacky tie. When someone gives you a small amount of candy, offer them a Monopoly bill and say confidently, “I’d like some more.”

3. Headless Man

For this ghoul, you’ll need an old button-down shirt you do not care about, black gloves, fake blood, and black pants. A fake knife is optional. Unbutton two or three buttons to make a hole large enough for your head. Put on black gloves and black pants before putting on the shirt. If you are right-handed, hold your “decapitated” head in your left hand and your sword in your right. You might want to put a fake circle of blood around the bottom of your head to make you look even more decapitated.

2. Ghost

The most basic type of Halloween costumes is probably the ghost. For this one, you’ll need a white bed sheet you don’t care about and some scissors. Cut off a small amount from the bottom so the sheet is not dragging on the ground and you’re not tripping on it. Cut two holes for the eyes.

1. Mummy

All that is needed is about three rolls of toilet paper. Green face paint is optional. First, cover what ever part of your face that is not being covered with toilet paper (The best place is the eyes, for which you should paint around the eyes) with green face paint. Cover your body from head to toe in toilet paper. You should have shorts and short sleeved shirts on as to not peek out of the toilet paper. After you are done, put on sandals.

10 Disturbing Facts About Popular Snack Foods

Snacks are a big part of our lives. An after-school snack is a custom that most of us grow up with. Popcorn is a necessity at the movie theater, and chips are perfect for munching on in front of the TV at home.You wouldn’t throw a party without supplying some sort of finger-food spread. Checkout lanes at many stores are stocked with a variety of snacks, allowing us to make a last-minute grab for something to tide us over until the next meal.But some of the most popular—and tastiest—snacks have an unappetizing side you might not be aware of.

10. Cheetos Mess With Your Mind

Classic crunchy Cheetos have been around for almost 70 years. Introduced by Frito-Lay in 1948, the cheese-dusted cornmeal puffs are still one of the top brands in snacking. When a food melts quickly in your mouth, it tricks the brain into thinking that no calories have been consumed. If your brain does not think you are consuming any calories, then it does not send a message to your stomach that you are full.This makes it easy to plow through an entire bag of Cheetos at once because of their light and airy design. Which is exactly what the manufacturers intended.

9. Pretzels Are Bathed In Lye

Those warm, soft pretzels that are perfect for tearing into chunks and eating might have been dipped in a caustic chemical that is capable of dissolving glass.Lye is commonly used to make soap and unclog drains. The pretzel dough is dipped into a mixture of water and lye before being baked. The lye bath is a browning agent that gives pretzels their color.If no browning agent had been applied to the dough before baking, the pretzels would come out of the oven white. A mix of hot water and baking soda can also be used as a browning agent, but many bakers believe that the lye method yields the best results.

8. Veggie Straws Lack Veggies

Solak and Figger say that they paid a higher price for Garden Veggie Straws compared to other snacks because they believed the product was made from whole vegetables.The lawsuit states that the plaintiffs never would have purchased Garden Veggie Straws if they had known the product contained only vegetable by-products that lack the nutrients and vitamins found in whole vegetables. Along with monetary compensation, Solak and Figger are seeking an injunction that would prohibit Sensible Portions from continuing to falsely advertise their products in the future. On the Garden Veggie Straws packaging, one thing that seems to be true is the claim that their product contains 30 percent less fat than the leading potato chips.

7. Jerky Is A Carcinogen

Processed meats, including jerky, have been linked to colorectal cancer.About 34,000 cancer deaths per year worldwide are attributable to diets that are high in processed meat. The more processed meat you consume, the higher your risk becomes. Studies estimate that every 50-gram portion of processed meat eaten daily increases the risk of colorectal cancer by 18 percent. The specific process by which consuming processed meat increases the risk of colorectal cancer is not yet known, but it is likely related to chemicals that are formed when meat is processed or cooked. Some of these chemicals are known or suspected carcinogens.

6. Gummy Bears Are More Than Just Sugar And Spice

They also contain the leftovers from slaughterhouses. Gold-Bears from Haribo are the original gummy bears. Their nutrition page lists gelatin as the ingredient responsible for their trademark chewiness.Gelatin is a versatile ingredient that comes from animal collagen. Today, gelatin is commercially manufactured worldwide. Therefore, you do not have to be wealthy to enjoy the chewy gummy bears that owe their existence to boiled animal parts.

5. Takis Can Erode Your Stomach Lining

People are ending up in the emergency room with gastritis after eating snacks such as Takis. Some of the symptoms include abdominal pain, nausea, and a burning sensation in the stomach.Twelve-year-old Andrew Medina of Los Angeles was taken to the doctor because of abdominal pain. He also said that he ate 20–30 bags of spicy chips every month. Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency room physician, believes that the flavoring on spicy snacks affects the pH levels in the stomach, causing it to become painfully acidic. Some kids suffer from stomachaches so severe that they arrive at the hospital doubled over in pain.

4. French Fries Are Worse Than You Thought

Due to their high sodium and fat content, french fries are not considered a healthy snack choice to begin with. But they also contain a chemical called acrylamide. First found in certain foods in 2002, acrylamide was recognized as a major concern for humans based on its ability to cause cancer in laboratory animals. It is formed when they are cooked using high temperature methods such as frying. This means that frying potatoes creates more acrylamide than boiling or microwaving them. It also means that crispy brown fries tend to contain more acrylamide than golden yellow ones.The National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer consider acrylamide to be a probable human carcinogen.

3. Fruit Snacks Are No Better Than Candy

Nutritionally, fruit snacks have more in common with candy than actual fruit.Fruit snacks lack dietary fiber, an important nutrient supplied by fresh fruit. If you eat just two small pouches of Welch’s Fruit Snacks, you have consumed the same amount of calories and sugar that are in a pack of Starburst candies Plaintiff Lauren Hall claims that the company’s labels promise more nutritional benefits than what their product delivers. Hall says that sugar makes up 40 percent of each serving of fruit snacks and as much as 60 percent of Welch’s Fruit ‘n Yogurt Snacks. It remains to be seen if the lawsuit will result in fruit snacks being moved to the candy aisle.

2. Check Your Cheese Sources

Some cheeses are made using an enzyme called rennet. This enzyme curdles milk during the process of making cheese. It can be found in the fourth stomach of young calves and other milk-fed young mammals. Rennet must be extracted from calves that have been slaughtered before they are weaned. Older calves that have eaten grain or grass do not have the same level of the enzyme in their stomach.It is thought that rennet was discovered accidentally by ancient Egyptians. They stored milk in containers made from animal stomachs, and the enzyme would have caused the milk to separate into curds.

1. Popcorn Can Damage Your Lungs

Archaeologists have found evidence that popcorn was made as early as 6,700 years ago in Peru. Today, microwave popcorn makes it easy to enjoy the snack without building a fire. But the buttery flavoring that smells so good contains chemicals. Inhaling these chemicals has been proven to cause damage to the lungs. Workers in microwave popcorn manufacturing plants have developed “popcorn lung” after being exposed to the chemical vapors on a regular basis. However, it is not just the workers in manufacturing plants who are at risk for popcorn-related lung damage. Wayne Watson of Colorado developed “popcorn lung” after eating two bags of microwave popcorn every day for 10 years.

Top 10 Animals That Don’t Look Dangerous But Are Actually Deadly

The animals that inhabit our world are amazing and deserve our respect. But they can fool us sometimes. For example, elephants are magnificent in stature and seem dangerous. But in reality, they are large, gentle beasts. They have strong instincts to care for their families and would not hurt a fly unless they had to.However, some animals are not so easy to judge and can be quite deceiving. Are they cute and friendly, or will one touch kill you? Here are 10 animals that don’t look dangerous but are actually deadly.

10. Kayan Loris

The Kayan loris is a nocturnal primate that is closely related to the lemur. They have big, baby-like eyes and beautiful soft fur that just begs to be petted, but one touch could be your last. They are the only known venomous primates and have very toxic bites. Their venom will cause anaphylactic shock and kill if left untreated. They are also an endangered species. The discovery of this new species suggests that more are yet to be found in the Borneo jungles and on the surrounding islands.

9. Honey Badger

Don’t let its size fool you, though. It is a vicious, small carnivore that lives in the deserts of South Africa and Botswana. It has a reputation for being the most fearless animal in the world.These animals are about the size of a small dog but have been known to eat crocodiles, antelope, and venomous large snakes such as cobras and black mambas. Honey badgers will dig into burrows after prey and climb tall trees to raid a nest of baby birds. Lions, spotted hyenas, and leopards tend to kill only older and weaker honey badgers.

8. Koalas

However, contrary to popular belief, koalas are not bears. They are marsupials, which means that the young grow in the pouch of their mother until the offspring are large enough to be self-sufficient.Koalas are indigenous to Australia, where they live in the eucalyptus forests and survive primarily on eucalyptus leaves. Their diet does not provide them with much energy, so they sleep a lot. However, a full-grown koala weighs 9–14 kilograms (20–30 lb) and has long, sharp claws as well as sharp teeth and strong jaws. They have been known to move quickly and attack people or dogs if they feel cornered or threatened.

7. Red Panda

Don’t let the cute, fluffy look of the red panda fool you. The red panda (aka firefox) is a vicious predator. It is generally solitary, but there are a couple of exceptions to the rule.First, young red pandas grow relatively slowly, so they stay with their mothers for over a year. When they hunt in packs, they have been known to take down and devour animals much larger than themselves.The average size of a red panda is around 64 centimeters (25 in) long. They have razor-sharp teeth and claws that can rip through flesh like butter. In the wild, red pandas can only be found in the temperate forests of the Himalayan foothills.

6. Geographic Cone Snail

The beautiful, intricately patterned, brown-and-white shells of the geographic cone snail make them highly prized by shell collectors, but this is one snail you do not want to touch. The creature is native to the reefs of the Indo-Pacific. It grows 15 centimeters (6 in) long and has incredibly toxic venom that can cause paralysis instantly. Several humans have also died from the venom, which is a complex mixture of many toxins. In fact, of the 500 known species of cone snails, the geographic cone snail is considered to be the most venomous. With no antivenin for the sting of the geographic cone, the only treatment is to keep the victim alive until the toxins lose their effectiveness.

5. Pufferfish

Even though they are not deadly to the touch, they are very poisonous if eaten.Most pufferfish contain a harmful substance that causes them to taste bad and can kill other fish. For humans, it’s even worse. The poison in one pufferfish can kill 30 human adults, and there is no known antidote.In Japan, pufferfish are an expensive delicacy known as fugu, which must be prepared by licensed fugu chefs. Even still, there are a few human deaths every year.

4. Golden Poison Dart Frog

This tiny, beautiful amphibian lives in the rain forests of Colombia and is extremely toxic. At 5 centimeters (2 in) long, one golden poison dart frog contains enough venom, which is secreted from the skin, to kill 10 men.In Colombia, the native Embera people use this venom on the tips of their blowgun darts when they go hunting. Just one touch or bite of the golden poison dart frog will cause a quick death.The frogs’ bright colors—which range from yellow to orange to bright green—alert predators to the danger. There are over 100 poison dart frog species, but the golden poison dart frog is one of the largest. 

3. Cape Buffalo

The Cape buffalo is extremely territorial and holds a grudge if you hurt it or one of its family members. These creatures live in Africa and have killed more hunters there than any other animal. Studies by Dr. John Conde show that the strength of a Cape buffalo equals four times that of an ox. So the buffalo has the ability to turn a car on its side and kill lions. These nasty buffalo have even killed lion cubs in retaliation for an attack by an adult lion. This is one animal that you do not want to mess with.

2. Tsetse Fly

Who would have ever thought that a tiny fly could hurt you or even cause death? Well, the tsetse fly is one you definitely want to watch out for. These annoying bugs are found in Africa, and if they bite you, it can cause sleeping sickness (aka African trypanosomiasis).Symptoms include high fever, fatigue, muscle aches, and headache. Over time, the central nervous system is affected, which causes psychiatric and sleep disorders, seizures, and coma. If not treated, the disease can also cause death. 

1. Blue-Ringed Octopus

The venom of a blue-ringed octopus is contained in its saliva and is similar to the deadly toxin found in a pufferfish. These octopuses inhabit the waters in Australia and the eastern Indo-Pacific. This results in humans being bitten several times a year. Yet.The effects show within minutes as the victim experiences the feeling of “pins and needles” and numbness. The muscles become progressively weaker, and the victim has trouble swallowing and breathing. The person can also experience visual disturbances, difficulty in speaking, and nausea and vomiting. Sometimes, respiratory failure and paralysis can occur, which ultimately leads to unconsciousness and death.

10 Most Beautiful Natural Lakes In The World

Whether on the crater or the border between countries, many lakes still appeal to visitors because of breathtaking natural scenery.

10. Laguna Colorada - Bolivia

Laguna Colorada is a salt mine in Bolivia, located in the national biosphere reserve Eduardo Avaroa Andean and close to the Chilean border. The lake is 10.7 km long and 9.6 km wide, the depth of the lake is 1.5 m. The lake is famous for its characteristic red color made up of algae.

9. Bled - Slovenia

The emerald water, the majestic view of the Julien Alps and the ancient church on an island make Lake Bled one of the most popular destinations in Slovenia. The lake is 2,120 m long, 1,380 m wide and 30,6 m in depth. It is a magnificent lake dating back to the Ice Age.

8. Nakuru - Kenya

Situated in the Rift Valley of Kenya, Lake Nakuru is known for its diverse fauna. There are thousands of lions, leopards, deer and birds living in this area. Although rising sea levels in the past few years have reduced the number of flamingos, the landscape is still protected locally. Visitors here still have the opportunity to observe the natural scene, prominent floc k of flamingos.

7. Minnewanka - Canada

Lake Minnewanka is the largest lake in Banff National Park. Minnewanka means "lake of souls" in the local language, and people living around the lake believe that the spirits have been here, and the ancient Europeans call it the "lake of evil". This place is famous for outdoor activities such as fishing, boating, hiking, scuba diving and camping.

6. Crater - Oregon - USA

Lake Crater is shaped like a pan, located in southern Oregon. Lake is located on the grounds of Crater Lake National Park, attracted by the deep blue color and clarity of water. This lake has been included in the list of one of the world's cleanest and cleanest lakes, with no other small bays or branches. The lake is also famously deepest in the United States and one of the deepest in the world.

5. West Lake - Hangzhou - China

The West Lake and surrounding areas have been recognized by UNESCO as world cultural heritages since 2011. The organization said the lake "has inspired literary, poet, and artists from the century. 9th".

4. Loch Duich - Scotland

Situated in the plateau near Scotland's west coast, Loch Duich is perhaps best known for its ancient castle, the Eilean Donan, dating back to the 13th century.

3. Baikal - Siberia - Russia

Baikal is the oldest and deepest lake on Earth, with some points reaching a depth of 1.6 km. This is also the only place where freshwater seals live in the world. Whenever the winter comes, the lake turns into a fairy-tale world, with jagged ice caves. The lake also surrounds the largest skating rink in the world.

2. Atitlan - Guatemala

Surrounded by volcanic and Mayan villages, this tranquil lake is located in the Central Highlands of Guatemala. As a great natural painting, Lake Atitlan is the place where healing can be healed.

1. Derwentwater - England

Situated in the north of a national park in England, Derwentwater is surrounded by green hills and has many trails for hiking. Here you will learn why this area inspires poets such as William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey.