Highest Five

Not be confused with Entophobia, the fear of ancient, walking talking tree people, entomophobia is the fear that insects will crawl into your ears, eyes, nose and mouth to eventually lay eggs on your brain.  Contestants on Fear Factor have bunjee jumped off helicopters, but ask them to lie in a coffin filled with bugs and their courage crumbles.  So why is it that we, the dominating species on the planet, capable of jumping out of airplanes, wrestling alligators, and rushing into burning buildings to rescue babies, are so utterly terrified of creatures hundreds of times smaller than us?  The following are some of the most horrifying, agony-inducing, flesh-melting, downright dangerous insects known to man.  10 damned good reasons to be afraid…very afraid!

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Leo Messi could very well be the best footballer in the world At this point, he’s got 25 goals in 26 games this year, with multiple multigoal games, including back to back hat tricks. He leaves defenders and keepers clueless, with a power and grace in his shot unparalleled in today’s game.

Here are what I consider his 5 best and most interesting goals:

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Nothing unsettles a country’s politics and people like the assassination of their leader. That leader doesn’t always have to be political; often it’s just a strong and influential voice, but that person’s death can send shock waves through a country and sometimes the international community at large. As we near the anniversary of the assassination of JFK, here’s a short list of the most politically disastrous assassinations in history.

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We’re all familiar with the ‘War on Drugs’ but what about drugs in war? Drug use in wartime is a topic rarely covered by mainstream media but each war has a distinct underlying drug culture attached to it. What’s interesting is that no army in recent history has ever successfully been able to curb drug use among their ranks. Of course not all military forces discourage the use of drugs. From the Napoleonic wars to Iraq and Afghanistan, drug use in the military doesn’t appear to be going away.

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You’re standing around in a forest just minding your own business when, out of nowhere, a giant muscle-bound, toothy creature with claws the size of sharpened bananas enters your personal space (which is a square acre in the woods). What do you do? What have other unsuspecting humans done when they faced their furry foes?

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Having been a network administrator for close to 5 years, I’ve come to have a particular hatred for spam. I’ve wasted many hours adjusting spam filters, fixing computers infected by virus laden emails and constantly reminding my users that unsolicited business offers made by exiled African princes might not be as legitimate as they sound.

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Rugby doesn’t get the same kind of airtime football enjoys in North America but there’s no denying these guys are tough. I played two years in a Division 3 rugby league and I can attest to its brutality. The last game I played an ambulance came 3 times because of broken bones. When there’s large men running

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Does being able to play music help men in the pursuit of women? We at Highest 5 decided to consult our expert panel and have them hash it out in an intellectual battle royale to finally resolve this age old question.

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When asked to assemble a list of the hardest hits from a sport synonymous with missing teeth, I nearly had to change my pants. The research for this project was physically and mentally taxing. After 16 hours of watching slow motion body checks, my eyes became bloodshot, I had developed a playoff beard, I slipped a disk in my back from doing the wave,

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At first glace, you may think the words ‘fighting’ and ‘etiquette’ shouldn’t be in the same sentence. Not so, says I. In North America, there are major social implications to fighting and going about it incorrectly can have a major affect on your health, social standing, and life in general.

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