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You may <a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/crazy-foreign-movie-posters/anncasano" target="_blank">already know this</a>, but judging by their poster art for American movies, foreign countries have either a deep misunderstanding of what our films are about, or they just love trolling us.Either way, these posters from Poland are as terrifying as they are baffling. They would also make for some really dope home decor, so you can check out the goods over at <a href="https://www.polishposter.com/category/film-posters" target="_blank">PolishPoster.com</a>. (They also have posters for non-movie-related arts, such as music, opera, theater, exhibition and retrospectives.)Below: the stuff of nightmares, and the best guess as to what Polish designers thought these movies were about.

35 Polish Movie Posters That Give You the Wrong Idea

General

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Lists about the squishy ball of noodles inside your skull, how it works, things we think it does, and ways it affects your life all day, every day.

What's on Your Mind

Human Body

In late May,&nbsp;American ambassadors&nbsp;at the Chinese embassy&nbsp;fell ill, suffering from<a href="https://china.usembassy-china.org.cn/ha-05232018/" target="_blank"> a strange illness that had all the signs of a concussion or head trauma</a>: headache, nausea, vertigo and hearing loss after hearing. Maybe not so weird in itself–save for the fact that the Ambassador hadn't been hit over the head recently– this incident may have been dismissed completely, had it not been for two things.One: the illness had been preceded by strange events, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/06/world/asia/china-guangzhou-consulate-sonic-attack.html?smtyp=cur&amp;smid=tw-nytimes" target="_blank">described to The New York Times as</a>&nbsp;&quot;disturbing sensations of sounds and vibrations that have been described variously as the noises made by cicadas, static, metal sheets waving or...marbles rolling around a metal funnel.&quot;Two: The strange incident&nbsp;in China wasn't an isolated case; since 2016, American ambassadors in Cuba, along with their families, have been complaining of the same events and symptoms.Is it a targeted attack on Americans overseas, a sonic coincidence or something possibly far worse... the beginning&nbsp;of a noise sickness pandemic? China has already sent out a health alert for residents in&nbsp;Guangzhou, a wealthy district where the ambassadors fell ill.&nbsp;The idea of a &quot;sonic attack&quot; may sound scary, but it's almost inconceivable to imagine a sonic weapon capable of only targeting&nbsp;Americans in a large city without causing collateral damage on a nation's own people. (That's why the current popular theory is that it's the American boogeyman causing the attacks....<a href="https://nypost.com/2017/11/28/russia-may-have-hand-in-cuba-sonic-attacks/" target="_blank">Russia</a>.)&nbsp;Is there a precedent for sound sickness and how does it work? And which sounds can actually make someone sick? Find out below.

Can These Sounds Actually Make You Sick?

RuPaul's Drag Race

The success of RuPaul's&nbsp;Drag Race is incredible; doubly-so because of the climate in which it exists. It turns out that people, no matter their political ideology or religious beliefs, just love watching fierce drag queens compete to see who is the most fabulous. (Though r<a href="https://slate.com/human-interest/2018/02/rupauls-drag-race-queens-see-racism-in-show-treatment-and-fan-love.html" target="_blank">acism seems alive and well in the fan community</a>. Can't win them all, I guess.)But there's another thing that makes RPDR&nbsp;stand out from other types of television: as a reality show, it&nbsp;inspires its viewership to create fandom art at a level usually reserved for nerds or tweens&nbsp;(think:&nbsp;MCU,&nbsp;Lord of the Rings, Twilight, Sherlock, Supernatural, Game of Thrones,&nbsp;Harry Potter.)&nbsp;In this way, the contestants and hosts of RuPaul's&nbsp;Drag Race are both creators and muses of the divine. (Or maybe just Divine herself.) Below, some of the more fantastical pieces of fan art from the show.&nbsp;

Fabulous Fan Art For 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

Fabulous Fan Art For 'RuPaul's Drag Race' (34 Images)

TV Trivia

Before they were famous, they were an ensemble: these <a href="https://www.ranker.com/crowdranked-list/greatest-tv-shows-of-all-time" target="_blank">popular TV shows</a> had more than just a handful of future A-listers. In the cases below, you'll find that the majority of the cast are bona fide celebrities... and they have these shows to thank for their current success.&nbsp;

19 TV Shows That Launched A Cast's Worth Of Careers

TV Program

Lists about cults around the world, charismatic cult leaders, and warning signs that—uh oh—you might already be in a cult.

Pumpkin, You're In a Cult

People Trivia

The story of a hippie cult centered around a&nbsp;Los Angeles vegetarian restaurant sounds destined for infamy, but&nbsp;the Source Family has largely remained underground. The countercultural tale of&nbsp;Father Yod (born Jim Baker), his&nbsp;restaurant on Sunset Boulevard, and his rock band-turned-cult remains one of the most fascinating anecdotes of the New Age. However, it begs the question: How does a group of&nbsp;hippie vegans become a free-loving cult who will follow their leader anywhere... except off a cliff?

Despite an excellent 2012 documentary,<a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/the-source-family/85370342?ref=morenode_1337919&amp;l=ref=rltdlsts&amp;l=1337919" target="_blank">&nbsp;The Source Family</a>, the story has slipped through the cracks of American counterculture history. Here&#39;s what you need to know.

Why The Source Family Is The Wildest Cult You've Never Heard Of

Literature

Need to take a break from your summer jams playlist and podcast but too lazy to actually read a book? Audiobooks are the answer. The deliver books straight to ears and now you can often find&nbsp;your favorite celebrities and voice actors performing some of the greats of classic literature. From The Odyssey with Ian McKellan&nbsp;to all 42 <a class="edS-cl" href="https://www.ranker.com/list/best-books-of-the-bible/ranker-bible?ref=internalCrossLinking_keyword">books of the Bible</a> performed by an ensemble cast, there are plenty of ways to enlist celebrities to do your reading for you.&nbsp;

20 Best Audiobooks Narrated By Celebrities

The 20 Best Audiobooks Narrated By Celebrities

From movies to theme parks, Universal Studios is an entertainment industry giant. If you're a fan of all things Universal, then see what they have their hands in.

All Things Universal!

Universal Studios

It&#39;s been hard to quiet the rumors of the past several months that&nbsp;<a href="http://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/brinkmann-on-business/os-bz-universal-acquires-more-property-20180412-story.html" target="_blank">Universal&nbsp;is buying up hundreds of acres of land in Orlando</a> for something called &quot;<a href="http://disneyandmore.blogspot.com/2018/04/d-exclusive-universal-orlando-4th-theme.html" target="_blank">Project 314.</a>&quot;&nbsp;It seems likely that this will be a&nbsp;fourth park&nbsp;that will expand upon the&nbsp;already-existing&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ranker.com/list/wizarding-world-of-harry-potter-tips/oliver-pretl-drummond" target="_blank">Universal Studios</a>,&nbsp;Islands of Adventure, and Volcano Bay water park in Florida.&nbsp;

Unfortunately, there probably won&#39;t be any official announcements regarding&nbsp;the park or its attractions in the near future; despite its&nbsp;race against Disney to get these rides up and running, Universal is currently in a lawsuit with the owner of the newly-purchased land, who doesn&#39;t want to have a theme park on the property.

That means there&#39;s still plenty of time to speculate on what Project 314 will actually include. Below, some of the most likely theories.

9 Rumored Attractions For Universal's Secretive Fourth Orlando Theme Park

Westworld

With HBO's epic <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/westworld/84733750" target="_blank">Westworld</a>&nbsp;back for season 2, audiences finally get a glimpse at some of the hinted-at other parks that make up Dr. Robert Ford's visionary destination resort. And so far, both Shogun World (AKA Samurai&nbsp;World) and The Raj (where the Bengal tigers come from) seem just as ill-conceived as a family vacation spot as the titular park itself.Even without the sentient robot rebellion of season 2, Westworld&nbsp;always seemed like a horrible place to bring the kids during summer vacation, and with a price tag of&nbsp;$40,000 a day, you'd probably expect the park to have amenities like hot showers, good meals and indoor plumbing.&nbsp;But since the appeal of Westworld–at least as it applies to its guests–is a fully immersive experience in another reality, can you imagine the concept theme parks&nbsp;that didn't end up making the cut?&nbsp;

17 Rejected 'Westworld' Theme Parks

My 600-lb Life

TLC's popular program <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/my-600-lb-life/82338249" target="_blank">My 600-lb Life</a>&nbsp;has been on television for a full eight seasons now, not including spin-offs like <a href="https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-600-lb-life-where-are-they-now/" target="_blank">My 600-lb Life: Where Are They Now</a> and <a href="https://www.tlc.com/tv-shows/my-600-lb-life/full-episodes/one-ton-family-part-1" target="_blank">One Ton Family</a>.The concept is simple and the episodes are formulaic: each episode, a super morbidly obese person spends a year in&nbsp;weight loss therapy (and usually surgery) under the care of the ultimate Mean Dad, Dr. Nowzaradan&nbsp;in Houston, TX. Before approving them for any surgery, Dr. &quot;Now&quot; will give the patient a weight loss goal they must hit using a strict no-carb, high-protien diet and routine exercise.&nbsp;Along the way, fans of the series have taken to the Internet to create unusual homages to both the show and its great and powerful leader, Dr. Now.

14 Pieces Of Outrageous 'My 600-lb. Life' Fan Art

Lists ranking the best songs and albums by the band known for operatic rock, stadium anthems, and Freddie Mercury.

Dynamite with a Laser Beam

Bohemian Rhapsody

Released in 1975 as part of <a href="https://www.ranker.com/review/queen/1858320" target="_blank">Queen</a>'s&nbsp;Night at the Opera album,&nbsp;&quot;Bohemian Rhapsody&quot; was allegedly the&nbsp;most expensive single ever recorded at the time, with the whole album <a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/57656/15-albums-cost-fortune-make" target="_blank">costing the equivalent of $500,000 today</a> to produce.&nbsp;Clocking in at a little under six minutes, the band's label EMI and its then-manager John Reid wanted to cut the song down, but English DJ and comedian Kenny Everett, a close friend of Mercury's, played the entire song on air before the label could interfere with a shortened radio edit.Initially, the public's reaction to the song was mixed, but thanks to the band's music video of the song (a good seven years before MTV even went on the air)&nbsp;and a populist boost courtesy of&nbsp;Wayne's World, &quot;Bohemian Rhapsody&quot; is today considered one of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2004/may/02/popandrock" target="_blank">most groundbreaking pop songs ever released</a>. In 2004, the song was inducted into the&nbsp;Grammy's Hall of Fame.With Rami Malek starring in the upcoming Freddy Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody, everyone has their own theories on what the song is actually about.&nbsp;

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