Has anyone heard of this website? listverse.com From what I understand is that they buy top 10 lists for $100.00 for around 1500 words (if they accept it of course) I have no idea of the acceptance rate but I thought it might be fun to try it out. I have my idea just need to write up some descriptions now. Even if its somewhat low pay just working on research can open up the possibility for good story ideas.
I actually thought about listverse, but it's a difficult pitch to make. I looked into their submission guidelines, and your list needs to be unique, on a subject that has not been done before. Looking at what has been covered, it seems to be very difficult to come up with content that has not been touched on already.