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5 Villains Who Went Out of Their Way to Screw Their Own Plan
If you're the type of person who enjoys picking apart movies, by far the easiest (and most amusing) starting point is to simply rewatch the movie from the villain's perspective. What does the villain actually want? Does the way he's going about it make sense at all? The answers are usually ridiculous.
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- By Robin Warder
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17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 10)
It's time again for our most popular feature, in which we take photos that have made millions of Internet users scream 'FAKE!' and prove that they are, in fact, real.
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- By Joe Russo
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The 6 Most Important Sci-Fi Ideas (Were Invented by a Hack)
Many fundamental elements of science fiction as we know it can be tracked back to a cheap knockoff of the classic, 'War of the Worlds.'
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Insane Real Sports They Need to Add to the Olympics
There are plenty of sports out there that could be added to the game to spice them up. And we're talking about real sports here, not the game of flamethrower tag we tried to get them to add last time.
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- By XJ Selman
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11 Everyday Things That Are Terrifying Under a Microscope
As human beings, we go about our day-to-day lives, completely oblivious to the microscopic world around us. And that ignorance is great, because most of that microscopic world is scary as hell.
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- By Kier Harris
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Cracked Round-Up: Olympic Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most Insane Childbirth Stories of All Time
Once again, real life kicks fiction's ass when it comes to situations that seem too absurd to be real.
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- By Josh Hrala
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5 Creepy Things London Did to Prepare for the Olympics
It's all in the name of anti-terrorism and public safety, of course, but the London 2012 Olympics will be the most sinister sporting event ever held outside of 'Battle Royale.'
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- By Lillian Marx, Max Danvers
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6 Mind-Blowing Things People Built in Their Backyard
You proud of what you've got going on around your house? Doesn't matter, whatever you've got doesn't compare to these mind-boggling one-man projects.
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- By XJ Selman, J.T. Mitchell
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6 Terrifying Bats You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
The only reason you're not more afraid of bats than you are now is because you've never seen one up close. Allow us to change that.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Movies Made Possible by Characters Who Suck at Their Job
If you're reading this at work right now instead of finishing that report, keep in mind that you might very well be setting off the plot of movies like these.
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- By David Christopher Bell, Daniel Crow, Dennis Fulton
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5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome
The human body is a miracle. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't always be finding ways to game the system to gain a little bit more of an advantage.
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- By Sam Irwin
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The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work)
t's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares what the statistics say.
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- By Robert Evans
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8 Ridiculous Animal Myths You Probably Believe
When it comes to myths about our neighbors in the animal kingdom, people tend to buy into even the most far-fetched ideas with nary a second thought.
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- By Jonathan Wojcik, J.C Breen, Nathan R. Carlsen, Kristina Dillon
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The 5 Most Terrifying Ways Doctors Went Crazy on the Job
We're sorry to say, but the number of crazy people in the medical establishment is greater than zero. Just look at these cases.
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- By Jeremy Ervin
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- 809