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5 Seemingly Harmful Things That Make You Live Longer
Apparently science says that there are plenty of random and even bad habits that will help us live longer.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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5 Reasons to Be Terrified That Computers Can Now Read Faces
Recognizing you is just the beginning -- the goal is to create software that can all but read your goddamned mind. Don't believe us? Guess what -- the technology exists.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Things Nobody Tells You About Living in Japan
Japan is constantly depicted in movies and TV shows as a technological wonderland of science and innovation. So why don't the houses have heat?
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- By Charlie Jones
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6 Creepy Things You Never Noticed About Famous Kids Cartoons
The longer and harder you look at something, the more grotesque it's going to get.
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- By Preston Xander
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7 Movie Plot Holes You Didn't Notice Due to Editing (Pt. 2)
Even great movies build key plot points around utterly impossible events hidden by clever edits.
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- By Robin Warder
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5 Awesome Vigilantes Who Solved Crimes Better Than the Cops
Look, we're not saying that you should spend your spare time confronting violent criminals -- it ends badly more often than not. We're just saying that it's awesome when it works.
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- By Juan Arteaga, Tracy V.
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5 Insane Pop Culture Crossovers That Almost Happened
Even if two franchises share the same fans, that doesn't mean it makes any sense for the characters to show up in the same universe.
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- By Ken Ossea, Jr.
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The 5 Most Impressive Things Built by One Obsessive Person
Is any of the stuff on this list particularly useful? Nope. Is it all impressive? Absolutely.
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- By Jonathan D. Pearl
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- 556
5 Workplaces Annoyances That Can Actually Boost Creativity
Science shows that almost everything you hate about your shitty office actually makes you more creative.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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Cracked Round-Up: Write For Us, You Bastards Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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7 Bizarre Prehistoric Versions of Modern-Day Animals
Nobody ever cranks out a masterpiece in one sitting. Not even Mother Nature gets it right the first time.
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- By Agneeth Mazumdar
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9 Animals That Are Just Lazy Combinations of Other Animals
Remember the first time you saw a platypus as a kid and for a moment refused to believe that nature would really create an animal that looks like a duck had sex with a beaver? Well guess what, the world is actually full of bizarre mashup creatures like that, some of them hilarious and some of them terrifying, all of them looking like the result of
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- By Andrew Burch, Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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The 6 Manliest Ways People Still Hunt for Food
In a world where you can have hot food delivered to you within minutes even if you're in the middle of the wilderness, many of you probably believe that there are no more hunter-gatherers left. You would be wrong.
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- By Andrew Munro
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Write for Cracked and Get Paid (in Money)
If you want to get paid to write for Cracked, you can. Right now. No experience necessary.
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- By Adam Tod Brown
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- 627
8 Cheap Ways to Fake Being a Pro Chef
Even if you're starting from zero (perhaps especially so), here is the ultimate list of insider tools that'll make you better than Chef Boyardee.
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- By Tim Ferriss
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- 1330