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The 6 Craziest Beliefs Entire Cultures Have Held About Sex
We like to think we've got a pretty good handle on how sex works at this point, but to be honest, we'd have paid way more attention in sex ed class if they'd told us these things.
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- By Isaac Mook
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5 Animals Who Live Through a Horror Movie Every Day
As many unimaginable horrors as Mother Nature enjoys throwing at us, there are other, less fortunate animals out there who live their entire lives hunted by the kind of creatures that make horror movie villains pale in comparison.
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- By Andrew Munro, Lachlan M.
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Cracked Round-Up: 2012's Last Chance Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most Hilariously Insane Rulers of All Time
Don't get us wrong -- we're sure it was a nightmare for everyone involved. But it does make for hilarious stories down the line.
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- By Kyle Stevens
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7 Bizarre Things That Science Says Make You a Better Athlete
When people think about how scientists can help them be better at sports, they're probably thinking about what cocktail of steroids they can take that won't show up on a urine test. The truth is actually way more legal.
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- By John Dubensky, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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6 Places You'll Recognize from the Background of Every Movie
Here are six locations with more robust IMDb pages (and better managers, apparently) than 80 percent of Hollywood.
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- By Erik Germ
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5 Amazing Ways Animals Can Control Their Bodies
In the game of "Pick a Superpower" let us submit some lesser known yet still amazing bodily functions that would be life-changing or, if nothing else, hilarious.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Agneeth Mazumdar, Micah Duke
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6 Things That Secretly Make You Act Like a Jerk
It is horrifyingly easy to manipulate a person's moral decisions without them knowing it -- that's why this is one of our favorite subjects.
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- By XJ Selman
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Where Aren't They Now? 13 Overlooked Deaths of 2012
Every year, Cracked takes a few minutes to look back and reflect on the lives of the recently deceased whose deaths didn't necessarily make headlines, despite the fact that they each changed your life in some small way.
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- By Lisa Skye, Paul Rasche
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The Top 25 Cracked Articles of 2012
The views have been tallied. The critics have been ignored. Nothing but the hits: The 25 most crazy popular articles we put up this year.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The Top 15 Cracked Videos of 2012
They made you laugh, they made you cry, they made you think. Or made you do none of those things at all.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most Baffling Pieces of Christmas Themed Fan Fiction
Without further ado, let's see the genital-shriveling ways your favorite characters celebrate the holidays.
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- By Mark Hill
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10 Christmas Decorations That Will Haunt Your Dreams
The following Christmas decorations are a testament to the fact that even psychopaths and serial killers apparently make time between pulling the legs off insects and fashioning skin suits to celebrate the holidays.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Adam Wears, Tracy V., Kelly Stone, Brittany H.
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9 Disturbing Christmas Ads You Won't Believe Are Real
Here are some old-school holiday ads that make us wonder what the hell the past was thinking.
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- By Diana McCallum
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The 6 Most Aggressively Badass Things Done by Pacifists
There's a special kind of badass out there: The kind that overcomes horrific violence with nothing but willpower, skill, bravery, and (to be totally fair) a somewhat stupid disregard for personal safety.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Dustin Koski
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- 860