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5 Iconic Songs Despised by the People Who Created Them
Sometimes musicians slap together what they think is their worst song, only to see it become the hit that makes them famous.
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- By Mark Leonardson, J. Wisniewski, Rich Solomon, Chris Snipes
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The 5 Most Insane Teams in the History of Sports
It turns out that every sport has an 'anything goes' period in its history when insanity was just par for the course.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Awesome Superpowers (That Would Suck in Real Life)
We're about to show you how having your favorite superpower would likely have pretty crappy -- if not completely disastrous -- results. You're welcome!
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- By Nathaniel Cope
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6 Unknown Artists Who Made All of Our Favorite Movie Moments
These people have worked tirelessly to help create some of your favorite moments in film, only to have their names scroll by in eight-point font while the audience files out, or, at best, patiently waits for that five-second scene where Iron Man eats a burrito.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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- 950
6 Mental Illnesses That Only Happen in One Place on Earth
There is a long list of absolutely bizarre mental disorders that are extremely common in one place, and only one.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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The 5 Most Epic Backfires in the History of Bad Jokes
The problem with sarcasm, is that sometimes you can do it so well (or so poorly) that people don't realize you're joking.
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- By Russell Puntenney
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6 Military Fakes You Won't Believe Fooled the World
It's not surprising that these ridiculous, compulsive liars exist. It's surprising that some of them managed to fool the world.
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- By C. Coville, Adam Wears, Douglas A. McDonnell
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Cracked Round-Up: Beer Brewing Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Making Comics More Diverse
The efforts to create these characters made it appear that they had never actually spoken to any non-white person in their lives.
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- By Ed Johnson
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- 1302
6 Alternate Album Covers You Won't Believe Almost Happened
Many of these bands almost made history for a different reason -- by producing albums with covers that would have traumatized (or at least confused) a generation.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris
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The 6 Least Hip Internet References in Song Lyric History
There's a fine line between 'artful inclusion' and 'unskilled name-dropping,' and the following songs dove headfirst into the latter, awkwardly revealing that on the whole, pop stars simply do not use computers.
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- By Jason Iannone
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- 702
5 Staples of the Legal System That Statistics Say Don't Work
Some habits are really hard to freaking change. And it's too bad, because these legal practices need to.
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- By Andrew Munro
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7 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Publications
These slingers of brain candy have been corrupting humanity for longer than the gun and oil industries combined, so it's not surprising that they've stashed a few bizarre secrets up their sleeves.
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- By Robert Rosati
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6 Actors Who Play the Exact Same Role in Multiple Movies
Some actors find themselves in the same oddly specific situations in different movies. Not because they're typecast, but seemingly by pure coincidence.
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- By Mike Floorwalker
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5 Insane Prison Escapes You Won't Believe Actually Worked
In real life, most prison escapes aren't the result of mind-blowingly complex schemes, but a combination of dumb luck, indifferent guards, and unintentional hilarity.
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- By Rich Solomon
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- 461