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5 Famous Things You Won't Believe Were Invented in Dreams
It turns out a surprising number of society's innovations have come from dreams, proving that sometimes there is method to your brain's madness.
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- By Adam Wears, Evan V. Symon
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5 Insane Ways Science is Humiliating Birds (With WTF Images)
After seeing the myriad ways we've used science to mess with our fine feathered friends, we're frankly shocked they haven't all turned into Hitchockian horror.s
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- By E. Reid Ross
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Cracked Round-Up: Sun-Eating Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 9 Most Utterly Insane Products Released by Famous Brands
We'd say
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- By Richie Ryan, Steve Guiliotis, Ivan Farkas
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5 Shocking Ways Social Media Trends Can Predict Catastrophes
Turns out all that Facebook stalking is good for something.
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- By K. Montagne, Dennis Fulton
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5 Priests Who Turned Badass When Things Got Critical
The downside of being a man of God in a military setting is that there really is a cap on how much ass-kicking you can do. (Sometimes.)
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- By Evan V. Symon
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The 6 Most WTF Scientific Theories About Existence
We're not saying that any of these mind-blowing theories about the nature of everything are accurate, we're just saying that they were proposed by people smarter than us.
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- By Chris Fox
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5 Ridiculous Modern Fashions With Badass Historical Origins
It seems like fashion trends these days are nothing but pointless peacocking, but you might be surprised to find out that many of them arose from a very genuine need.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 6 Most Awesome Special Effects Produced by Nature
Mother Nature loves to demonstrate that, even if you happen to be the most seasoned of outdoors enthusiasts, she still has the ability to full-on blow your mind.
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- By MJ Alba
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6 Images That Ruined the Lives of People They Made Famous
WARNING: SOME OF THESE IMAGES ARE DISTURBING. We have censored where necessary, but if you're sensitive, you might still want to stay away.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Drew Anderson
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The 6 Most Hilariously Petty Abuses of Military Power
We're all for goofing around at work -- our entire business model is based on it. But when that workplace is the military, you'd hope there wouldn't be people running around doing dumbass things.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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The 5 Most Hilarious Actor Meltdowns Behind Famous Movies
Hollywood meltdowns make Chernobyl look like routine procedure.
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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5 Shockingly Progressive Ideas From 'Primitive' Cultures
We're not only less progressive today than you might think, but there have been some truly shocking moments of tolerance in history that make the modern world look downright bigoted.
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- By Patrick McCarty, Patrick Hopkins, Xavier Chavez-Sarria
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Cracked Round-Up: Holy Shit, We Had An Election? Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Plastic Surgeries for Men That Prove Humanity Is Doomed
You just don't see men getting breast implants, and there are not yet reliable ways to do penis enlargements. But the industry is catching up, unfortunately.
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- By Christine Layton
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