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6 Dazzling Sights in Nature (Caused by Human Stupidity)
As bad as it is that humanity is destroying the planet, at least we can console ourselves with the fact that we manage to create some trippy imagery in the process.
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- By Kel Zhang
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5 Famous Modern Events You Won't Believe Happened Before
You can rest assured that many of the 'modern' problems we deal with today were around in Grandpa's time, too.
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- By Adam Wears, John Martin, Ruy Platt
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5 Childhood-Ruining Appearances from Famous Characters
Nobody's perfect. This includes your favorite childhood characters, because for every pop culture icon, there's at least one obscure episode where they can be seen doing things you'd never expect.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Dumb Things Movie Characters Do Only to Advance the Plot
These are the times when the filmmakers are hoping you get so enthralled with the action that you forget how much more easily the whole thing could have been resolved, if somebody hadn't dropped the ball.
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- By Robin Warder
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- 436
6 Daring Assassination Plots (Carried Out by Morons)
Apparently, most of the world's assassination attempts turn into a Mr. Bean-esque slapstick scenarios.
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- By Chris J.
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- 491
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5 Hilariously Insane Works of Art Made by Celebrities
It is damn near impossible to make any questionable comments about a work of art's inherent quality -- unless, of course, that artwork was made by radically out-of-touch celebrities.
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- By Rodney Taylor
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The 5 Most Cringe-Worthy Video Game Commercials
For decades, out-of-touch marketers who have never held a controller in their lives have tried to come up with ad campaigns that make their game seem hip or edgy with often awkward results.
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- By Chris Rio
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- 460
6 Mind-Blowing Discoveries We Just Made About Famous Art
The more we study these centuries-old paintings, the more weirdness we discover.
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- By Carmen Burana
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- 524
5 Animals That Have Learned How to Keep Pets
Looking around this giant waterlogged space-boulder we call Earth, we find several clear cases of domestication among animals that shouldn't even grasp the concept.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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- 306
5 Ridiculous Lies You Probably Believe About Psychology
After a semester of intro to psychology and a dozen BuzzFeed quizzes, you might think you've got a pretty good understanding of how the human psyche works. But not so fast ...
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- By Carmen Burana, M. Merberg
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5 Amazing Performances by Actors Who Weren't Acting (Part 4)
If you thought being a child actor was rough now... Imagine what it was like before
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- By Chris Rio, Aaron Short
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- 438
6 Real Martial Arts Tournaments Crazier Than 'Mortal Kombat'
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- By Raoni Lacerda
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- 379
5 Weirdly Specific Trends From When Comic Books Were Insane
Over the decades comics have gone through all sorts of fads and phases in an effort to change with the times. And sometimes things got weird.
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- By S. Stone
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- 405
6 Ways Movies Get Space Wrong (by Astronaut Chris Hadfield)
If you're ever up in space and suddenly go blind, don't panic. Chris Hadfield can totally see now.
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- By Mark Hill
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The 5 Most Disastrous Marketing Failures of All Time
In a world where it feels like we're all brainwashed by corporate marketing campaigns, it's nice to see them fall flat on their faces now and then.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Evan V. Symon , Carmen Burana
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- 799