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The 5 Most Incredible Pranks Pulled With Major Landmarks
These stunts range from merely dickish to grossly illegal, and each is still admirable in its own way.
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- By Natso Baatarkhuu, Justin Crockett, Ivan Farkas
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5 Modern Things in Historical Images That Shouldn't Exist
Modern society invented everything great, and the rest of history is just a bunch of chumps squatting in holes. The thing is, some of that seemingly recent stuff has been around a lot longer than you'd figure.
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- By Patricia Loupee, Carmen Burana
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6 Tiny Mistakes That Shaped Huge Parts of Modern History
The shaping of history is a lot less Illuminati and a lot more the 3 Stooges.
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- By Alexander Pan
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5 Criminals Who Were Hilariously Good at Escaping Jail
You're never sure if you should admire their brazen creativity, or just make sure you never live too close to a prison.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Charlie Fox
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6 Video Game Easter Eggs Developers Didn't Want You to Find
Dedicate enough time to unlocking a game's secrets and you too could be scarred for life.
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- By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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5 Conspiracy Theories You Won't Believe (Really Happened)
History is chock-full of real conspiracies even crazier than Oliver Stone's fever dreams.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , E.M. Caris
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5 Historical Figures More Terrifying Than Any Horror Villain
Jason Vorhees would run away screaming at the sight of any of these real-life monsters.
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- By Janel Comeau
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5 Things You Don't Know About Strippers (Until You Are One)
Despite the venerable legacy of this career, and the utter ubiquity of strip clubs in our modern cityscapes, most people know very little about the realities of dancing naked.
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- By Robert Evans, Amanda Mannen, Meredith, Emily, Salvatore, Layne, Laura, Zooey, Helen
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5 Video Game Movie Adaptations (That Missed The Point)
It's one thing to add video game elements to your movie -- it's quite another to stray so far from the film that you miss its reason for existing entirely.
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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5 Horrifying Ways Cartoons Tried to Cover Important Issues
Each and every one of these episodes means well (we assume), but the results range from merely misguided to downright traumatic.
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- By Matthew Moffitt
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6 Nobodies Who Turned Into Action Heroes Without Warning
Real action hero shit happens every day ... and doesn't even require action heroes to make it happen.
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- By Zachary Frey
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9 Classic Movie Posters (With Bizarre First Drafts)
You'd think poster designers have this shit down pat. But thats only because you haven't seen the posters we almost got.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Tiny Paperwork Screw-Ups That Ruined Random People's Lives
If you feel like the government is bending you over, take solace in the fact that your situation could be worse.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Huge Scientific Advances Created by Even Bigger Dick Moves
You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs, there are a few pioneers of medical research that arguably smashed entire cartons more than necessary to arrive at their world-changing breakthroughs.
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- By Josh Brown
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- 678