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6 Completely Ridiculous Ways Famous Movies Paid The Bills
In the days before Indiegogo, some now-famous directors got the money they needed for their breakout films in less conventional ways.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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5 Medical Myths And Prejudices That Kill People Every Day
Some of the factors standing between us and adequate medical care serve as reminders of how far we are from a Utopian society in which no one is forced to wonder if that thing on their back is cancer.
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- By Natalie Vail
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6 Insane Dick Moves By Directors Behind Famous Movies
When it comes to movie directors, the lack of sanity can be quite striking.
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- By Chris Radomile
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6 Video Games That Came Bundled With Filthy, Filthy Lies
We're reasonably sure that the most ingenious 'video game plot' these days is the one designed to scam you.
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- By Jeff Silvers
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- 385
5 Horrifying Laws It Took WAY Too Long To Fix
One hopes that when nations refer to their bleak history, they mean centuries ago, and not 'earlier this morning.'
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- By Mordecai Jones
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6 Actors Whose Offscreen Lives Are A Hilarious Surprise
Spoiler alert: Actors are not the same people as the roles they play.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Dark Movies You'll Never See The Same Knowing Their Origin
Many of the byzantine horrors we see today were thought up by writers standing in line to buy a new mattress -- or something equally boring and mundane.
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- By JM McNab
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3 Ways Obsessive Fans Are Ruining Their Own Favorite Movies
The one things today's fans seem to have forgotten: It's about the journey.
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- By Stephan Roget
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The 14 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (7/26)
Trying to keep up with the news is like trying to assemble a jigsaw puzzle with half the pieces gone and the rest coated in sewage.
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- By T. S. Obiech, Scott Laffey
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6 Nightmare Historical Diseases Humanity Forgot Are Possible
Some of the most truly horrible and bizarre diseases reared their heads for one specific moment in history before vanishing just as strangely as they arrived, never to be seen again (we hope).
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Bizarre Assumptions Movies Make About Strong Women
Yeah, we are getting more "strong" women in movies, but there are some truly bizarre things writers just can't get past.
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- By Abraham Mireles, Tara Marie, Matt Cowan
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The 7 Most Accidentally Horrifying Children's Characters
Creating a children's character should be a relatively straightforward process. Until you freebase bath salts.
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- By Raoni Lacerda
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- 203
5 Problems Superheroes Would Have (Movies Don't Address)
Wouldn't it be awesome if your favorite superheroes came to life? Actually, it turns out that'd be more than a little complicated.
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- By Stephan Roget
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- 452
6 Celebrities Who Are Surprisingly Angry On Twitter
That's it, let it all out - just don't do it on Twitter.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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- 323
6 Gross Bodily Functions Humanity Developed On Purpose
Our bodies are weird, as the farts that half of you will inadvertently release while reading this can attest to. But at least now we know why.
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- By Mordecai Jones
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- 336