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The 5 Most Absurdly Petty National Laws Ever Enforced
If you got where you are by couping the hell out of the last guy, so what's to stop the people from doing the same to you? Furious, insane crackdowns on irrelevant bullshit, that's what!
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- By Richie Ryan, Eric Yosomono, Patrick McCarty, Robert Rosati
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6 Inexplicably Hostile Interviews With Famous Musicians
There are those musicians who, for whatever reason -- an off-putting comment, a generally grumpy demeanor, the fact that they're opening that night for Sinbad -- are a little less agreeable.
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- By Teddy Wayne
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The 5 Most Incredible Things Ever Done Purely Out of Spite
Here are five things that would have never been given life if not for humanity's undying capacity to never let a thing go.
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- By Kelly Stone
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5 Ways Pirates Were Way More Modern Than You Realize
In some ways, pirates were bizarrely ahead of the societal curve. In fact, some of their viewpoints would be heartily endorsed by the campus newspaper of a liberal arts college.
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- By David Reidy, Paige Turner
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5 Terrifying Things Nobody Tells You About Health Care
Here is a handy manual for the unexpected shocks and nasty surprises you are likely to encounter during your time on the health care carousel.
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- By C. Coville
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5 Ways You Didn't Realize You're Making Your Pet Hate You
You may be unwittingly engaging in behaviors that are making your pet's life a living hell.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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5 Words You Use Every Day With Shockingly Dark Backstories
There are common words that you've probably used thousands of times in your life whose origins lay not in an inspired bard trying to expand the way we communicate, but in some dickholes messing with other people or just plain being nasty.
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- By Augustus Johnson
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5 Celebrities You Won't Believe Were Badass Soldiers
Most celebrities are profoundly disappointing in real life. Not these guys.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Patrick Dugan
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Predictions Ever Made in Pop Songs
It turns out music is an explosion of guitars, drums, and telling people about stuff before it happens.
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- By Jacob Trowbridge
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The 6 Most Hilarious Ways People Breached Airport Security
The reality is that while you're enjoying a cavity search for accidentally packing nail clippers in your carry-on, security meltdowns of slapstick proportions nonetheless happen with frightening regularity.
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- By Aaron Bland, Mary Johnson, Chris Fox
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Cracked Round-Up: Pre-Memorial Day Party
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- By CRACKED Staff
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12 Early Uses of Electricity That Proves History Was F#@%ed
When mankind first figured out how this mysterious thing called electricity worked, everyone went a little crazy for a while there.
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- By Salla Maaria
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6 Famous Songs Written by the Last Person You'd Expect
It's never widely publicized who did the actual writing, and sometimes it's for good reason.
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- By Mike Floorwalker
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5 Myths About Curing Common Injuries (You Probably Believe)
From time to time we like to go look up the actual medical advice from experts to find all of the ways conventional wisdom gets these things disastrously wrong.
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- By Daniel Nest
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6 People Saved by Literally the Last Person They Expected
When the time came to tell their rivals to eat shit, they instead turned around and said, 'Sure thing, buddy, let me help you with that.'
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- By Robin O'Lachlan, Alex Hanton, Eric Yosomono
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- 1093