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6 Everyday Things You Won't Believe Famous People Invented
A lot of inventors end up flying under the radar do to human ignorance. These folks? We're only ignorant to the fact they could've been so innovative.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Matt Pass, Carolyn Burke, Ruy Platt
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6 Times People Have Legally Claimed To Own Everyday Things
What's the easiest way to make money? Just do what these people did: Find something you didn't do and try to take credit for it.
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- By Luke T. Harrington
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- 405
The 5 Most Bafflingly Racist Beloved Fictional Universes
If you go looking for hilariously terrible messages about race in pop culture, it is not hard to find them.
The World's 7 Sleaziest Jobs (Didn't Exist A Decade Ago)
To make up for the plethora of failed predictions, we've had to invent sleazy new occupations that not even the most pessimistic sci-fi dystopia could have foreseen.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The 12 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/29)
The news is kind of like a creepy cult leader who makes a convincing case that the world is going to end next month, until you realize he's been saying the same thing for 40 years.
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- By Ted E., T. S. Obiech
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5 Baffling Lies Society Told You About Fat People
Almost every aspect of our war against fat is screwed by a slew of misconceptions, mistakes, and dodgy data.
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- By E. Fitzgerald
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- 2018
10 Cracked Posts Everyone Went Nuts Over Last Week - 9/27
You were all pissing your trousers over the return of "Hey Dude"
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- By Cracked Writers
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- 13
Embarrassing Movies Made By Famous Musicians
Here are some talented musicians you've probably heard of who made bizarre, pretentious movies you almost certainly haven't.
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- By Sam Jackson, JM McNab
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5 Insane Examples Of Censorship Backfiring Hilariously
Censorship is a no-win situation.
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- By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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- 393
6 Common Things You Do In Video Games (That Are War Crimes)
Many 'serious' elements in our war games are illegal enough in real life to earn you a court martial.
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- By Adam Wears
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The 6 Most Fascinating Vending Machines Ever, Definitely
You know that joke about how Japan has vending machines that sell used schoolgirl panties, for the pervert on the go? Well, those aren't even the weirdest ones.
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- By Cracked Writers
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- 452
7 Sneaky Ways Developers Got Revenge On Cheating Jerks
Dealing with cheaters doesn't have to be all banning. Some developers decided to get hilariously creative.
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- By Ed Stevens
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- 504
The 5 Most Awesome Video Games (They'll Never Let You Play)
Let's take a moment to gaze upon some killer ideas in this graveyard of canceled games, and wonder what might have been.
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- By Cracked Writers
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- 465
8 Real Ad Campaigns Straight Out Of The Bowels Of Hell
Like all of us, even the savviest of Don Drapers will sometimes just plain ol' shit the bed.
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- By Michael Hossey
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The 13 Most Insane Things Happening Right Now (9/22)
The news is like a shrill fire alarm that screams 24 hours a day, because really there's always something on fire somewhere.
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- By Ted E., T. S. Obiech
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- 896