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8 Online Fads You Didn't Know Were Invented Decades Ago
Many of the things we think of as being unique to the Internet generation pre-date it by decades.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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303 The 9 Most Underrated Funny Songs (According to Weird Al)
By Weird Al Yankovic. Seriously.
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- By Weird Al Yankovic
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7 Great Products for Telling the World You're a Rich Dick
The thing about being super rich is that you eventually run out of things to buy. Fortunately, before you ever get so desperate as to, say, give money to the poor, there is a whole industry devoted to inventing ridiculous things to waste it on.
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- By Cole Gamble
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Cracked Round-Up: Middle of Winter Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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'2012' Sucks Worse Than the Mayans Could Have Predicted
2012 is like watching a Special Olympics weightlifting event.
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- By Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts
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6 People Who Got Away With Living an (Implausible) Lie
There's no lie too big or too dumb for human beings not to believe it.
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- By Tom Gibbens
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7 Things 'Good Parents' Do That Screw Up Kids For Life
If the latest research is to be believed, even the good stuff we thought we were doing for our kids is ruining them.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Horrific Ways Your Brain Can Turn On You Without Warning
Even if you're perfectly healthy and have never had a mental illness or dropped acid, your brain can mess with you in a terrifying variety of ways.
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- By David O'Shea
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5 Plot Devices That Make Good Video Games Suck
Video game makers are working hard to achieve their dream of a playable movie, or at least a game that looks like a movie in a two-minute trailer. And it works, until you hit the start button.
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- By Derek James
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6 Insane Laws We'll Need in the Future
Advances in genetic engineering and AI are going to change what it means to be human, and that means lots and lots of work for the future's lawyers.
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- By Mark M.
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When Cartoon Cliches Go Horribly Wrong
This sort of thing apparently happens all the time.
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- By Jonathan Wojcik
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6 Movie Plots Made Possible by Bafflingly Bad Decisions
Take a giant gorilla to New York City and put him on display? What could possibly go wrong?
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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The 7 Most Badass Last Stands in the History of Battle
Leonidas has nothing on these guys. At least he had some backup.
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- By Ben Thompson
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Cracked Round-Up: Post-Party Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 People Who Faked Their Own Death (For Ridiculous Reasons)
We can admit that sometimes it might make sense to fake your death. You know, like if you're on the run from the mob, or something. Or you could go a totally different route and fake your death for a really asinine reason. Kind of like these people...
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- By Jeff Kelly, Matthew Hayden
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