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6 Awesome Vehicles of War with Ridiculous Weaknesses
These weapons almost worked, in a world where 'almost working' might as well be 'hilarious failure.'
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- By Xavier Jackson
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690 7 Ridiculous Origins of Everyday Words
We find it so fascinating to go back and understand where the words we use actually came from. Yet out of all the times we've done this previously, these origins might just take the cake.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 11 Most Unintentionally Creepy Christmas Ornaments
When it comes time to make holiday decorations, the line between festive and nightmarish is razor thin.
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- By Adam Wears, CRACKED Staff
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The 36 Worst Action Figures From Iconic Toy Lines
Every kid knew that there was an inherent risk in asking Santa for an action figure, because parents usually figured that as long as it had the right logo on the box, they were on the safe side. This, naturally, caused many a tear-filled holiday.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, M. Asher Cantrell, Peter File
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The 6 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Superhero Reinventions
Classic comic book characters have successfully been reinvented over the years. But they kept being succesful because the core was the same -- no one would ever mess with that, would they?
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Steve Blair
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The 6 Most Secretly Racist Classic Children's Books
It's easy for us to hide the bad things from our kids that appear in works today. Things get a little trickier when classics of children's literature suddenly let fly with the sort of out-of-the-blue casual racism usually reserved for old Southern men after a few too many drinks
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- By Juan Arteaga, John Champion
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5 Screw-Ups on the Battlefield That Accidentally Won the War
Sometimes, even in war, a little stupidity can work to your advantage.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Douglas A. McDonnell
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6 Real Acts of Self Defense Too Awesome for an Action Movie
These stories are all so far beyond a reasonable point that they need a GPS and a Coast Guard escort to find their way back.
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- By Karl Smallwood
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5 Turncoats Who Changed the Tide of History
In the grand scale of things, not much changes when a single dude decides he'd rather be a Communist than an American, or vice versa. The balance of power is still basically the same, right? But every balance has a tipping point, and sometimes all it takes is one turncoat to change the course of history.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Douglas A. McDonnell
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Cracked Round-Up: Day Trading Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Badass Jobs That You're Probably Already Qualified to Do
It turns out some of the most awesomely portrayed jobs in movies require almost no training whatsoever and can be done by almost any old jackass who walks in off the street.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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5 Of the Most Badass Soldiers Ever (Happened to be Dogs)
Dogs were probably useful as hell on the battlefield way back when. With the advent of artillery, you'd think they'd be retired from combat situations. Of course, you'd be totally wrong.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Kenny Thompson
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6 Things Movies Love to Get Wrong About The Workplace
Writers and directors aren't exactly corporate experts and often don't even know what an average office job is like. That's why they've come up with these weird misunderstandings of how companies work.
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- By Christina H
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7 Insane Festivals You Won't Believe Are Legal
Ah, the holidays: A time to give thanks, spend time with family, eat good food, light your neighbors on fire, rub engine oil in grandma's eyes, get drunk, fight a bull and dress up in a white tuxedo to ward off the furious ghosts of fish.
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- By Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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The 5 Most Horrifyingly Wasteful Film Shoots
It's obvious Hollywood wants us to think it cares about the fragile environment. But when it comes time to getting just the right shot, wiping out a big hunk of ecosystem is considered a small price to pay.
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- By Kevin Forde
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