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The 6 Most Horrifying Lies The Food Industry is Feeding You
If there's one thing in the world the food industry is dead set against, it's allowing you to actually maintain some level of control over what you eat.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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8 Simple Questions You Won't Believe Science Can't Answer
You think you understand gravity. And then you start looking at what it actually is, and then you're in a world of shit.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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5 Things Our Kids Won't Have In School
Thee basics haven't changed in generations, but some of the most iconic staples of school life are about to disappear forever.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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6 Famous Firsts You Learned in History Class (Are Total BS)
Your whole life you've been taught the importance of coming in first. Whether you're the first to make a great discovery or the first to hit the finish line, it's all a big deal. That's why it's right to point out the phonies.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez, John Champion
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6 Devices Made for Aquatic Supervillainy
We've compiled this list of handy aquatic devices for the aspiring maniac to use in theme crimes, avenge the death of a beloved pet kraken or just really show a beach full of arrogant spring breakers WHAT IS UP NOW.
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- By Monte Richard
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The 6 Most Badass Families of All-Time
As it turns out, badassery is handed down through the bloodline.
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- By Dan Seitz
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Cracked Round-Up: Police Raid Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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11 Useful Products Too Embarrassing to Actually Use
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- By Tracy V.
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The 5 Most Badass War Heroes Who Never Held a Weapon
The pen, they say, is mightier than the sword. What they neglected to tell you is that, more often than you'd think, quite a few things are mightier than the pen. Things like bagpipes, crosses and sometimes just a really magnetic personality.
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- By Tony Pilgram
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5 Things You Do Every Day That Are Actually Addictions
As science gets a better understanding of how addiction works in the brain, suddenly a whole lot of our habits and cultural phenomena make more sense.
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- By Mike Haring
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6 Judges Who Went Completely Insane on the Bench
Judges are human beings, too, and when they get bored or angry, they become lunatics just like everyone else.
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- By Colin Rowe
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7 Mind-Blowing Structures Built in Secret
Why would anyone build something impressive and keep it a secret? Plenty of reasons. Just know the next time you look out your window you could be staring straight at a secret.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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6 Movie Plot Holes You Never Noticed Thanks to Editing
The casual jump from A to B is often used as a writer's crutch to gloss over the stuff they didn't have the time to think through -- little things like 'continuity,' 'logic' and 'whether or not our protagonist just did some accidental murder.'
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- By David Christopher Bell
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7 Famous 'Unsolved' Mysteries (Science Solved Years Ago)
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- By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Companies That Are Clearly Catering to Supervillains
Thanks to the magic of the free market there are companies that sell sexy female bodyguards.
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- By Benjamin Buso
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