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The 6 Most Baffling Marketing Disasters by Famous Companies
The line between roaring success and humiliating disaster is so, so thin in the world of advertising.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Marco Caruso
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5 Brilliant Clues Hidden in the Background of Movies
It's hard to blame the internet for spoiling movies when these movies did it to themselves.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Dennis Fulton
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Outfits Ever Worn Into Battle
If you're going into battle, you've got two wardrobe options: You can dress in something practical -- camouflage, body armor, boring shit like that -- or you can slap on a SpongeBob costume.
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- By George Oduor
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5 People Who Took Revenge to a Whole New Level
They'll tell you that there just ain't no wrath like cold-blooded wrath, 'cause cold-blooded wrath don't stop ... until those who have wronged you are dead, dead, dead.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Evan V. Symon
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5 Disturbing Ways Insects Can 'Hack' Nature
At this very instant they're out there, cracking the most primeval codes in existence.
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- By Monte Richard
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- 468
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Cracked Round-Up: Funspiracies Edition!
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Unintentionally Hilarious Live-Action Video Games
There was a silver lining to the video game industry's failing attempt to emulate Hollywood -- FMV games were a gold mine of unintentional comedy.
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- By CRACKED Staff, Dustin Koski
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The 5 Most Baffling Celebrity Cameos in Pro Wrestling
One reason pro wrestling will probably stick around forever is that there are certain advantages to having everything scripted, such as making sure shocking underdog stories happen right on schedule, and celebrity guest appearances.
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- By Andrei Cherascu
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5 Horrifying Implications of the 'Star Trek' Universe
It turns out there are some horrible implications behind all that awesome technology and progressive ideology that are never addressed.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Kier Harris
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5 Classic Movies That Ruined Their Makers' Careers
So before you quit your day job and move to LA, let us tell you about the filmmakers who put their blood, sweat, and tears into something great, only to be rewarded with nothing but a middle finger.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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5 Mind-Blowing Ways Science Has Hacked the Human Body
Science fiction taught us that when science starts modifying the human body, it's going to involve robot parts and genetic modification gone terrifyingly wrong. But the reality is that the body modifications that are right around the corner are way less frightening and quite a bit more useful.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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- 952
5 Simple Ways to Trick Yourself into Not Feeling Pain
It turns out there unexpected ways to reduce pain, and we're not referring to your grandpa's preferred method.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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6 'Harmless' Fads That Caused Widespread Destruction
It turns out some fads have poisoned thousands, started wars, and enslaved entire nations, all for the sake of some dumbass thing people wanted to ride, wear, or eat.
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- By Jack Hall, J. Wisniewski, Paige Turner
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5 Easy Fixes to Complex Problems You Won't Believe Worked
We're wondering just how many of the successful solutions here were first offered out of pure sarcasm.
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- By Erik Germ
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5 Well-Known Tips for Healthy Eating (That Don't Work)
Considering that eating is the basic building block of survival, you'd think we'd pretty much have it down by now, yet it's hard to find a subject more prone to bullshit.
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- By Ryan J. Leeds, Chan Teik Onn
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- 1668