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5 Famously Terrible Movies That Were Almost Great
All great movies are walking a razor's edge, and just one step in the wrong direction will send you plummeting into the darkest depths of absolute stupidity.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Aaron Short
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The 5 Most Absurd Uses of Product Placement Ever
Some shows go the extra mile when hawking for their sponsors, directly weaving them into the storyline with all the grace and subtlety of a drunken hippopotamus.
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- By Dyl Moore, Chan Teik Onn
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5 Dumb Ways People Have Won at Sports
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- By Xavier Jackson
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5 'Crazy People' Who Were Right All Along
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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6 Insane Schemes Attempted at the Dawn of Space Travel
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Ivan Farkas
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5 Hilariously Perverse Trends You Missed in Famous Artwork
We're about to either make you feel better about the current state of art or convince you that it's always been full of perverse nightmare fuel.
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- By Carmen Burana
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5 Ways U.S. Democracy Is More Rigged Than You Think
It turns out the craziest, most overtly bullshit political practices are perfectly legal.
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- By Nathan Blumenthal, Xavier Jackson
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- 1719
5 Classic Movies Made By People Who Wanted Them To Bomb
Can a movie succeed if the very people behind it are doing everything in their power to make sure that it fails? (Hint: Yes.)
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- By Dustin Koski, Evan V. Symon , Soon Van, Ryan Menezes
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Attempts to Censor Popular Cartoons
Sometimes the desire to protect children's sensitive brains turns into bizarre self-parody.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Aaron Short, Ivan Farkas
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- 710
6 Normal People Who Turned into Action Heroes Out of Nowhere
In a world that worships celebrities and fictional superheroes, we've made it our mission to find regular, everyday folks who stepped up in life or death circumstances, their own safety be damned.
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- By Jeff Sloan, Tom Courtney
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- 405
5 Movies That Cause Gaping Plot Holes in Their Own Sequels
It turns out, some sequels only exist by feeding off the carcass of the original's now-mangled plot.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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6 Unassuming People Who Casually Saved Hundreds of Lives
These people went above and beyond, sometimes sacrificing themselves in the process.
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- By Nels Nelsen
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- 642
5 Awesome Things Invented by the Last People You'd Expect
Great inventions can come from anywhere. Even the last place you would ever expect.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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- 668
The 6 Most Bizarre Ways to Lose Popular Video Games
We've always said that if you can't succeed, at least try to fail in an entertaining way.
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- By Ed Stevens
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- 753
5 Medical Urban Legends (That Actually Came True)
No matter how crazy soap opera medical dramas might be, none of them compare to the real world plotlines these folks experienced.
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- By Hillery Alley
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- 548