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9 5 Insane True Stories That Prove Humans Can Survive Anything
There is no shortage of extraordinary tales of human endurance out there just waiting to be made into Oscar-baiting movie scripts.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Ricardo Rivera
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5 Creepy Abandoned Rooms Found Hiding in Plain Sight
It's amazing how periods of history can stay preserved in a room when nobody can break in and destroy it.
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- By Chris Sansone
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The 6 Most Idiotic Decisions by Authority Figures in Movies
Authority figures, from police departments to federal agencies, aren't known for making the wisest decisions in movies. In fact, some of them are bafflingly stupid.
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- By Robin Warder
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6 Sacred Icons of American Culture That Aren't Even American
No matter what metaphor you use to describe the United States' heterogeneous origins, there are nonetheless those facets of American culture that are widely regarded as uniquely (and sacredly) American. Well, guess what? They came from everywhere else.
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The 6 Coolest Survival Traits Designed by Evolution
It turns out that, occasionally, evolution will reach way the hell out of the box and come back with solar-powered lizards and Iron Man snails.
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8 Characters You Won't Believe Are Based on Real People
Some characters are so bizarre, improbable, or flat-out impossible that you have to wonder how their creators ever came up with them. In a surprising amount of cases, the answer is that they didn't.
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- By Sammy Trujillo
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5 Real-Life Stories of Twins Creepier Than Any Horror Movie
If you feel bad for being so creeped out by twins, let us share with you some true stories that range from merely weird to downright bone-chilling.
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- By Jamie Flexman
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5 Ways Your Brain Is Tricking You into Being Miserable
Everyone wants to be happy, but the biggest obstacle to that is the mushy thing inside your skull that you think with.
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- By Kathy Benjamin, Dieter Melsens
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5 Cities That Will Be Wiped Off the Map by Natural Disasters
No matter how technologically advanced humans become, we'll always spend a good portion of our time pathetically flailing at nature and the various disasters it attempts to grind us down with.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Douglas A. McDonnell, Evan V. Symon
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5 Basic Facts of Life (Were Made Up by Marketing Campaigns)
No matter how cynical you think you are about the influence of advertising on things we consider traditions, it's always surprising how far it goes.
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- By Auriane Desombre, Eddie Rodriguez
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The 7 Most Bizarre Natural Phenomena Caught on Camera
Here are a few natural phenomena that prove nature is probably just screwing around with us.
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- By Jayden McLeod
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Cracked Round-Up: Gun Control Edition
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5 Ways Video Games Are Saving Mankind
Yeah, no -- we're just as shocked as you are.
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- By Patrick Thomas, Rich Solomon
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6 Horrific Things Discovered in the Last Place You'd Expect
Sometimes you hear about people finding valuable paintings hidden inside old frames at a garage sale or pirate gold beneath a dusty old restaurant on the northern California coast. Other times you click on the news and see people who find human skeletons under their hotel mattresses and taxidermy cat heads in their Happy Meals.
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- By Sara Ohlms
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