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5 Slapstick Failures by Modern Military Commanders
More often than you'd think, circumstances conspire to put the fate of the world into the hands of people you wouldn't trust with a Risk board.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Alex Hanton, Xavier Jackson, Kyle Stevens
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The 5 Most Incredibly Detailed Replicas Ever Made by Fans
For whatever reason, a popular means of expressing one's enthusiasm for a piece of pop culture is to look at said thing and ask: 'What if this was the size of a hamster village and made out of something completely stupid?'
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- By Niko G
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- 323
5 Scenes From History That Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
Almost everything you think about those old wars is completely wrong.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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6 Hilarious Old-Timey Versions of Modern Vices
The next time someone gives you crap for doing one of the following, dig out the fuzzy black-and-white photos of their grandfathers doing the same.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Adam Wears, Dyl Moore, Michael Dawson
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5 Terrifying Ways Police Can Legally Screw You Over
In America, the courts have again and again given the police all sorts of leeway to royally screw up your life for almost no reason at all.
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- By Sam Jackson
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5 Insane Supervillain Schemes by Real Governments
Occasionally the government will put forth a plot so insane that even the most hardened Bond villain would ask them if everything is all right at home
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- By Alex Hanton, Evan V. Symon
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6 Hilarious Failures Celebrities Want You to Forget
Everything we understand about the universe has now been thrown into question.
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- By Joe Oliveto, Robin Warder
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5 Two-Man Teams Who Took on Whole Armies (And Won)
As awful as war is, it has a way of bonding people. We'd imagine that goes double for these guys, who found themselves having to pretty much fight battles themselves.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Jorden Weir
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- 334
5 Animals That Look Like Cartoons (Until They Kill You)
You shouldn't ignore or underestimate Mother Nature, no matter how innocent and unassuming her avatar might be.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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- 336
6 WTF Works of Art That Required an Insane Amount of Effort
Depending on who you ask, these people either are shining examples of the human endeavor or just, like, really didn't have anything better to do that decade.
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- By S Peter Davis
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- 281
5 Hilariously Failed Attempts at Video Game Realism (Pt. 2)
There are a few brave souls in gaming who declare that they want to make their work realistic. It's a nice thought -- in theory.
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- By Ed Stevens, António M. Pereira
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- 553
5 Incredible Sensory Superpowers You Didn't Know You Have
Science is just now beginning to uncover the human brain's almost supernatural ability to gather information about the world, and has found some pretty amazing things.
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- By XJ Selman
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- 329
5 B.S. Renaissance Myths You Learned in History Class
Some of what you think you know is wrong, some of it is misconstrued, and most of it just left your head completely the minute 8th grade history ended.
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- By J. Wisniewski
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6 Things Movies Get Wrong About Swords (An Inside Look)
This is the closest Cracked will ever get to actual journalism.
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- By Robert Evans, Chris Farrell
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6 Nerd Culture Stereotypes That Are Way Older Than You Think
Unless your concept of a 'nerd' is a Depression-era newsie shooting pre-YouTube fan trailers, you might be surprised to learn that nerd culture has existed for way, way, way longer than you think.
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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- 420