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6 Insanely Advanced Technologies Found in Ancient Ruins
Some ancient technologies have turned out to be at least as good as, if not better than, the stuff our fancy-pants scientists today have developed.
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- By David Jones
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6 Secret Beliefs That Are Making Us All Unhappy
The good news: hedgehogs are adorable. The bad news: The Hedgehog's Dilemma could ruin every relationship you've got.
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- By Jason Pargin, Rob Nietupski
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5 Reasons the NFL's Way More Evil Than You Thought Possible
This stuff is getting hard to ignore, you guys.
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- By Nathan Williams
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5 Bizarrely Perverted Products from Family Friendly Brands
It turns out some 'kid-safe' franchises were just waiting for an opportunity to betray decades of parental trust.
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- By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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44 Important Parts of History You're Picturing Wrong
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Real Robberies With Better Twists Than Any Heist Movie
In real life thieves don't need helicopters or EMP devices to pull off crimes bigger than anything you've seen on the silver screen. You just need a ridiculous plan and the balls to carry it out.
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- By Chris Rio
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- 243
5 Adorable Behaviors That Mean Your Dog Hates You
Your dog isn't smiling because she loves you. She's smiling because she wants to bite your face off.
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- By Megan Vance
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- 868
5 Things from History You Won't Believe You Can Experience
With each passing day we become less and less hopeful that anybody is going to invent time travel. Fortunately, there's ways around that.
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- By John Mulroy, Evan V. Symon , Justin Crockett, XJ Selman, Ivan Farkas
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5 True Stories Too Unbelievable for the Movies They Inspired
It turns out the real people who inspired your favorite fictional characters are actually far more compelling.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- 399
5 Important Skills That Are Horrifyingly Easy to Fake
In positions that decide life and death, you'll find people cheating their way into the job. And they get in way to easy.
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- By Gavin Jamieson, A.C. Grimes
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- 578
The 6 Creepiest Sex Scenes in Video Game History
Watching video games try to be sexy is like watching a dog try to eat peanut butter. There's clearly a lot of enthusiasm there, but the result is simultaneously hilarious and sad.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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- 935
5 Bizarre Ways You Won't Believe Sound Screws With Your Body
It doesn't seem as sexy as light, but by noogie-ing sound into submission, you can make it do some pretty amazing stuff.
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- By Rodney Taylor
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- 313
5 Insane Children's Books That Will Ruin Your Child
When authors try to get clever, they begin a cycle that will never stop. That's how we get innocent-looking books that hide baffling lessons like.
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- By Jason Iannone, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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- 780
5 People Who Overcame the F#@% Out of Awful Disabilities
Suck on some inspirational stories, Internet!
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- By E. Reid Ross, Carmen Burana, Lance Beauregarde
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- 392
5 Iconic Groups From History Everyone Pictures Incorrectly
Historical truth is a complicated and nuanced thing, so while there might be elements of truth to the popular story you know, it's rarely the complete truth.
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- By Luke John Smith, J. Wisniewski, John Martin, Jason Webb
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- 588