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5 Great Writers Who Stole The Idea You Know Them For
As it turns out, tons of famous writers have circumvented the whole creative process thing.
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- By Nathan Williams
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5 Brilliant Hacks You Can Use to Cheat the Odds at Gambling
Over time, a few rare people have managed to beat the house in creative and/or hilarious ways. And the best part? These were all completely legal! Sort of.
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- By Chris Rio, Doron S.
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- 434
5 Insane Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Someone
You're now a trenchcoat away from being Sherlock Holmes.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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5 Famous Historical Figures You Didn't Know Were Perverts
We get so tied up in slut-shaming contemporary celebrities that it's easy to forget how some of history's greatest minds spent most their energy having the nastiest sex they could get their hands on.
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- By Luke John Smith
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5 Desperate People Who Hacked Junk Into Lifesaving Devices
Money makes the world go round. But when those filthy little portraits of dead white dudes become scarce, people rely instead on the true wealth of the human race: ingenuity.
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- By Sam Jackson, Ivan Farkas
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The 5 Craziest Ways Creators Ruined Awesome Video Games
Video games are the product of hundreds of people working together to achieve a single creative goal. But sometimes those people misunderstand and/or actively hate each other.
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- By Ian Ury, Steve Athens, Ed Stevens, Gavin Jamieson
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6 Nightmarish Things People Did for Fun Before Electricity
The fun always stops when the lights come on and history proves it.
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- By Dimitra Nikolaou
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- 411
5 BS Health Myths People Still Believe (Thanks to One Guy)
It only took one high-profile 'expert' to convince millions of people this B.S. was true.
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- By R. Jason Benson, Joseph Joyce, Charles Angstrom
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17 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped (Part 14)
It's time again for another installment of our most popular feature, in which we find the most fake-looking shit on the Internet and explain that it's totally real.
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- By Joe Russo
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- 447
5 Insane After-Death Adventures of Famous People's Bodies
For most of us, our journeys have come to an end when we die. Others, though, have one last adventure.
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- By Jef Rouner
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- 292
5 Mathematical Strategies for Dominating Popular Kids Games
Here are some simple tricks anyone can use to come out on top in classic games.
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- By Federico Cruz
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- 395