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The 6 Most Poorly Thought Out Attempts at Insurance Fraud
In order for insurance scams to work, you have to successfully trick countless investigators, police detectives, doctors and sometimes your friends and family. Which is another way of saying that most people fail hilariously.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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586 6 Mind-Blowingly Huge Versions of Things You Loved as a Kid
Believe it or not, there was a time not too long ago when playing video games, watching animated shows and worshiping Batman were things that only children could do. Fortunately (or unfortunately), some folks are making it cool for adults to like this stuff too.
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- By R. Jason Benson
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14 'Luxury' Sex Toys for the Extremely Rich and Creepy
Some rich people apparently can't stand the thought that they pleasure themselves like ordinary people. So they apparently do it the creepiest, most hilarious way possible.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Most Badass Self-Inflicted Medical Experiments
These individuals have thrown down the proverbial gauntlet of badassery, making most of modern-day medicine look really, really lame.
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- By Nate Greenslit
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5 Ridiculous Animal Myths That You Probably Believe
Somewhere, right now, an adult is quoting an interesting animal 'fact' that he actually learned from an old cartoon. And this is how animals became one of those subjects particularly vulnerable to laughable misconceptions.
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- By Mohammed Shariff
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5 Insane Ways Fear of Masturbation Shaped the Modern World
Back in olden days, doctors had as many cures for masturbation as there were 'symptoms.' Cures that helped shape the world you live in.
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- By Michael Voll
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6 Extreme Sports You Won't Believe Anyone Survives
You have to kind of feel sorry for 'extreme sport' practitioners. For one thing, you can't even say the name of their sport without an eye roll and a smirk, and for another, the '90s are over.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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5 Terrible Ideas That Solved Huge Global Problems
Sometimes, the most far-fetched, cartoonish ideas are the ones that work best.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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Cracked Round-Up: Amateur Chemistry Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowingly Huge Machines Built By Science
Right at this moment, scientists and engineers are in the process of building -- or using -- instruments that look like the engine for a Star Destroyer.
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- By Josh E
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The 6 Types of People Selling Stuff on Craigslist [CHART]
The Internet's trailer park garage sale.
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- By Stephen Cook
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The 6 Most Incredible Real World Beast Masters
Disney movies make hanging out with wild animals look fun. In the real world, there's a lot more screaming and soiling of oneself. These people are attempting the Disney route.
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- By Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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5 Backup Plans That Would Have Changed Modern History
These five plans remained in the back pockets of various world leaders that, had they been used, would have changed the world, and possibly the language this article was written in.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Energy Crisis Solutions Clearly Designed by a Supervillain
Sure, these potential power sources we're tapping into would normally be considered ridiculous, cartoony or just plain evil. But are they worse than coal?
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- By Kenny Thompson
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The 5 Most Needlessly Evil Movie Villain Strategies
In a lot of cases, the bad guy is just an excuse for the hero to do stuff, and so the writers are forced to come up with some flimsy explanation for why this particular guy has chosen to do things that are bad ... even when there are much better and easier ways to accomplish what he wants.
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- By Rohan Ramakrishnan
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