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5 Supervillain Tactics Science Is Using to Kill Mosquitoes
What is the deadliest animal in the world? Lions? Sharks? Bears? Bees? Snakes? Rats? It was bears, wasn't it? Is it bears? No, it's the lowly mosquito, and it's not even close.
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559 6 Lies About the Body You Learned in Kindergarten: Classic
When we reach the age of two, we start to have a few questions about our bodies. At first they're simple. 'Will that toy fit into the wet hole in the middle of my face?' But as we mature, the questions become more complex and too numerous for any reasonable human being to answer. It's no coincidence that around this time, your parents ship you off
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5 Famous Ad Campaigns That Actually Hurt Sales
Jared has sold a shitload of Subway sandwiches. Ronald McDonald has become one of the most recognizable characters in the history of human civilization. They are what ad executives dream about: campaigns that become media sensations and make the company billions. But then there are the ad campaigns that only do the first part; everybody can quote t
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6 Mind Blowing Ways 'Starship Troopers' Predicted the Future
We're not saying Paul Verhoeven traveled forward in time and then traveled back to film a commentary on a future war (because that would be an absolutely HORRIBLE waste of time travel), but... well, yeah, maybe we're saying he did that. Look how they line up:
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Cracked Round-Up: Gang Violence Edition
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5 Seemingly Innocent Ways You Risk Your Identity Every Day
We tend to think of identity theft as a crime perpetrated exclusively on stupid people. Sure, you don't fall for that Nigerian prince schtick and you don't send your login information to ‘official’ emails that misspell ‘PayPal.’ Well, you'd best take a slice of humble pie, because there are lots of things that you do every day, that you're
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5 Silly Childhood Rituals (That Explain Adult Behaviors)
Memes are just the grown up world's version of 'down-down-baby, down-by-the-rollercoaster.'
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The 5 Most Horrifying Things Corporations Are Taking Over
But sometimes corporate sellouts involve more than cringe-worthy ads and intrusive product placement. This is when selling out starts to get just a bit horrifying.
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The 7 Sleaziest Mating Rituals in the Animal Kingdom
Mating among animals and insects is no less complicated than it is among humans. It's all about being devious, and when it comes to sex, even the lowest of life forms have mastered the art of trickery, deceit and blackmail.
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- By Jonathan Wojcik
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7 'Ancient' Forms of Mysticism That Are Recent Inventions
Some 'ancient' practices are about as authentic as the ill-fated Chinese tattoo on your arm that the lady swore meant 'pure warrior.'
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- By C. Coville
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7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting
the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that thing last week with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
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8 Weirdly Sexual Products You Won't Believe Are for Kids
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- By Dawn Morrow
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The 6 Most Amazing Military Raids of All-Time
Just a handful of men can change the world. Particularly if those men are highly trained and heavily armed and possess next to no instincts for self-preservation. These are the soldiers whose job is to fling themselves into impossible situations, against ridiculous odds, where failure means a lot of other people will die.
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The Most Secretly Dangerous Form of Transportation [CHART]
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- By David Giroux
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5 Romantic Movie Gestures That Were Actually Dick Moves
If you sit and think about it, the real-world implications of some seemingly romantic gestures become so unsettling that they start to look about as romantic as an unsolicited boner text.
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- By Simon Bower , Megan B.
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