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6 Brilliant Ways Hostages Outwitted Their Captors
Let's face it: As much as we like to pretend that we're all Bruce Willis, if faced with a real-life kidnapper, most of us would react by soiling ourselves. Well, except for these people.
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- By Evan V. Symon
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5 Petty Feuds That Shaped the Modern World
Just because they're titans of business and leaders of nations, that doesn't mean grown men are above letting some name-calling influence their decisions.
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- By Xavier Jackson
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6 Movies With Political Agendas You Didn't Notice
If your movie is about, say, giant robots or ghost police, that's probably not the time to try to cram in some message about how we should vote next November.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 16 Most Hilariously Ineffective Propaganda Posters
War is hell, and tragedy, and terrible, terrible posters.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Mind-Blowing Early Music Careers of Famous Musicians
Even if you love their music, often musicians are doing what they're doing only because they realized at some point in the past that making any money was going to require them to radically shift gears.
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- By Daniel Crow
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The 7 Most Extreme Lies Ever Told to Get Out of Something
There are a number of perfectly reasonable excuses to avoid doing something you don't want to, but sometimes reason just won't cut it. That's when crazy steps in.
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- By Dennis Fulton
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8 Species That Are Threatening to Swarm the Globe
It's paradoxical that there are some species out there that we just can't exterminate, and not for want of trying. These creatures breed out of control and march steadily forth, taking human territory miles at a time.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Meg Anastasia
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5 Insanely Frivolous Uses of DNA Technology
Sure, science fiction is full of horrifying genetic experiments gone wrong, but in the real world, things are much worse.
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- By Erik Germ, Tracy V.
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Cracked Round-Up: Advice for Fighting Brushfires
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Craziest Disguises Ever Used in the History of War
It turns out that, unlike the Greeks, more modern armies have downright insane methods of concealment.
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- By Chris J.
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5 Insane Explanations for Stuff Your Body Does Every Day
It's weird: Much of what is going on inside our own bodies is still a complete mystery to us. And the theories as to why we do some of these things are downright bizarre.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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The 5 Most Half-Assed Attempts to Take Over a Country
For every inspiring revolution by the oppressed, there are several low-rent slapdick operations where the insurgents trip getting off the boat.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Chris J.
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5 Great Movie Scenes Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment
Yes, even in the age of computer effects and entire sequences shot in front of a green screen with tennis balls, there is still no substitute for gross neglect of human safety.
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- By Dustin Koski
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We Want to Pay You to Write for Us
Let's get right to it: We will pay you to write things for us even if you have never written anything for anybody before.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Utterly Insane Innovations History Was SURE Were Coming
Here are the most baffling vehicular predictions 'Popular Science'seemed really keen on at the time
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- By Adam Wears, Brandon B.
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