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The 7 Most Horrifying Moments from Children's Video Games
We know that video games are not, by their nature, strictly for children. But that's why we have a rating system for them. Of course, sometimes that's not enough to stop the unnatural, keening screams coming from inside the house.
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- By Codie Martin
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7 Bizarre Ways You Didn't Know 9/11 Changed the World
Because of 9/11 the world was affected in a number of bizarre, unexpected ways that largely went unreported, for obvious reasons.
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- By Robert Evans, Curren Mcdowell, Justin Crockett
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5 Powerful Sci-Fi Technologies Wasted by Their Own Movies
How many times have we seen James Bond pick up some incredibly useful new technological gadget that ends up saving his life, only to completely forget it exists in his next movie? But it isn't just Bond -- action heroes do this all the time. What's worse, some of this tech could change the world.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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6 Sci-Fi Technologies You'll Soon Have on Your Phone
Impressive new cellphone technologies are being developed each week, and there's no telling what wonderful procrastination possibilities our portable speak-boxes will have in a few years. Because we're telling you right now, some of this stuff borders on magic.
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- By XJ Selman
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Cracked Round-Up: Fistful of Politics Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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8 Badass Tourist Destinations for the Criminally Insane
If you really want a tourist experience that will make your loved ones demand 'What the Christ were you thinking?' then we have a few recommendations for you.
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- By Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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The 5 Most Hilarious Ways Anyone Ever Failed at Their Job
These are the kinds of things professionals have nightmares about: the hilariously ironic failures that everyone will find out about.
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- By Simon Bower , John Parry
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6 Tiny Things Doctors Do That Can Save (Or End) Your Life
It turns out the world is full of zero-cost solutions that save lives. It's just a matter of convincing people to use them.
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- By Erik Carrera, Lillian Marx
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The 5 Most Terrifying Supreme Court Decisions
The Supreme Court itself is not made up of gods or wizards. They are just people, with agendas. And sometimes they have rendered opinions that make you wonder if the whole legal system isn't just full of crazy people from the top down.
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- By J.F. Sargent, Ricardo R. Read
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5 Ridiculous Lies That Fooled The Whole World
P.T. Barnum would be proud.
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- By Lillian Marx
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5 True Stories Cut from Movies for Being Too Unrealistic
Here are some mind-blowing moments from real life that Hollywood decided were too fantastic, even for their movies.
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- By J.F. Sargent
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The 6 Most Nightmarish Worms on the Planet
You probably think you know everything you need to about worms. But you're wrong. So horrifyingly, nightmare-inducingly wrong.
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- By Andrew Munro
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The 6 Strangest Previous Careers of Famous Musicians
Apparently, rock stars who actually had serious careers going before the whole music thing panned out, and some of them are rather mind-blowing.
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- By Pauli Poisuo
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The 8 Creepiest Cases of Identity Theft of All Time
Identity theft is one of the most widely committed crimes in the world. Sometimes the crimes are so elaborate and the consequences are so strange and unpredictable that it almost makes us want to cancel all our credit cards.
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- By Amanda Hahn, Chris Holmes
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Cracked Round-Up: Cat-Boxing Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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