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6 Real Cyber Attacks Straight Out of a Bad Hacker Movie
n movies, computers can blow up houses, shut down highways, release plagues and make Matthew Lillard appealing to women. However, our collective groaning about how laughably unrealistic these movies are may have been premature ...
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466 5 Military Weapons Clearly Designed by a 5-Year-Old
There's a pretty big difference between what works in a cartoon and what works in real life. But military generals and weapons designers both have an inner child who still likes to draw super awesome weapons on the back of a notebook.
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5 Insanely Successful Video Games That Were Total Ripoffs
There are some beloved games that weren't so much 'inspired by' other games as they were 'the exact game, with a minor paint job.' Those knockoffs then went on to make millions of dollars.
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8 Movies Made Possible by Incompetent Background Characters
People tend to be incompetent in movies -- that's how our heroes are able to make so many daring escapes. However, some plotlines are dependent on downright boneheaded incompetence.
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- By David Christopher Bell, Rohan Ramakrishnan
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The 6 Most Hilariously Creative Acts of Revenge
We do not endorse any of the following actions. (No matter how friggin' awesome they are.)
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5 Big News Stories That Left Out the Most Important Part
The news media is in and out quicker than a high school kid on prom night, hyping up the most outlandish elements of a story and then dropping it like it's an infant.
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- By Chris Radomile
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The 6 Most Mind-Blowing (and Pointless) Gaming Achievements
Real dedication means going past hard mode and thinking way, way outside the box.
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- By Maxwell Yezpitelok, Karl Smallwood, M. Asher Cantrell
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6 Terrifying Experiments Parents Did on Their Own Kids
While most of our scientific forefathers stuck to experimenting on random poor people like any respectable person would, others took it a step further and said, 'Well, this baby in my house is already crying a lot anyway.'
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- By C. Coville
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Cracked Round-Up: Debate Season Edition!
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The 5 Most Surreal Financial Apocalypses From History
Money is a fragile thing, vulnerable to a whole lot of societal factors that you have no control over whatsoever. Which is why sometimes things just go completely insane.
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- By Chris Holmes
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6 TV Shows You Won't Believe Were Actually Made
Herein are just a few of the ugly bastard progeny that the unholy union of sitcom writers and head trauma victims produced over the years.
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- By Robin Warder
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6 Movie Mysteries the Characters Should've Solved Way Sooner
Secrets drive the plots of some of the best movies. That being said, sometimes a secret is only as good as the writers' ability to cover huge gaps in logic.
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- By David Christopher Bell
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The 5 Most Terrifying Diseases That Doctors Can't Explain
When we visit the hospital, we know that someone is going to be able to tell us what's wrong with us and how to fix it. But then, there are some particularly unusual diseases out there that have medical professionals throwing up their arms and claiming witchcraft
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Welldone Quibranza
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5 Moments in Fake Professional Wrestling That Got Too Real
It turns out that when the performing wrestlers are both huge and insane, one accident can escalate play fighting into the real thing pretty quickly.
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- By David Dudhnath, Jason Iannone, Steve Hanley
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5 Famous Video Game Villains (Who Are Actually the Victim)
It's never clear how video game bosses ascended to their positions. We just kind of go with it and find the shiny spot we're supposed to shoot. But you can't help but feel sorry for some of these guys.
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