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The 13 Most Disturbing Vintage Ads for Household Products
All of these ads are real and unaltered, so don't blame us.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell
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957 The 6 Most Terrifying Pets Humanity Has Bred Into Existence
Apparently, there are absolutely no qualifications needed to start screwin' with the very foundation of an entire species, and the chief motivator for many selective breeders is 'I thought it would be funny.'
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- By E. Reid Ross
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6 Insanely Violent Festivals You Won't Believe Aren't Riots
Not everyone will survive these festivals, but that just makes it all the sweeter for the ones still standing after.
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- By Kier Harris, Isaac Cabe, XJ Selman
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7 Studies That Only Proved That Scientists Are Perverts
Every scientist strives to be objective and logical, ignoring personal biases in the interest of discovery and the pursuit of knowledge. But, you know, sex is really neat.
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- By Lachlan M.
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6 Movie Heroes Saved by Gaping Plot Holes
You'd be surprised at how many classic movies break their own rules when it's convenient to the writers
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- By Xavier Jackson, Douglas A. McDonnell
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The 7 Most Badass Acts of Vandalism Ever Photographed
NOTE: Everything in this article is against the law. If you do it, you will go to jail or something.
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- By Mohammed Shariff
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10 Real Sea Creatures Lifted Directly from Your Nightmares
By now, you should know that our mission statement is 'Nature is terrifying and you should only leave the house if it's an emergency.'
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- By Chris Rio
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9 Normal Things That Look Trippy Under a Microscope
The world is full of magic, it's just that a lot of it isn't visible without special tools. Fortunately, microscopes exist.
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- By Dustin Koski, Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris
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5 Inexplicably Creepy Episodes of Family Friendly TV Shows
Sometimes, the makers of these cartoons or sitcoms flip out and decide to create something nightmarish in an apparent 'screw you' to the audience. But what's surprising is that these episodes then get greenlit and air on national television.
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- By Chris Rio
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Cracked Round-Up: Another Olympic Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Scientific Reasons You're Better Off Being Unattractive
t's easy to spend the rest of your life thinking that your bad luck with the ladies is just evolution trying to filter your weird face and frail physique out of the gene pool. But that's not entirely true.
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- By XJ Selman
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4 Important Lessons You Learn as a Birthday Party Mascot
I'm not here to persuade or dissuade, but merely to offer a few tips and life lessons from one who has acted as the hot, breathy soul of plush cartoon characters and lived to tell about it.
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- By Erik Bowie
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The 5 Most Terrifying Sci-Fi Upgrades to Deadly Weapons
We do not necessarily approve of the use or even the manufacture of any of the following devices; we only feel a duty to alert you to their existence. Because they're insane.
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- By Michael Record
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6 People Who Defied Gravity (And Then Kicked It in the Nuts)
Despite limitations, brave people throughout history have heroically told gravity to go straight to hell. And some of them even lived through it.
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- By Isaac Cabe, Will Millar
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5 Things They Don't Want You to Know About the Olympics
The Olympics are all about the love of sport, country and your fellow man. Maybe. Just don't look too closely behind the scenes.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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