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6 Mind-Blowing Things Recently Discovered From WWII (Update)
Nazis keep popping up where we least expect them -- and we don't mean at Donald Trump rallies.
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- By Chris Sansone
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The 5 Creepiest Ways Major Companies Are Watching You
The information age has been steadily providing technology that is allowing corporations to get to know their customers better than their own families.
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- By Alaric Penname
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- 1001
The 7 Most Half-Assed Monsters in Movie History
A great movie monster taps into our most primal fears, a terrible one taps into equal parts hilarity and sadness.
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- By Cole Gamble, Dustin Koski
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5 Fan Theories About Cartoons That Will Ruin Your Childhood
Crazy is like currency on the Internet, and among all the garbage, some strangely compelling ideas can emerge, making you rethink shows you thought you knew well.
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- By Aaron Short, Dennis Fulton
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5 Amazing Stories of One Complaint Ruining It for Everyone
It turns out that sometimes a vocal minority can make a world of difference, even if that minority is exactly one person and his or her complaint is completely stupid.
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- By Kelly Stone
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6 Classic Movies Made Possible by Reckless Endangerment
Sometimes directors decide that the only way to make sure your actors look like they're about to die is by actually risking their lives.
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- By Dustin Koski
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5 Major News Stories That Forgot to Tell You the Best Part
More often than not, these missing details change everything we learned about the story in the first place.
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- By Dennis Hong, Douglas A. McDonnell
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6 Hilarious Pranks Pulled by Soldiers in the Middle of War
The horrific history of warfare is littered with wacky pranks that are alternately admirable and utterly insane.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Douglas A. McDonnell
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8 Animals That Are Just Lazy Combinations of Other Animals
It turns out nature gets off on haphazardly stapling DNA together and calling it a day.
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- By Andrew Burch, Monte Richard, E. Reid Ross
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5 Mind-Blowing Works of Art That You Aren't Allowed to See
Truly, art is made to enrich and be enjoyed by all. Well, except for this stuff.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Isaac Cabe
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Cracked Round-Up: Cosmonaut Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 8 Most Horribly Insulting Attempts to Honor the Dead
When you're trying to create a dignified memorial to some historic event, it's important to ask yourself, 'Is what I'm about to create actually ridiculous and/or insulting to everyone involved?'
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- By Marcus O'Reilly, Scott Pearson
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10 Baffling Safety Products Clearly Aimed at Paranoid People
What this particular demographic may lack in reason they make up for in income, and there's no shortage of products designed to prey on their irrational fears for a few extra (thousand) bucks.
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- By Stephen West
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7 Modern Ghost Towns That Look Like Sci-Fi Movies
We know what you're here for, sci-fi aficionados. Let's just get straight to the futuristic abandoned stuff, shall we?
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- By Eric Yosomono
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6 Mind-Blowing Substances That Laugh in the Face of Physics
These materials are often hard to get and/or incredibly dangerous, but they're worth it for the cool factor alone.
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- By Kevin Falcon
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- 1057