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The 7 Most Psychotic Ways People Tried to Prove Their Love
These won't melt anyone's heart. They'll put you in jail.
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- By Chris Fox
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- 375
5 Characters Who Ignore Powers That Solve All Their Problems
Creating a good hero or villain is a tricky balancing act. Unfortunately, a lot of people fail the act.
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- By Nick N
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- 966
8 Hilarious Historical Fears That Seriously Delayed Progress
While it makes sense to get worried when scientists start breeding strains of genetically modified superintelligent flying spiders, there have been panics about even the most mundane, common-sense advancements.
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- By Pat Carnell
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- 1043
6 Eyebrow-Arching Easter Eggs In Popular TV Shows
If you want to get the most out of a show, you have to hunt for the hidden shit.
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- By Aaron Short, Ed Stevens
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- 732
5 Statistics That Are Eerily Good Judges of Character
Getting engaged? Think you've found
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- By Gregory Maus
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- 667
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7 More Disgusting Foods Your Grandparents Ate (Taste-Tested)
What sins of the past will he be forced to digest now?
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- By Evan V. Symon
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- 503
The 6 Most Obvious Lies People Got Famous Telling the Media
Here are some obvious lies the news media fell for harder than your anti-vaccine and global warming-denying friends on Facebook.
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- By Douglas A. McDonnell
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- 1067
Crackedoids: Mario Was High Edition
They're delicious and might even make you look smarter. We call them Crackedoids.
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- By Cracked Writers
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- 18
5 Logical Fallacies That Make Humans Terrible at Democracy
The entire human race sucks at democracy. And we can't even help it.
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- By Michael Hossey
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- 1022
6 Human Beings Who Just Invented New Forms of Sucking
Every now and again, you encounter individuals who display such transcendent jerkitude that you almost have to admire their commitment to being terrible. Almost.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Secret Feminist Easter Eggs You Didn't Notice in 'Portal'
Amidst the killer robots and hyper-masculine scientists is a clever exploration of a woman's struggle in a male-dominated culture, and we're not just saying that because your only weapon is a gun that shoots vagina metaphors.
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- By Michael Vincent Bramley
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- 2012
4 Overlooked Consequences Of Spider-Man Joining The Avengers
This deal has way bigger implications than you might think.
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- By Adam Wears
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- 562
5 Feel-Good School Programs With Horrifying Consequences
Everyone involved in the following initiatives meant well, but well-meaning bad ideas are still bad ideas.
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- By Lillian Marx
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- 1601
5 Ancient Discoveries That Prove Modern Men Are Sexist
It turns out that archaeology has proven a whole bunch of our assumptions to be wrong, which, in addition to tricking Nazis into melting their own faces off, is exactly what archaeologists are supposed to do.
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- By Will Lennon, Kristance Harlow
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- 2268
5 Powerful Organizations That Started For Stupid Reasons
Every once in a while, a massive organization you think you know turns out to just be using that notion to hide their bizarre and unexpected past.
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- By K. R. Kelleher
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- 583