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The 7 Most Needlessly Terrifying Video Game Covers
Don't you wish game companies would let the designers have a bit of artistic freedom? Yeah? Be careful what you wish for.
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- By Tristan Cooper
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5 Mundane Things That Caused Earth-Shattering Destruction
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- By Evan V. Symon , Ivan Farkas, Jordan Rudow
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The 5 Perviest Scientific Studies Ever Published
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- By Lachlan M., Simen Dalehavn Faaberg
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The 5 Creepiest Death Rituals From Around the World (Part 2)
Given humankind's penchant for handling pretty much everything it encounters with complete and utter insanity, it's no surprise that some of our death rituals have gotten a little ... inspired.
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- By Himanshu Sharma
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5 Old-Timey Movies That'd Be NC-17 Today
It's funny how we rewrite history to make the present look worse. Because that's simply just not the case.
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- By Chris Scott, Elorm Kojo Ntumy
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6 Offensive Messages Hidden in Huge Marketing Campaigns
Nobody involved in these ads likely had anything but the best of intentions, which is why it's all the funnier.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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5 Characters Amazingly Based on Real People
Every story you've ever watched or read includes characters that are, in reality, based on somebody the writer knew. But you'd be surprised to see how totally out of left field the real-life inspirations often are.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Shocking Early Versions of Famous Musicians
If you dig into the past of almost any famous artist, you'll find something radically, hilariously different from what they became famous for.
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- By Michael Hossey
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6 Insane Species Infestations (Caused by Humans)
Mankind is still at least a couple centuries away from figuring out that yanking a species out of its natural habitat and transplanting it somewhere else is a dumb idea.
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- By Jordan Rudow
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The 5 Most Sadistic 'Game Over' Scenes in Video Game History
When a simple handwritten middle finger to the player would have sufficed, these jerks built a laser, carved the letters into the moon, then bombed NASA so nobody could ever erase it.
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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6 Dazzling Sights in Nature (Caused by Human Stupidity)
As bad as it is that humanity is destroying the planet, at least we can console ourselves with the fact that we manage to create some trippy imagery in the process.
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- By Kel Zhang
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5 Famous Modern Events You Won't Believe Happened Before
You can rest assured that many of the 'modern' problems we deal with today were around in Grandpa's time, too.
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- By Adam Wears, John Martin, Ruy Platt
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5 Childhood-Ruining Appearances from Famous Characters
Nobody's perfect. This includes your favorite childhood characters, because for every pop culture icon, there's at least one obscure episode where they can be seen doing things you'd never expect.
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- By JM McNab
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5 Dumb Things Movie Characters Do Only to Advance the Plot
These are the times when the filmmakers are hoping you get so enthralled with the action that you forget how much more easily the whole thing could have been resolved, if somebody hadn't dropped the ball.
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- By Robin Warder
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