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5 Hilarious Reasons Publishers Rejected Classic Best-Sellers

It turns out that some of the most-read books in the world were in fact rejected for some really preposterous reasons over the years.

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By Aren Wilborn

Published

February 13, 2013

The 7 Most Bizarre Objects to Ever Fall from the Sky

You've probably heard the urban legend about the time it rained frogs somewhere, or seen news stories about a meteorite that crashed through a roof and landed feet away from somebody's recliner. But in the annals of baffling objects that have come raining down from the heavens, you find much weirder examples.

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By Kelly Stone

Published

February 12, 2013

8 Actors Who Look the Same on Every Movie Poster (Part 3)

Yes, it is apparently possible to be typecast in movie posters.

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By J.F. Sargent, Kier Harris, Isaac Cabe

Published

February 12, 2013

6 Famous Things From History That Didn't Actually Exist

We've really botched some history in the name of so-so television.

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By Matt Martin, Paige Turner

Published

February 11, 2013

6 Terrifying Mutations With Awesome Historical Explanations

Atavism: the means by which suddenly any creature -- humans included -- can sprout physical traits that they thought they had abandoned millennia ago.

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By David Decher

Published

February 11, 2013

6 Movie Characters You Didn't Know Died Horrible Deaths

For every graphic movie death that graces our screens in glorious Technicolor, there's an even more gruesome one that happens just outside of frame.

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By Davidb Marchetti, J.F. Sargent

Published

February 10, 2013

Cracked Round-Up: New Delhi Slum Edition

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By CRACKED Staff

Published

February 09, 2013

6 People Who Took Overprotective Parenting Way Too Far

Really, is it so wrong to love your child so much? Is there really such a thing as taking parenting too far? (It is!)

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By Chris Fox

Published

February 09, 2013

5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Influence Your Opinions

In many ways, our opinions define us. And yet, every single day, scores of weird and seemingly insignificant things are twisting our preferences.

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By Monte Richard, XJ Selman

Published

February 08, 2013

5 Ways You Can Improve the World With Almost No Effort

Good news: For absolutely no effort or cost whatsoever, you can make profound differences in the world.

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By Marshall Lemon

Published

February 07, 2013

If The Hobbit Was 10 Times Shorter and 100 Times More Honest

RICHARD ARMITAGE: That does it, Manu, I'm challenging you! There's no way we'd do an entire movie without accomplishing SOME benchmark, so either YOU'RE gonna die, or I'M gonna die, or at least SOMEONE will ACTUALLY ACHIEVE SOMETHING!

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By The Editing Room

Published

February 07, 2013