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'Brazilian Waxing' Became Popular Because Pubic Hair is Legally Too Sexy
It’s like if cleavage was outlawed, so everyone started getting horny about turtlenecks.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 28, 2020
The Brutal Battle of Chuck E. Cheese v. ShowBiz Pizza
It's the 'Game of Thrones' of third-rate pizza.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 28, 2020
The Creepiest Dish In French Cuisine (Is Eating A Lil' Bird In One Bite)
The ortolan is a small songbird that’s considered a French delicacy, but it ain’t no chicken.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 28, 2020
Anatoly Slivko, the Terrifying Soviet Necrophiliac Serial Killer
He was like a Soviet Hannibal Lecter, though he sucked at it.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 28, 2020
The Rude Statues That Caused Athens' Democratic Downfall
Classic(al) pranks.
- By Cedric Voets
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- November 27, 2020
Japan's Urine Gangs And Their 'Pee Scam' Left Victims High And (Not) Dry
They were the original 'Wet Bandits.'
- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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- November 25, 2020
The (Accident Riddled) History Of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an absurd helium-filled mess.
- By Eli Yudin
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- November 24, 2020
5 Randos That Proved To Be Unkillable When Faced With Certain Death
They store down Death. Death blinked.
- By Nathan Williams
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- November 24, 2020
One Of America's Most Nightmarish Monsters Was A Nice Old Lady
Meet Georgia Tann: adoption advocate, kindly senior, and ghoul who stole 5,000 children.
- By Alex Hanton
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- November 23, 2020
Eye Rolling Was Your Grandparents' DTF Sign
As comical as that sounds, we scrunch up half of our faces as we close one eye to express the same thing today, so we can’t exactly talk.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 22, 2020
18 Amazing People Too Many Of Us Haven't Heard Of
These folks had a bigger impact than we could have possibly imagined.
- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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- November 22, 2020
Georgia O'Keeffe Hated People Thinking Her Flower Paintings Are 'Vaginas'
Naturally, the person responsible for making sure everyone perverted O’Keeffe’s pretty flowers was a man.
- By Amanda Mannen
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- November 21, 2020
5 Of The Weirdest Things (That Managed To Happen Twice)
Life is random. Which means some things don't feel random at all.
- By Ryan Menezes
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- November 20, 2020
Meet Crazy Eddie, The Least Boring Grifter In American History
His prices were almost as insane as his, well, decades of corporate malfeasance.
- By Alex Hanton
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- November 20, 2020
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