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6 True Crimes (Starring The Dumbest People Possible)
Not all of us can be the next Heisenberg.
- By Alex Hanton
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- April 27, 2020
American Horror Stories That Didn’t Make It Into Your Textbooks
We're happy to gloat about our country's best bits, but it's time we talked about the stuff buried in our proverbial backyard.
- By Adam Wears
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- April 25, 2020
Total Ding-Dongs Whose Lawsuits Blew Up In Their Faces
Suing your enemies into oblivion can be fun, but not when it backfires.
- By Blair Dodge
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- April 21, 2020
6 Big Moments In History (People Forgot About Immediately)
If you want to make the history books, timing is everything.
- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Steven Assarian, Christian Markle
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- April 20, 2020
Silly Ways Old-Timey People Were Just As Vain As Us
We're too vain and shallow these days? Spoilers: We've always been like that.
- By Adam Wears
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- April 18, 2020
Mass Panics That Look Waaaay Different In Retrospect
The panic, it is so banal!
- By Diego C., Jacquelyn Mead
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- April 15, 2020
Famous People Side Projects That Seem Weird Now
We all contain crazy-ass multitudes.
- By Mark Hill
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- April 15, 2020
5 Huge Disasters Caused By Idiots
We’ve all done dumb things for dumb reasons, but never on this scale.
- By Emanuel-Daniel Mighiu
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- April 14, 2020
5 Brutal Murderers Who Aaaalmost Got Away With It
Turns out that karma loves a cliffhanger.
- By Alex Hanton, E. Reid Ross, Diego C., Ryan Menezes, Abraham Mireles
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- April 06, 2020
Old-Timey Icons With WTF Habits
These a-list icons had a-hole tendencies.
- By Adam Wears
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- April 05, 2020
Achievements That Emerged From Dark Times Like Now
Well folks, it's time to invent calculus.
- By Eirik Gumeny
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- April 03, 2020
Quotes That Are Quoted Totally Incorrectly
'Read this article, on the website Cracked' - Charlemagne
- By Ryan Menezes, Abraham Mireles
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- April 01, 2020
7 'What' Side Stories From Famous Moments In History
Historically, important doesn't always mean serious.
- By Alex Hanton, Blair Dodge, Ryan Menezes, Christian Markle, Matthew Z. Wood, Richard C. Shaffer
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- March 30, 2020
5 Tragedies That Douches Took Advantage Of
If humor is tragedy plus time, profit is tragedy plus no time at all.
- By Adam Wears
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- March 30, 2020
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