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4 Famous Smart People With Little-Known Problems
Stupid, uh, finds a way ...
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- By Mark Hill
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5 People Who Cut Themselves Off From The Modern World
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Times Historical Figures Teamed Up (School Never Taught)
Bill Murray plus Hunter S. Thompson plus shotguns equals this article.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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For A Hot Second, Belgium Relied On Cats To Deliver The Mail
The postman only purs twice.
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- By Cedric Voets
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5 Urban Legends From History That Were Wacky As Heck
You won't believe what happened next! No seriously, you won't believe it.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Let's Read 'The Young Comrade,' The Crazy '20s Magazine For Baby Communists
Complete with cute pictures of socialist heartthrobs; tweens of the world, unite!
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- By Cedric Voets
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Weird Old Presidential Gifts: Gigantic Blocks Of Cheese
It happened twice, which is still two more times than would be considered normal.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Yahoo! Tried To Screw Their 'Yodel' Guy
More like yodel-ay-hee-sued.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Actual Worst Year Ever
2020 was a dumpster fire, but 536 was a burning landfill.
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- By Michelle Ranken
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Cracked Apologizes To John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams was president of the United States, NOT the Molemen fan-club.
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- By Ethan Lou
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Buddhist Monk Who Enlightened A Country With His Dong
He was like the Jim Morrison of Buddhist monks, which is to say, what Jim Morrison really wanted to be.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Pirates Are Why America Doesn't Use The Metric System
Yarrrrrds!
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- By Cedric Voets
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55 Unbelievable Facts About US Presidents
Every president has been bizarre in their own special way.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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'New England Vampire Panic' Was Even Dumber Than The 'Salem Witch Trials'
At least they could blame a poor understanding of science.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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The Crazy Real Story Of Wisconsin's Massage Parlor (And Cyanide) Murders
Whodunit? The real answer may be weirder than anyone guessed.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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