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6 Assassination Attempts that Almost F#@cked the World
Some assassination attempts have come dangerously close to changing the world forever. We're not saying we'd be living in a land of breakdancing dinosaurs and chocolate flavored rainbows if a few things had gone the other way ... we're just saying we might all be Nazis.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- January 05, 2010
6 Insanely Awesome Things The 1900s Thought We'd Have by Now
If only these free-thinkers had lived. America would be so awesome.
- By Daniel O'Brien, Robert Brockway
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- January 02, 2010
5 Real Buried Treasures That Can Make You Rich (Or Kill You)
You could be rolling in gold coins by the end of the week. If you can find them. And survive.
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- January 01, 2010
The Top 10 Decades of the Century: How The 2000s Compared
Recently, 'Time' named the 00s the worst decade ever. This is a clearly ridiculous notion.
- By Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts
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- December 29, 2009
The Top 5 Appropriately Great/Awful Everything of the Decade
Tired of lists that only focus on the good stuff? Us too. We're ranking our picks for the most appropriately great/awful everything this decade.
- By CRACKED Staff
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- December 28, 2009
The 6 Stupidest Things Ever Done With Historic Treasures
Hey, a mummy! We needed a paperweight, right?
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- December 24, 2009
The 5 Most Predictable Aviation Disasters of All-Time
No one saw this coming? REALLY?
- By Clint Lowrance
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- December 20, 2009
5 Battlefield Screw Ups That Were Hilarious (Until People Died)
The history books are full of great military minds who turned the tides of war with their creative genius. This article is not about them.
- By Tom Gibbens
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- November 27, 2009
6 Inventors Who Got Jack Shit for Changing the Modern World
Turns out there have been plenty of people throughout history that made amazing contributions to modern culture and got precisely jack in return.
- By Bronzulton Q
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- November 19, 2009
6 People Who Got Away With Living an (Implausible) Lie
There's no lie too big or too dumb for human beings not to believe it.
- By Tom Gibbens
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- November 13, 2009
The 7 Most Badass Last Stands in the History of Battle
Leonidas has nothing on these guys. At least he had some backup.
- By Ben Thompson
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- November 07, 2009
6 Historic Villains You Didn't Know Had Incredible Careers
Some men are remembered for their greatness, some men are remembered for their evil, and some men are just remembered for that one fantastic failure that taints their entire existence.
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- November 04, 2009
6 Ancient Sports Too Awesome For the Modern World
It's amazing how crazy people get about sports these days, especially considering how much sports suck compared to what they used to be.
- By Jacopo della Quercia
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- November 01, 2009
Nuke the Moon: 5 Certifiably Insane Cold War Projects
In the Cold War days, the world was essentially divided into two factions: Rambo and the dirty commies. But the Cold War wasn't really about physical combat, it was more like telling stories around a campfire: Whoever has the scariest idea, wins. It didn't matter if it was real or not, the goal was to convince the other side you were crazy.
- By Bronzulton Q
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- October 23, 2009
5 Myths That People Don't Know Are Admitted Hoaxes
It's no surprise that the world gets taken in by hoaxers and con men. They're really good at what they do and most of us are bored enough to believe anything as long as it takes our mind off the cubicle for a while.
- By C. Coville
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- October 18, 2009
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