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5 Writers Who Showed Crazy Courage Chasing A Story
How far would YOU go to get the scoop?
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- By Adam Wears
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61 5 World-Famous Tourist Landmarks (With Messed-Up Histories)
Tour guides don't tell you all the gruesome stuff that goes down at famous locations.
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- By E.M. Caris
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5 Historical Treasures That Are Accidental Comedy Gold
Our ancestors were just as dumb as us.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Historical Tragedies That Were Way Worse Than You Thought
Even when the world is ending, things can still take a turn for the worse.
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- By Alex Hanton, Ivan Farkas, Ryan Menezes, Michael Battaglino, W.H. Thomas
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6 Harmless Things With Insanely Disturbing Origin Stories
First someone gets hurt, THEN it's all fun and games.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Julia Lange, Tolly Vellis
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5 Historical Mysteries That Had Painfully Dumb Explanations
Not everything hard to solve is worth the effort.
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- By Alex Hanton, Christian Markle
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25 Famous People Who Were Total Nobodies While They Were Alive
Sometimes huge successes were huge failures in their lifetimes.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Cracked Plasticians
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5 Historical Tragedies That Were Even Darker Than You Think
Some dark moments in history were even worse than you know.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Shocking Ways Pop Culture Inspired Horrible Crimes
Even criminals can't help but reference pop culture.
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- By Adam Wears
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Florida Isn't The Capital Of Goonball Crimes And 23 Other 'Facts' About Famous Places That Are Wrong
It’s not your fault. Hollywood has a way of making people believe super-untrue stuff.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Stories That Prove The Founding Fathers Were Total Maniacs
We hold these truths to be self-evident: these guys were weirdos.
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- By E. Reid Ross, E.M. Caris, S. Aslam, Christian Markle, RG Jordan, Tony T
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26 Famous Photos And Their Backstories
Turns out some pictures need 1,000 words.
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- By Andres Diplotti
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- 107
5 Famous People With Hilariously Awful Military Careers
These celebrities had absolutely no right to be anywhere near a real military. Like at all.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Ideas That Were So Ahead Of Their Time Everybody Went Nuts
Every once in a while, humanity responds to innovative technology like a caveman banging their head on a rock.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Andrea Meno, Sarah Philip, RG Jordan
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5 Modern Day Treasures That Got Saved In The Craziest Ways
There are belts in your closet that are older than these archeological marvels.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Pauli Poisuo, Andrea Meno, Tee Ngin Rui
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