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6 Things You Won't Believe Got Banned from Modern Countries
Sometimes, supposedly fully grown rulers of nations lose their shit and decide to just outright blanket ban absurd things for even more absurd reasons.
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19 Everyday Things You Didn't Know Will Kill You Dead
Death is lurking around every corner. Like, seriously -- none of you are safe.
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5 Modern Leaders Way Crazier Than You Thought Possible
We fully expect that our elected officials are doing shit behind the scenes that is either corrupt, depraved, or both. But often times, it's much worse than you think.
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16 Great Acts of Heroism By Children
Children can be disgusting, infuriating, baffling, awful, and/or downright dumb -- and it turns out they can also be incredible badasses.
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6 Insane Real Police Responses to Clearly Fake Crimes
You literally cannot believe your eyes anymore. And someone needs to tell the authorities that.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Aaron Short, Ed Stevens, Aaron Granger
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19 Surprisingly Sexist Messages in Modern Pop Culture
Seriously, get a clue already.
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21 Mind-Blowing Ways Society Is About to Completely Change
We think of evolution as something that takes centuries to come to fruition. In actuality, though, it's happening more rapidly than we realize.
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18 Terrifying News Stories You Didn't Know Were Media Panics
All bullshit is uncovered with time (or sometimes, just Google).
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14 Horrifying Accidents You Won't Believe People Escaped
Thanks to the Internet, we've learned that we live in a world of full of ordinary people with genitals too big for their pants.
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5 Viral Stories That Had Insane Twists After We All Moved On
There are plenty of viral sensations that took a screeching turn onto the Ohshitville Expressway shortly after we all shared them on Facebook and then promptly forgot about them.
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19 Totally Killer DIY Projects
Remember back in the day when, even with the instructions, you couldn't build that Lego set? But there was that jerk who could just do it by looking at the box? Fast-forward to today, where IKEA is giving you all sorts of hell, and that kid now builds stupid awesome gadgets.
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18 Undeniable Facts That Prove the World Is Getting Better
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21 Powerful People Who Said Totally Dumb Things
The great Uncle Ben once said, 'With great power, comes great responsibility.' Some famous folks didn't get that memo, though.
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15 IRL Things With Outsized Influence
It turns out people, organizations, and even animals we never think twice about impact the world in huge and mind-blowing ways.
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28 Infuriating (Yet True) Statistics
Numbers don't lie, which makes them even more infuriating when those numbers are delivering some not so great information.
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