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5 Things to Really Be Scared of On Halloween This Year
Here are some less traditional outlets to fulfill your yearly quota of scares.
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- October 31, 2013
The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Routine Surgeries Have Gone Wrong
Surgery, no matter how minor, is a scary thing. And these stories will only add to that fear.
- By Hillery Alley
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- October 27, 2013
6 Crazy Attempts to Hire a Killer That Failed Miserably
Murder for hire never looks as cool as it does in the movies. And in fact it's more 'National Lampoon's' than 'The Professional.'
- By Ryan Menezes
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- October 20, 2013
The 5 Ballsiest Lies the Mainstream Media Passed Off as Fact
Even jaded, cynical bastards like us should expect more from reputable news organizations. Right?
- By Sam Jackson
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- October 18, 2013
6 Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Be Politically Correct
Here are a few public entities still working out the kinks on that whole decency thing.
- By Rachel P., A.C. Grimes
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- October 17, 2013
5 Popular Beliefs That Are Holding Humanity Back
In order to keep humanity from imploding, we have to give up believing these things.
- By Jason Pargin
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- October 08, 2013
5 Bizarre Ways the Human Brain Is Dooming the Economy
When we try to wrap our hunter-gatherer brains around concepts like student loan interest rates and year-end bonuses, it starts misfiring in all sorts of ridiculous ways.
- By J.F. Sargent
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- September 26, 2013
5 Reasons Legalized Marijuana Might Be Bad for Pot Smokers
If you're a smoker, it's the dream you've always dreamed of, but is it really going to be the stoner utopia some people are expecting?
- By Adam Tod Brown
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- September 11, 2013
The 6 Weirdest Things We've Learned Since 9/11
I'm starting to think we overreacted to the terrorism thing.
- By Jason Pargin
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- September 11, 2013
My Day as a Renegade Cop (On a Police Ride-Along)
I got to spend a night in the passenger seat of a patrol car as it hurtled through the mean streets of Los Angeles County's upper crust.
- By Soren Bowie
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- August 22, 2013
7 Reasons the World Looks Worse Than It Really Is
We're living in the glorious golden age of civilization and that life is improving for the species at a dizzying rate not even hippies could have hoped for in their smelliest dreams.
- By Jason Pargin
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- August 19, 2013
The 6 Most Hilarious Ways Mainstream Media Failed at Google
When the work we do is seen by others, it's important to be thorough when checking facts. The people on this list learned that the hard way.
- By Diana Cook
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- August 06, 2013
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