Cracked Archive - Tech

7 Insanely Advanced Weapons History Somehow Forgot About
Some ancient weapons were literally centuries ahead of their time yet wound up in the trash when society decided they were simply too awesome for their time.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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7 Silver Linings Now That You've Lost Your Job
We present to you the lighter side of being forcibly unemployed. We hope these will help you get on with your life, or at least stop crying in your car.
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- By Chris Bucholz
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6 Shocking Ways TV Rewires Your Brain
Watching enough television rewires your brain in a bunch of unexpected ways. The science for it is pretty much overwhelming.
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- By Sam Cooper
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6 Video Game Heroes Made Useless By Supporting Characters
Just because you're the star of your very own video game doesn't automatically mean you deserve the lead role. In most cases, we wish we could control the far-better sidekick instead.
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- By Jason Iannone
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The 5 Hardest, Most Pointless World of Warcraft Achievements
So some achievements are meaningless, and some achievements are insanely difficult. The World of Warcraft developers thought it would be funny to make some that were both. Like these.
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- By Christina H
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7 Planes Perfectly Designed (To Kill The People Flying Them)
Building military aircraft is really, really hard. Sometimes, though, they just sort of slap something together and send the pilot off to die.
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- By Patrick Riordan
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5 Creepy Ways Humans Are Plunging Into the Uncanny Valley
What is the uncanny valley? Something that's horrifying and happening right now.
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- By Paul K Pickett
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5 Reasons Bowser Is The Most Successful Video Game Character
The most depressingly one-sided rivalry in the history of not just video games, but possibly the world.
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- By Luke McKinney
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5 Awesome Vehicles for the Extremely Wealthy (And Insane)
Apparently the rich supervillain demographic is not limited to fictional settings. Just ask whoever built these ridiculous modes of transportation.
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- By Sam Blitz
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The 7 Most Unintentionally Creepy Places on the Internet
Seven websites that prove the internet can still make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end
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- By Nick Coffin, Derek James
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5 Multiplayer Video Games That Will Destroy Your Marriage
The dating site eHarmony claims to match prospective couples based on 29 dimensions of compatibility, not one of them being video game skill level. This is an enormous mistake
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- By Christina H
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5 Reasons The Future Will Be Ruled By B.S.
It's all about FARTS.
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- By Jason Pargin
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How Xerox Invented the Information Age (and Gave it Away)
Imagine that somewhere Ford Motor Corp has a building full of engineers, right now, who have built a flying car that can go 300 miles an hour, runs on water, and has a device that gently massages your groin while you fly it.
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- By Jim Avery
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7 Reasons Computer Glitches Won't Go Away (Ever)
Computers will never work correctly. Live with it.
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- By Stuart P. Bentley
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9 Video Game Easter Eggs That Took Years to Find
Finding a video game easter egg is like putting on your favorite pair of pants and then finding a twenty in the pocket.
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- By Luke McKinney
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