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5 Things They Don't Tell You When You Leave the Army
While the military tries its best to show you things like how to write a resume or claim GI Bill benefits, there are some parts of everyday post-combat life they fail to mention.
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5 People Who Became Unwitting Tourist Attractions
Sometimes, fame means little more than taking a full-time job as a depressing sideshow freak. Just ask some of the people who had the misfortune to become human tourist attractions.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The 6 Most Horrifying Sex Scenes in Fan Fiction (Pt. 4)
Here are six challenging pieces of fan fiction you can use to ruin any pleasant memories you might have had of the characters involved.
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- By Eric A.
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5 Real People With Mind-Blowing Mutant Superpowers (Part 3)
These select groups of gifted individuals, whether they were born better than us or simply became so over time, have abilities that make them stronger, keener, faster ... and probably totally smug about it, too.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Dennis Fulton, Carmen Burana
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5 Amazing Wizard Tricks You Can Do With Basic Math
While only the highest Numerati may understand the spellcraft that makes our modern wonders possible, even a Level 1 Math Wizard wielding basic fourth grade arithmetic can pull off seemingly impossible feats.
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- By Teddem Yee
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5 Sites That Prove the U.S. Government Sucks at the Internet
These were all funded by your tax dollars, of course.
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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The Top 116 Images You Won't Believe Aren't Photoshopped
None of these pictures has been manipulated in any way. All of them look crazier than a bag of balls.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Publications
Maybe it's because writers and artists get bored, or maybe they know that years down the road someone like us will come along and draw them out, but easter eggs are everywhere.
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- By Veronica Dymond, Robert Rosati, Carmen Burana
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9 Unintentionally Terrifying Old-Timey Children's Toys
When kids in the old days weren't too busy catching the black lung, they had to go home and play with these friggin' nightmares.
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- By Tracy V.
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5 Bizarre Factors That Secretly Make Criminals Target You
Crime is everywhere, and all of us are just victims waiting to happen. Especially you. Yes, you: You've just got a face that formally requests punching.
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- By Tristan Cooper
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5 Real Criminals Betrayed by Their Own Big Mouths
As difficult as it can sometimes be to catch a criminal, it's even harder to get a conviction. Unless, of course, your suspect publicly broadcasts their crime.
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- By Mark H.
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5 Stupid Questions You Won't Believe Scientists Answered
One of the best things about Science is that it answers questions we never realized needed answering. In fact, Science gets so overeager sometimes that it starts answering questions that really shouldn't have been asked in the first place.
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Josh Hrala, Michael Hossey
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6 Tales of Amazing Survivors (Who Were Babies)
There are babies out there who have survived dangerous situations that would have likely killed a grown man, sometimes because their smallness actually protected them, and sometimes because we're pretty sure they're just indestructible.
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- By Cornelius Heyer, Alan Boyle
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6 Tiny Computer Glitches That Caused Huge Disasters (Part 2)
The line between 'computerized utopia of the future' and 'utter chaos' is just a line of computer code.
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- By Andrew Heaton
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5 Horrifying Places Real People Got Trapped and Forgotten
If you weren't claustrophobic already, this article might do it for you.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Ivan Farkas, Hillery Alley
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