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5 Inspiring True Stories For Anyone Feeling Cynical Today
Spending too much time on the Internet is a surefire way to become hopelessly cynical, but we know there's a tiny glimmer of idealism burning away inside you. It's worth it to take some time every now and again to remind yourself that it's there.
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The disasters that happened in the Bible tended to be weird and they just don't happen any more. (Well ... almost.)
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- By Colin Rowe
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Cracked Round-Up: Soul-Searching Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 5 Ballsiest Double-Crosses Ever Pulled Off
Some people turn betrayal into an art form, screwing over those who trusted them in ways so unbelievably insane that we can't help feeling a little bit of admiration for these guys ...
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- By Ryan J.
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6 Insane Superstitions That Are Still Shockingly Influential
Maybe you're a totally rational human being who also happens to believe in alien abductions, ghost kidnappings or yeti carjackings. That's OK. You're not alone. Why, sometimes even courts and governments blur the line between reality and bullshit.
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- By Jesse Clark, Steve Hanley
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5 Secret Languages That Stuck It to the Man
We told you about how old-time criminals invented a bunch of the slang you use today. Well, turns out they aren't the only ones with their own language.
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- By C. Coville, Karl Smallwood
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The 6 Most Spectacularly Failed Attempts to Look Cool
No one likes a showoff. Not even fate, apparently -- because every once in a while it sees fit to prick someone's inflated ego balloon with its embarrassment needle, resulting in a spectacular backfire like ...
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- By Chris Fox
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Cracked Round-Up: Democragasm Edition
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- By CRACKED Staff
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The 7 Most Insane Things Done in the Name of Love
No matter how much you love your significant other, you've probably never crossed the line from crazy romantic to crazy insane. We can't say the same thing about these guys.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez, Jamie Flexman
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The 8 Most Excessively Disturbing Public Health Campaigns
These public health campaigns are just like regular advertisements, except that instead of selling McRibs, they're promoting awareness for a cause in the most terrifying way possible.
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- By Scott Pearson
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8 Election Myths You Probably Believe
Some of what we hate most about the American democratic process aren't flaws at all -- they're actually what make the whole thing tick.
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- By Robert Evans, Kristi Harrison, Jim Avery, Jared Whitley
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7 True Stories of Animals Rescuing People from Certain Death
Apparently, lions, gorillas and even whales throwing themselves in harm's way to save some helpless human.
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- By Jeffrey Crawford
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The 5 Most Terrifying Rites of Passage from Around the World
There are some cultures out there that don't consider puberty a real rite of passage unless it involves something so gruesome that most of us wouldn't do it as adults.
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- By Richy Craven, Luv Sheth
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6 Bizarre Factors That Predict Every Presidential Election
Wouldn't it be great if you could shut out that political noise and predict the outcome of every presidential election based on completely ridiculous and arbitrary factors? Guess what? You totally can.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 8 Creepiest Places on Earth (Part 4)
There are some places you can take one look at and be certain -- just from a process of pure and logical deduction -- that they're home to terrible monsters.
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- By Robert Brockway, Cezary Jan Strusiewicz, Andy Keher
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