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5 Flat-Out Wrong Things About Religions You Probably Believe
People get pretty uptight about religious beliefs, and all we can do is point out some of the ridiculous things they think they know about them.
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459 5 WTF Real Jobs That Allow You To Commit Legal Crimes
Anyone wanting to live out their John Wick fantasies should head to the Phillipines.
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- By Roman Odarenko
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7 Huge Apocalypses (That Might Happen In Your Lifetime)
We're one earthquake in Japan away from all of society collapsing.
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- By S Peter Davis
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The Racist Pencil Test: 5 WTF Quack 'Tests' Humanity Devised
In the U.K., they used to inflict the three-finger virginity test on incoming female immigrants. That's exactly as horrifying as it sounds.
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- By Ernie Yap
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6 Minor Movie Details That Always Mean One MAJOR Thing
If a female character gets a haircut in a movie or show, that's not a great sign.
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- By E.M. Caris
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5 Facts About Nuclear Weapons That'll Keep You Awake Forever
When mankind first created nuclear weapons, we took every possible precaution to ensure those doomsday devices could never be used by the wrong hands. Juuuust kidding.
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- By Eamon Lahiri
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6 Historic Sex and Dating Rituals You'll Be Glad Died Out
Throughout the Middle Ages, it wasn't unheard-of for marital disputes to be negotiated via trial by combat.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Hilariously Elaborate Ways People Cheated At Stuff
Pigeon racing is a deadly serious competition, so of course there are pigeon doping scandals.
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- By Ricardo Oskam
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6 Absolutely Insane Perks Of Being Ultra-Rich
NSFW Warning: This article features Babylonian levels of decadence. Also, golden boobs.
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- By Isaac Cabe
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5 Brilliant Crimes By People Who Totally Sucked At Crime
Most people would sell the art they steal when they learn it's worth over a billion dollars. Not Stephane Breitwiester.
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- By Jim Avery
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5 Horrifying Tragedies Behind Everyday Routines
Many of the things you think are routine only became that way after massive amounts of suffering.
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- By Jordan Breeding, Claudio Buttice
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6 People Who Were The Scum Of The Earth During Tragedies
After every horrible disaster, there's always those of lesser scruples who have no problem trying to make gobs of money off of others' sympathy and suffering.
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- By Dawn Morrow
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5 Ways The U.S. Is Still Horrible At Handling Disabilities
Depending on your disability, it's still perfectly legal in America to screw you over in a fabulous myriad of ways.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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Kills 99% Of Germs: 6 Ad Phrases That Mean Literally Nothing
Some marketing ploys have become so ingrained in our culture, we simply accept them as fact.
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- By Michael Dawson , Ivan Farkas, Eamon Lahiri
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5 Horrifying Jobs That Almost Make You Prefer Unemployment
The next time you're having a bad day, remember that you could be clocking in to a day's worth of web gore and child pornography.
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- By Norbert Gehardt
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