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The 5 Most Disastrous Marketing Failures of All Time
In a world where it feels like we're all brainwashed by corporate marketing campaigns, it's nice to see them fall flat on their faces now and then.
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- By Raoni Lacerda, Evan V. Symon , Carmen Burana
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799 5 Reasons Conspiracy Theories Are Destroying the World
It's time to take conspiracy theorists seriously, but not for the reasons they want us to.
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- By Adam Wears, Sam Jackson
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5 Social Networking Promotions That Backfired Spectacularly
The great thing about social media is that it allows whatever stupid thing you want to say to reach your audience instantly. The terrible thing about social media is that it allows whatever stupid thing you want to say to reach your audience instantly.
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- By Chris Rio, Russ Pontius
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5 Tests Everyone Trusts (That Are Shockingly Inaccurate)
Some of these tests are about as trustworthy as an Econoline with tinted windows.
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- By Sara Ohlms, Ivan Farkas
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4 Things You Can Only Learn by Surviving an Earthquake
In January 2010, John and his younger brother were two of thousands of foreigners in Haiti when a 7.0-magnitude earthquake had just struck the country, the strongest in over 200 years.
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- By Carmen Burana, John N.
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5 Reasons to Be Less Worried About Robots Taking Over
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- By Tina Saucedo
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The 50 Most Awesome Things Ever Done by Americans
We've been collecting the stories of real Americans who did really awesome things -- at peace, at war, and while being Teddy Roosevelt.
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- By Cracked Writers
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The 6 Stupidest Designs Ever Used on Enormous Projects
We assume that people who build buildings know what they're doing, but that stuff isn't easy, and damn it, mistakes get made.
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- By Tristan Cooper
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7 Awesome Buildings That Look Like They're Designed by Kids
It turns out plenty of professional folks are 12-year-olds magically trapped in grown-up bodies.
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- By Kel Zhang
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5 Shockingly Childish Abuses of Power by Hospital Employees
Hospitals kind of need to keep things professional, since a tiny mistake can mean death and a massive malpractice suit. Of course, not everyone got the memo.
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- By Simon Bower , A.C. Grimes
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5 Bizarre Subcultures Way Crazier Than Anything from Japan
These baffling cliques seem to be based on a peyote vision or some terrible mistranslation in the Bible.
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- By Antonio Arrieta, JM McNab
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5 New Methods for Losing Weight You Won't Believe Are Legal
These all sound like bizarre torture methods you'd find in a sci-fi flick.
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- By Doron S.
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5 Huge Monster Versions of the World's Most Annoying Things
It's easy to lose perspective and forget that other people have it so, so much worse than us.
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- By Eddie Rodriguez
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5 Animals That Can Do Amazing Things (With Their Butts)
Some animals shape the world around them using nothing but their asses, because life is occasionally just as wonderful as we always knew it was meant to be.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Famous Works That Were Just Half-Assed Copyright Abuses
Sometimes suck is a byproduct of honest effort gone bad, and sometimes suck is a direct result of cynical copyright shenanigans.
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- By Scott Elizabeth Baird
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