28 Very Smart People Who Believe Very Dumb Things
They can’t all be winners
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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18 19 of the Weirdest Favors People Have Requested
Dude, can you help me un-bury my boat?
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- By Ian Garner
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27 Quotes Everyone Either Misunderstands or Gets Wrong
Who knew the real versions of these quotes?
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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29 Products Companies Wish They Could Forget
You’d think these companies would worry about damaging their brands, but nope
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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32 Predictions That Broke the Crystal Balls They Sprung Forth From
Prediction: Hundreds of years from now, we’ll all be floating gray orbs. Only time will tell
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay L'Ecuyer
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Brian C. Miller
Clichés! Hollywood just can’t seem to avoid them. You’ve got your trusty go-tos for evil characters: They’re a doctor! They have a cat! Their old name is “dead”! Then, there’s when you need to make sure the audience knows a character is cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs: They skirt gender norms! They’re goth! They’re lonely or introverted! If a character is heroic, obviously that means that they’re either a) a captain; b) punching the villain; or c) driving a pickup truck. And we can’t forget that arrogance means eating apples and that being a smart person means wearing glasses and having frizzy, crazy hair. Here are some of the most egregious clichés and stereotypes that keep popping up over and over again…
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26 Movie Villains Who Deserve a Second Look
Were... were they right?
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- By Cracked Writers, Brian C. Miller
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15 Bindles of Trivia We Shouldered This Week
Including some practical advice on fighting demons
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- By Ryan Menezes
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4 Times Cartoon Characters Became Political
Remember the time Winnie the Pooh stuck it to Richard Nixon?
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- By JM McNab
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Cotton’s 5 Most Cutting Insults on ‘King of the Hill’
The shinless menace’s most memorable put-downs and pettiest acts of assholery
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- By Keegan Kelly
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30 Insane Interactions People Had with Strangers
‘Redheads are the actual spawn of Satan!’
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- By Ian Garner
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‘Never Eat Singing Food’: 15 Trivia Tidbits About ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’
Somehow an adaptation featuring the Muppets became one of the most accurate adaptations of Dickens’ holiday classic
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- By Brian VanHooker
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Dude, can you help me un-bury my boat?
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- By Ian Garner
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29 Products Companies Wish They Could Forget
You’d think these companies would worry about damaging their brands, but nope
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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32 Predictions That Broke the Crystal Balls They Sprung Forth From
Prediction: Hundreds of years from now, we’ll all be floating gray orbs. Only time will tell
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay L'Ecuyer
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