Pauli Poisuo

The 6 Least Impressive Ways Anyone Ever Got Rich

Hey, slackers -- here's your inspiration.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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January 21, 2012

7 Physical Mutations That Helped Famous Careers

We bet every one of you reading this has one weird thing about your body you'd change if you could. Not so fast, though -- as a whole bunch of famous people can tell you, a horrible deformity and/or physical mutilation can be the difference between failure and stardom.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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December 26, 2011

6 Badass Jobs That You're Probably Already Qualified to Do

It turns out some of the most awesomely portrayed jobs in movies require almost no training whatsoever and can be done by almost any old jackass who walks in off the street.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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December 17, 2011

7 Bizarre Trends That Predict an Economic Collapse

At any point during an economic downturn, there are always obvious signs of the recession. But during these times, there are less-noticed but totally bizarre indicators that things are bad.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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December 11, 2011

5 Insane Doctors From History Who Put House to Shame

Throughout history, there have been risk-taking, don't-give-a-sh*t doctors who were part Rambo, part MacGyver and part House (specifically, the crazy part of House).

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By Pauli Poisuo

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December 05, 2011

6 Extreme Sports You Won't Believe Anyone Survives

You have to kind of feel sorry for 'extreme sport' practitioners. For one thing, you can't even say the name of their sport without an eye roll and a smirk, and for another, the '90s are over.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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November 06, 2011

8 Terrifying Robots Now Stalking Your Local Hospital

Apparently, what the world really needs is robots specifically designed to understand the human body and interact with it. With knives.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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October 15, 2011

5 Sci-Fi Medical Procedures We'll Have in Our Lifetime

Let's take a moment to marvel at the fact that we're not too far away from having fiction turn into reality.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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October 09, 2011

The 6 Most Horrifying Lies The Food Industry is Feeding You

If there's one thing in the world the food industry is dead set against, it's allowing you to actually maintain some level of control over what you eat.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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September 21, 2011

7 Famous 'Unsolved' Mysteries (Science Solved Years Ago)

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By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell

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September 12, 2011

6 Great Products For Making Your Pet Hate You

When our pets one day inevitably rise up, they'll probably be pretty pissed about a whole bunch of things. This is just a sample of why we'll be dying slow deaths.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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August 25, 2011

6 Beneficial Things They Made You Stop Doing in School

It's easy to think of a classroom as a battle of wills between kids who want to dick around all day and teachers who actually want to make them learn. But it's not that simple. A lot of the things that will get you yelled at in a classroom are, in fact, beneficial to learning.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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August 22, 2011

6 Insane DIY Surgeries You Won't Believe Actually Worked

Warning: Cracked.com does not advocate self-doctoring of any kind, no matter how hilarious it may be.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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May 29, 2011

10 Famous Unsolved Mysteries Easily Explained by Science

Science: Ruining campfire stories since 1625.

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By Pauli Poisuo, M. Asher Cantrell

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May 09, 2011

The 14 Most Unintentionally Terrifying Statues in the World

A person can paint something with no guarantee it'll be around in a few years. But when a sculptor creates a horrifying monument to his own insanity, that shit gets erected in city park or town square somewhere.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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April 26, 2011

7 Horrible Ways The Universe Can Destroy Us Without Warning

he universe is patient. It can wait. But rest assured: Some day, when you least expect it, it will reap a terrible vengeance upon you.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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April 19, 2011

6 Ways Nature Cleans Up Our Messes Better Than We Do

Every once in a while, Mother Nature surprises us with her resiliency, Wolverine-like healing abilities and willingness to step in and clean up our filthy messes when we prove ourselves incompetent.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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April 15, 2011

6 Beauty Products that Qualify as Torture

You already know that beauty comes with a price that you pay both in money and pain. Lots and lots of pain.

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By Pauli Poisuo

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April 14, 2011

6 Brilliant Inventions That Look Like Gag Gifts

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By Pauli Poisuo

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March 25, 2011

7 Bizarre Products for Dressing Up Your Genitals

In a time when everything from artificial tans to calf implants has become culturally acceptable, for some reason genitals usually get left out of the body-decoration process. The only real option until recently was choosing between carpet or hardwood floors. Well, not anymore!

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By Pauli Poisuo

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March 10, 2011