Kristi Harrison
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The 4 Craziest Moments in the History of Christmas Specials
If you're anything like me, you grew up with TV as your Christmas nanny. Therefore, you know that some bizarre things happened on television during the holiday season.
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6 Retro Ads With Accidental Sexual Innuendos
From what we can tell, 20th century admen were either hopelessly naive or diabolically perverted. Either way, we can laugh at the fruits of their labor.
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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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5 Ways Your Taste in Music is Scientifically Programmed
No matter how science tries to take the magic out of life, there are certain things that you just can't qualify with data: young love, the joy of holding a puppy, the beauty of a classic song ... . Ah, not so fast on that last one.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Chris Radomile
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5 Tips for Fixing America's Schools (From a Former Teacher)
The only person more qualified to talk about the state of American education is ol' John Dewey himself. Ha ha, that's an educator joke. Here are five super legit ways to fix America's schools.
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The 5 Most Baffling Things About Pinterest: Explained
On Pinterest, people are free to share your pinned recipes, crafts, inspirational photos, etc. on their boards, and so on, at a rate of several billion times a second (probably). Got it? Okay, now here's where it gets weird.
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6 Famous Quotes (Revised for Accuracy)
Good news, everybody! Thanks to the sassy scholarship of Cracked historians, we've found the revised versions of some of history's greatest quotes.
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8 Mind-Blowing Realities of Our Future Full of Old People
Allow us to take a moment to imagine a planet where 'old' is the new 'everybody.'
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- By Kristi Harrison
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What Your Playlist Actually Says About You
Surprisingly, your playlist is not persuasively hip as you probably think.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Logan Trent
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The 5 Weirdest Reasons We Have Sex (According to Science)
We're not saying these theories behind our sexual behaviors are the gospel truth or that there aren't other, conflicting theories out there. But if they are, sex is even weirder than we thought.
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8 Amazing Works of Art You Need a Microscope to Appreciate
At the risk of rewarding those who showboat, here are folks who picked the hardest possible medium to create their work and straight owned it.
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- By Kristi Harrison
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Are You Secretly a Great Writer? Like Money? Read This.
Think you know more about everything than Cracked.com does? Time to put up or shut up.
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- By Kristi Harrison
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5 Insane Celebrity Conspiracy Theories (That Make Sense)
We try not to be celebrity-obsessed here at Cracked. But some prominent people have permanently changed the culture, and it's worth understanding what made them tick.
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- By Adam Tod Brown, Kristi Harrison, Mohammed Shariff
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4 Reasons Zooey Deschanel Can Stop Pretending She's a Dork
If you're anything like me, you track rising movie starlets through a patented system of chicken bone voodoo and Precog upkeep. It's a good system but sometimes people fall through the cracks. Like when the lil' water baldies began rolling out the name 'Zooey' over and over again, I had to consult other sources to get a reading of what was up.
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6 Things You Won't Believe Animals Do Just Like Us
Hold on, humanity. Before we go boasting about our opposable thumbs, maybe we should take a deep breath and calm down.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Fady Labib, Eddie Rodriguez
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6 Ways Bacteria Will Prevent the Apocalypse
There are some strains of bacteria that not only can perform massive, superhero-level feats, but are probably going to be what stands between us and an apocalyptic future.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Tom Hohle
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5 Silly Childhood Rituals (That Explain Adult Behaviors)
Memes are just the grown up world's version of 'down-down-baby, down-by-the-rollercoaster.'
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- By Kristi Harrison
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7 Pieces of Good News Nobody Is Reporting
the news media has a filtering process that only lets the bad stuff through. When they do break up the monotony with something lighthearted, it's always something pointless and inconsequential, like that thing last week with the monkey that learned to fly a helicopter.
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6 'Wuss' Behaviors That Were Once Badass Survival Instincts
You might not realize it, but some of the behaviors that get you swirlied today were survival strategies that kept you alive thousands of years ago.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Dennis Hong
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