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The 27 Weirdest Lies That Everyone Believed
A fool and their dignity are easily parted.
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- By AM Smiley
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21 Absurd Lies Companies Have Used To Sell Products
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Baffling Lies Society Told You About Fat People
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- By E. Fitzgerald
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5 Awesome Life Hacks Hidden In Your Own Body
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- By Ivan Farkas
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Trendy Health Foods That Are Being Sold (To Idiots)
We've proven that we will shove any random slurry down our throats if we're told it'll miraculously cure our hairy molars or medulla pimples or combustible priapism.
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- By Jim Avery
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5 Things You Say Often With Horrible Historical Origins
It's fascinating to trace the origins of everyday phrases back and find out just how many of them were not only slang, but terms that referenced unspeakable horror.
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- By Steve Shapiro
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6 Facts About The Environment (That Just Aren't True)
It turns out that some of the lessons Captain Planet taught are about as useful as telling people to wipe their butts with recycled uranium fuel rods.
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- By Mark Hill
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7 Plastic Surgeries That Are Both Ghoulish And Unnecessary
If you thought things like chest hair implants were bizarre, then prepare to feast upon this hideousness.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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5 Artifacts That Prove Ancients Were Some Sick M'fers
When you go sifting through the shockingly explicit artifacts left behind by great civilizations, you find that modern society is pretty tame.
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- By Laura H
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6 Iconic Pieces of Military Tech (That Secretly Sucked)
If you take a closer look at some of the machines we've been fervently drawing on our Trapper Keepers during study hall, you might find them hiding a ludicrous Achilles heel.
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- By M. Peter Storino
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5 Animal Myths Everyone Believes (That Are Total B.S.)
We're here to break what we call the 'Circle Of Dumbass,' wherein one dumbass passes down bunk knowledge to another and then it passes again, and again ...
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- By Sean Curtis
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The 6 Most Ridiculous F***-Ups In The History Of Science
Guess what: scientists are just normal people who get up every morning, drive to work, and occasionally screw up in excruciatingly highfalutin' ways.
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- By Chris Radomile
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The 5 Most Important Things Ever Done While Black Out Drunk
Many historic events were such drunken shitshows that it's hard to imagine what modern civilization would even look like if not for the intervention of booze.
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- By Pat Carnell
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6 Reasons You Can't Trust Science Anymore
Publication is an important way for scientists to share research and advance their careers. Here's how it's destroying science.
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- By Matt J. Michel
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6 Iconic Monuments That Almost Looked Completely Insane
Most monuments are actually pretty crazy. But those ones are tiddlywinks compared to these tributes we almost had.
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- By E. Reid Ross
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