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417 - Top 10 ICONIC Things You Didnt Know Were Designed for ADVERTISING Mar 27, 2020

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We’re all proud of our culture. From music, to food, we think of it as a part of us. We consider it our national or human identity. We enjoy knowing that our own preferences and choices helped create a unique country or region. However, many of the iconic things that we know or take part in today were not started due to simple cultural osmosis. Instead, they were shaped by marketing campaigns by extremely clever advertisers. In many ways, advertisers have managed to change the world without people even catching on.

416 - Top 10 CREEPY Real Life ROBOTS Mar 26, 2020

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Even leaving aside the pop culture jokes about Skynet from the Terminator series and similarly-themed science fiction that provides a violent robot revolution, the future of automation has some unsettling possibilities. On the most practical level, there’s the potential impact many more jobs becoming automated will have on the economy for the working class. There are the military applications, even if the extra step is never taken of installing artificial intelligence in them.

415 - Top 10 Countries Known for HUMAN TRAFFICKING Mar 26, 2020

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Human trafficking is one of the most despicable crimes that one person can commit against another, and it is sadly way too common. The FBI says that it is the third biggest criminal activity. Anyone can become a victim of human trafficking, which is modern day slavery, and according to the United Nations, about 20 percent of victims are children. It’s also a global problem and countries in every region of the world are affected by it; this includes first world countries.

414 - Top 10 Most VENOMOUS SPIDERS in the WORLD Mar 25, 2020

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Spiders evolved over 380 million years ago, and are a vital part of the world’s ecosystem. However, just because they’re old and important doesn’t mean some of them aren’t absolutely terrifying. Yes, many of them are harmless, but others we would rather stay away from because they’re incredibly venomous. The good news is that deaths from spider bites are very rare and they only do it if they feel threatened. So even though some spiders can kill you, they would rather not.

413 - Top 10 Most Successful COMEBACK Albums Mar 25, 2020

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The music business is a fickle beast. Taste and trends are always changing, and if a musician doesn’t evolve or continue to put out quality music, they can quickly fall into obscurity. These 10 artists were standing on the edge of oblivion, only to release an album that reignited their careers and secured their legacy in music history.

412 - Top 10 Things Thatll Make You Hate Kim Kardashian a Little Less Mar 24, 2020

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Kim Kardashian, whether you hate her, you love her, or you love to hate-watch her, certainly gets a lot of attention. However, much of it is negative, with detractors criticizing her looks, her media overexposure, and her tendency to profit off a celebrity status that she earned through a sex tape and a reality show empire. But is Kim really the worst? Below are 10 things Kim has done that have made a positive impact in the world…

411 - Top 10 Seemingly INNOCENT Things That Reveal Shocking Amounts of Information About YOU Mar 24, 2020

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We live in the digital age, and it has never been easier for… well, anyone to find out all your dirty little secrets. While we expect agencies like the NSA, the FBI, and Google to know a terrifying amount about us, there are a bunch more innocuous things that a person with the right know-how can use to learn things about you or the people around you that you’d never expect.

410 - Top 10 Hidden Truths About Historical Artifacts and Inventions Mar 23, 2020

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When it comes to history, while there’s still some mystery to our past, we tend to think we’ve got things pretty well figured out. Many people are convinced of the origins and truths behind many famous artifacts and inventions, even though the history of them is much more complicated and bizarre than most people realize. Just like someday people will likely stumble upon the remains of a floppy disk and wonder if it was a plate, many of the things that happened through the past have become distorted through the lens of history. For some of these, the truth is still out there to be found, and it’s only been confused by modern retellings and myths.

409 - Top 10 Bizarre Ways Pharmaceutical DRUGS Change the ENVIRONMENT Mar 23, 2020

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Pharmaceutical drugs are being prescribed more than ever to both humans and animals. In the United States, over 70 percent of adults use some form of prescription drug. It was only in the late ’90s that researchers realized these drugs could have a profound impact on the environment thanks to improper disposal or chemicals entering the water through our bodily waste. These drugs are incredibly helpful to humans, but they can have a devastating effect on the world’s ecosystem.

408 - Top 10 Places to Film a Horror Movie Mar 22, 2020

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Location can be a major obstacle to movie completion, as Terry Gilliam found when trying to shoot The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The setting is as important for a movie as a stage is for a play – it sets the atmosphere, grounds the plot and provides the look and feel. For a horror movie, surroundings need to be bizarre, mysterious, unsettling or chilling. The following destinations would be worthy locations for a horror movie to rival any Wes Craven classic.

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