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7 Alleged Sex Offenders

By Sami on February 02nd, 2010

sexoffender 7 Alleged Sex Offenders

History is full of figures with popular stature or political influence who were plagued with scandals. Most of their offenses end up getting hushed up or forgotten, but sex scandals always seem to linger. The following are 7 (alleged) sex offenders and how they managed to get away with it. Read the rest of this entry »

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5 Disasters That Could Have Been Avoided

By Wesley on July 18th, 2009

disastergirl 5 Disasters That Could Have Been Avoided

Some disasters are unavoidable. Hurricanes, earthquakes, meteor strikes: only mad scientists are blamed for these mishaps. Sometimes fate decides to go ahead and give people a good spanking just for shits and giggles. Other times, its our own damn fault. Read the rest of this entry »

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How Nepal Fights Corruption

By Sami on July 01st, 2009

According to the BBC, Nepal has an interesting way of fighting corruption:

Staff at Nepal’s main international airport are to be issued with trousers without pockets, in an attempt to wipe out rampant bribe-taking.

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10 Whacked-Out Despots

By Robert on April 28th, 2009

zarkondespot1 10 Whacked Out Despots

The sheer amount of insane or mentally unstable heads of state is evidence that the one job that requires the least in the way of mental stability is absolute rule. In honor of every mad monarchs and deranged dictators who tried to live up to Zarkon, this is a list of the 10 most whacked-out despots in history. Read the rest of this entry »

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10 Historic Badasses (Who Never Hurt a Fly)

By Sami on March 25th, 2009

peaceprotest 10 Historic Badasses (Who Never Hurt a Fly)

A lot of people said we were glorifying violence in our last entry about violent badasses. While that isn’t true, we are making up for it by putting together a list of (slightly obscure) people who never resorted to violence. The following is a list of 10 people who were badasses and never harmed a fly, they simply didn’t need it. Read the rest of this entry »

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