Normally I wouldn't post a Cracked article here because they end up being posted everywhere but this one is too interesting to pass up. Here are 7 movies that were "based" on a true story. The key word being "based", sometimes it is very very very loosely based. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

True Love Tattoos offer you the ultimate way to express your love for that special someone, they open you up and ink your loved one's name on your heart. To launch the love song "Some People" by brand new pop act Vikunja and to cut through the music media the fake company was created. picked by 5tring3r 1 year ago

Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired and many many more endeavors has written a review of 200 documentaries that he found to be great. Great when perusing Netflix. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

Stories (ostensibly true
stories), boiled down to the absolute bare
essentials. picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

So far the device only works in two dimensions and on a tiny scale, but still... picked by DrNothing 2 years ago

The videos are long, and it may take a little while to see all of them, but I highly reccomend you watch. picked by gammerus 2 years ago

“kids threw stones at me and called me ‘Chinese’ ”
*WTF?* Were they supposed to call you Mexican???

I'm sorry. I'm not a prejudicial guy, but this is far too gay! picked by Bornbad 4 months ago

This week, in a hotel ballroom in Indianapolis, hundreds will die.

A life-size dungeon, complete with traps, monsters and treasure. More than 3,000 people -- some dressed for the part -- take on the role of an adventurer and travel through the dungeon, attempting to avoid traps, defeat monsters and claim treasure. picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

An Aesop's fable about a crow with a knowledge of physics is more than just folklore, scientists have shown.

Researchers found that rooks, members of the crow family, can use stones to raise the level of water in a container - just like the bird in the tale The Crow And The Pitcher. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

Looking to get stuff for free? Become the ultimate Freeloader with these 11 tried and true tips. Learn how to score hookups from your friends, get free music, and score free money with our guide to freeloading. picked by 1krazykorean 10 months ago

Grounded in history and science, True Enough paints a dismal picture of a species with a limitless capacity for self-deception and selective reasoning.
(I believe it) picked by Bornbad 1 year ago

Sending an amount of data that would cost $1 from your ISP would cost over $61 million if you were to send it over SMS.
In actuality, the true cost of a text message is zero(0)cents. picked by Nateebiinature 1 year ago

A photograph of the boy with the "beautiful brown eyes" who Anne Frank recalled as her "one true love" in the diary she wrote whilst in hiding in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands is to go on display in Amsterdam. picked by buddha 2 years ago

’Tis true, dear friends, ’tis all too true. They loathe, despise, and outright hate that wretched Flood and it’s associated Ark with a malevolence usually reserved for Communists, Democrats, gays, atheists, sex because it feels good, anyone named Clinton, and those who accept the Theory of Evolution, whatever their names & titles. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

This one is true, true, true and was proven so by the MythBusters. Nobody can explain exactly why, but microwaving a giant jawbreaker will turn it into a very dangerous molten sugar grenade. Also, nobody can explain why someone would microwave a jawbreaker in the first place. picked by leopoldogolba 2 years ago

"What I want to believe based on emotions and what I should believe based on evidence does not always coincide. And after 99 monthly columns of exploring such topics (this is Opus 100), I conclude that I’m a skeptic not because I do not want to believe but because I want to know. I believe that the truth is out there. But how can we tell the difference between what we would like to be ... read full post picked by sidran32 3 months ago

Pope Benedict XVI reasserted the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says other Christian communities are either defective or not true churches and Catholicism provides the only true path to salvation. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

The story of the little brother, who's dying inspired Emma Samms to to set up the Starlight Children's Foundation (make a wish) to try to make other children's wishes come true, just as their father had done for Jamie. picked by bingo 6 months ago

New research examines emotional melodrama and finds a significant difference between how men and women view stories about protagonists who overcome challenges through sacrifice and bravery. While women tended to prefer stories that seem to be true, men enjoyed stories more when they were specifically told that they are fictionalized. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

It's true. I read it on the internet. She wants to castrate all white males until they are no longer dominate in western culture. Sure snopes says it isn't true, but who are you going to believe - Snopes or a site with a headline stating that they offer "news unencumbered by facts"? picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago