5 Famous Movie Characters Who Wasted Awesome Superpowers

Superhero movies are so popular these days that even characters in other film genres are getting superpowers now — like that movie about the stripper who is also a wizard, Magic Mike. Apparently, Hollywood’s top writers are using their prodigious…

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4 Ways Porn Is Baffling The Internet’s Biggest Companies

But wait — didn’t Google invent incognito mode, a browser that was explicitly created so you can look at porn without leaving a record? Google, like everyone else on the Internet, wants to have it all, and by “all” we mean secret anonymous access…

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5 Amazing Things You Didn’t Know Babies Could Do

Infants tend to be lazy, stupid turds, as anyone who has had to work with one can attest. Even if you find babies adorable, you have to admit that the only “amazing” thing about them is how they can turn milk into poop that looks and smells like it…

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7 Bizarre Early Versions Of Famous Characters

It’s easy to assume that the whole world swooned the moment it saw Batman or James Bond appear on screen — certain characters are just so undeniably awesome that they couldn’t possibly fail. But the reality is that lots of your favorite franchises…

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3 Sinister Reasons You’re Addicted To Junk Food

Everybody wants to eat healthy! Eventually! When we, uh, finally get around to it! Come on, how hard can it really be to give up junk food?

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4 Tips For Enjoying The New ‘Arrested Development’ Season

Quite simply, the new season of Arrested Development is a staggeringly impressive comic achievement that leaves me dumbstruck in the wake of its brilliance. Yeah, I know that sounds hyperbolic, but it’s not. Season 4 is one of the most inspiring…

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5 Terrible Lessons We Learned From Superman Movies

For such a simple and lighthearted genre, superhero movies can have some really confusing lessons, mostly because the people writing them aren’t trying to convey a lesson at all. But that’s not the case with Superman, right? There’s no brooding…

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5 Famous Frivolous Lawsuits That Didn’t Actually Happen

The problem is that, while there no doubt are real frivolous lawsuits out there, when you go to look up the details of these stories, you usually find that things played out very differently. At best, the situation was a little more complicated, and…

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5 Most Recession-Proof Industries In Video Games Universes

Video games are a powerful form of escapism because (assuming you aren’t someone who studied car thievery or Contra-ing in college) the lives of the main characters are just more exciting than yours. But I think there’s a whole unexplored aspect of…

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