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15 Packaging Fails That Grew Up to Be Jokes
Sometimes the joke takes one for the team and ships itself. This fun roundup of packaging fails aims to celebrate glorious misprints, the misleading windows, and also the jumbo boxes for teeny products. Really, what we have is all the moments when packaging up and tried to be helpful and accidentally delivered the punchline instead. 1. I guess this resulted in damage 2. “Try our cookies, now with 50% air” 3. So much for plastic-free! 4. Are you sure those are playing cards? 5. Nice way of wrapping a hammer 6. Not sure what happened here 7. This gluten-free cookie…
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15 Awkward Photos That Summoned the Cringe Demons
There’s that distinct flavor of discomfort that stems from bearing witness to a stirringly awkward moment. It’s not your own, but like someone else’s, and you can pick up on…
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15 Animal Memes That Check All The Boxes
After what had been a long enough day, sometimes all that you really need is an innocent chuckle. Something to set the ego and all of its whining and stories…
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17 Designs That Solved One Problem and Created Three More
Everyday design fails can turn simple fixes into bigger headaches. See 18 examples involving signs, stairs, packaging, interfaces and accessibility.
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12 Everyday Products That Were Once Sold as Medical Treatments
Discover 12 everyday products that were originally sold as medical treatments, from Coca-Cola and 7UP to Listerine and Vicks VapoRub.
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15 Design Fails that Let “Careless” Take the Reigns
Design fails will happen. To be human is to be in a waking existence that is prone to human error. There’s just no way around it. It’s all progress not…
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20 Photos That Capture the Constant Motion of a Mid-Century Hotel Lobby
Mid-century hotel lobbies were analog command centers packed with bellhops, luggage, key racks, phone calls, messages, travelers, and constant motion.
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15 Cutting-Edge Gadgets Hiding in Every Grandparent’s Attic
These gadgets from the recent past show how quickly technology ages, turning once-desirable electronics into nostalgic reminders of another era.
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15 Places That Get an Upgrade Every Time It Storms
Rain transforms these places with mist, waterfalls, reflections, and deeper colors that make the scenery feel completely different.
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16 Things That Were Usually Sitting on a 1980s Kitchen Counter
Take a trip back to the 80s with 16 everyday items found on a kitchen counter, from Mr. Coffee machines to mushroom canisters.
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18 Last Meals That Were Served To America’s Most Violent Criminals
Discover the unusual and highly extravagant last meal requests made by some of America’s most notorious criminals before their executions.
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17 Automotive Ideas That Could Have Changed What Cars Look Like Today
Alternative car designs once put steam, turbines, flying cars, gyro vehicles, microcars, hydrogen platforms, and other futures on the table.
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14 Things That Could Be Found in a 1980s Medicine Cabinet
Step back in time with 14 items found in a 1980s medicine cabinet, from Mercurochrome and mercury thermometers to Flintstones vitamins.
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18 Times Humans Tried to Control Nature and Made the Disaster Worse
Human environmental disasters show how attempts to control rivers, pests, fires, and ecosystems sometimes created even bigger problems.
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15 Vintage Photos of the 1940s That Hit the Rewind Button
The later years of the 1940s was a time of rapid rebuilding as well as a building sense of cautious optimism near the end of World War II. Cities continued…
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20 Facts That Explain How America Changed During the 1950s
The 1950s transformed America through suburban growth, television, cars, consumer credit, civil rights, and Cold War fears. These 20 facts reveal how much the country changed.
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15 Celebs Who Built Off-Grid Sanctuaries Freed From the Limelight
Within a world wherein every famous person’s most intimate moment is seemingly potentially captured by smartphone and then uploaded to the cloud, the ultimate luxury then becomes the ability to…
