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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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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…
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20 Sitcom Staples from the ’90s That Molded a Generation
There was something remarkable about the ’90s sitcoms. You could wait all day for your favorite show to present itself, and then plop down in front of the TV because…
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15 Celebs From the ’80s and ’90s Who Left Hollywood Before Goodbyes
During the peak years of the 1980s and the 1990s, these celebs were far more than just actors. They stood as their own cultural landmarks. However, just because one achieves…
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30 Actors Who Just Didn’t Mess With Each Other
It’s not all sunshine and rainbows. This rings especially true for those actors with the kinds of personalities that maybe be so authentic to themselves that they end up clashing…
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19 Vintage Flashbacks to the Year 1931
1931 was one of those years that was defined by visceral contrasts. It was an era that included economic despair and also an unmistakable human spirit. As the Great Depression…
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20 Photos That Show What Airports Looked Like Before the TSA Era
Airports before 9/11 looked startlingly different. These 25 photo ideas capture gate goodbyes, lighter screening, smoking areas, and pre-TSA travel.
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20 Products That Quietly Lost Features While Getting More Expensive
Products getting worse is not just nostalgia. These 20 everyday buys lost useful features, accessories, materials, or repair options as costs climbed.
