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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

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    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

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    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

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    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.

    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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    Snow day before smartphones meant radio closings, sledding, snow forts, wet mittens, cocoa, shoveling, landline calls, and hours outside with no remote class.

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    Habits other countries phased out include paper checks, pennies, clock changes, disposable plastics, and routines still familiar elsewhere.

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