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  • A composite image of two album covers. The left cover features the album "Wooly Bully" by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs with the band members wearing Middle-Eastern-inspired costumes. The right cover is "Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" by The Beatles displaying band portraits.
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    11 Songs With Lyrics That Are Literally Nonsense

    A lot of the lyrics to popular songs are figurative nonsense. Whether you’re talking about “Cat Scratch Fever” by Ted Nugent or “Bike” by Pink Floyd, many popular songs feature lyrics that make it look like whoever wrote them was…

  • The image on the left shows Uncle Sam looking disappointedly at a laptop with text saying, "when a drop-down menu sorts countries alphabetically instead of by how much freedom they have." The right side shows an eagle with an American flag background, with text mimicking a conversation: "Are you free this weekend? *gazes into distance* *sheds single tear* *bald eagle screeches* I'm always free.
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    45 America Memes That Are As True As They Are Funny

    We’ve decided to take a moment and celebrate the beauty and hilarity of what it means to be ‘American,’ and by ‘American,’ we mean to live in the United States. In our relatively short time as a country, we’ve experienced…

  • A person holding a pink hoverboard looks surprised or confused. To the left, a young child in a blue and pink outfit, and to the right, another child in a multicolored outfit. The text in the image says, "Where’s our HOVERBOARDS?" The background shows a modern building.
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    12 Movies That Got the Future Completely Wrong

    Many iconic science fiction movies are set in the future, but the future depicted in most is just a pessimistic view of the present. The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger masterpiece “Total Recall” may have taken place in 2084, but the music,…

  • Two side-by-side album covers. The left one features Bruce Willis in a black shirt, with the text "The Return of Bruno" in pink graffiti-style font. The right one shows Steven Seagal holding a guitar, with the text "Songs from the Crystal Cave" in gold letters.
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    10 Worst Attempts at a Music Career by Famous Actors

    Actors. Sure, they could have stuck with their tried-and-true profession as master thespians and just left well enough alone, but what fun is that? We commend those who had the moxie to throw caution to the wind in the interest…

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    11 Jobs That Sound Fun But Are Actually Miserable

    It’s pretty easy to glamorize other jobs or careers, but every type of work comes with it’s pitfalls. Here are 11 jobs that people like the idea of them, and then learned to really dislike. 1. Videogame tester 2. Dog…

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    People Roleplay as Americans In Poland on the 4th of July, and They’re Hilarious

    There’s a group in Poland that gets together on the 4th of July for the last few years to roleplay or LARP (live-action roleplay) as Americans. They describe it as a “social drama focusing on the death of the American…

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    The Most Unfriendly Places In the United States

    There are certain places within the United States that seem to act as more powerful magnets for toxic behavior and all-around unwarranted negativity when compared to other spots. Maybe it’s…

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    You Should 100% Never Order These Foods On A First Date

    There are foods that can be disagreeable with most anyone’s digestive system, just as there are other foods that will quite literally throw your body into harm’s way due to…

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    Things People Stopped Buying Altogether Due To The Cost

    The cost of living is continuing its steady climb, and it sure doesn’t seem like things are going to slow down anytime soon. With that unfortunate fact of this life…

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    5 Of The Biggest Shocks If You Time Traveled From 1980 To Today

    It’s always fun to dive down the old rabbit hole and compare how things were back in the day to how they are now. It’s only a matter of time…

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    5 Things That Millennials “Ended”

    Millennials undoubtedly get all kinds of a hard time for “ending” or “ruining” various things that were left over from older generations. With that being said, there are plenty of…