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Business
10 Business Execs Suspected of Murder
People say business is a cutthroat world, but some executives have been known to take this a bit…
Technology
15 Accidentally Awesome Inventions
Inventions often happen by accident when scientists, or sometimes even regular people, are looking for one thing and…
Business
14 of the Dumbest Identity Thieves
With today’s technology, crime can sometimes be complicated. Forget the old “club-a-guy-over-the-head-for-his-wallet” crime. Assuming you steal a guy’s…
Business
10 Most Momentous Strikes of the 20th Century
Strikes are renowned as the bane of governments and anybody who wants their garbage collected on time, and…
Technology
15 Everyday Products with WTF Origins
It’s tempting to assume that in the back of every Wal-Mart (and some of the seedier Targets) there’s…
Business
10 Ad Campaigns That Backfired Badly
Occasionally advertising executives fail to hit the mark; a joke that passed at the focus group stage ends…
Business
10 Expensive and Exploitative Beauty Pageant Strategies
You may have been born ugly, but your children are the future! Thanks to medical science, technology and…
Business
15 of the Most Weird and WTF Museums
Museums are normally full of dusty old bones and the belongings of rich people that somehow managed to…
Business
Philip Morris: Still More Malignant Than Cancer
In all likelihood, you’ve never heard of Altria Group, Inc., but you’re probably familiar with their former name:…
Business
10 Hottest Women in Online Business
The online world is made up of women, be it moms sharing tips, too-good-to-be true Russian brides or…
Politics
14 Public Apologies for Private Lives
We the people of the United States of America are a very fickle people. We like to worship…
Business
10 Kamikaze Tech Mergers of the 21st Century
For a time it seemed as if tech companies were the geese that not only laid golden eggs…
Business
10 Infuriatingly Greedy Charities
Not all charities are created equally; at least, not all of them spend equally. The ways in which…
Business
10 Celebrities Who Got Burned By Identity Thieves
The scariest thing about identity theft is how easy it can be for someone to be impersonated. A…
Business
15 Controversial Pulled Ads
Share Ads are often meant to provoke the viewer (think baby-faced Brooke Shields with nothing between her and…