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69 Awesome Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers. Remember when Neo got to choose between the red pill and the blue pill?

69 Awesome Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers

The blue pill would have put him back to sleep in the fake world of cubicles and steaks in the Matrix, where the red pill would wake him up to the real world and its industrial womb factory. You probably just chalked that scene up to another case of Hollywood turning a complicated situation into a simplistic metaphor, but what you probably didn't realize is that you're living out your own little Matrix scenario every time you go to the pharmacy. "I really hope being swallowed by a mirror is covered by my insurance. " What? How? Did you notice how the red pill would let Neo "wake up" to the real world, but the blue pill would let him stay "asleep" in the dream world? Blue, blue and blue -- if not the package, then the pill itself. What the hell? So, in a different experiment, subjects were told they were going to get a sedative or a stimulant, when in fact they were getting neither -- all of the pills were placebos.

10 Reasons Why EarthShips Are F!#%ing Awesome. Earthships are 100% sustainable homes that are both cheap to build and awesome to live in.

10 Reasons Why EarthShips Are F!#%ing Awesome

They offer amenities like no other sustainable building style you have come across. For the reasons that follow, I believe Earthships can actually change the world. See for yourself! 1) Sustainable does not mean primitive When people hear about sustainable, off-the-grid living, they usually picture primitive homes divorced from the comforts of the 21st century. 2) Free Food Each Earthship is outfitted with one or two greenhouses that grow crops year-round, no matter the climate. 3) Brilliant Water Recycling Even the most arid of climates can provide enough water for daily use through only a rain-harvesting system.

10 Amazing Man-Made Substances. Technology We all know that mankind is capable of genius.

10 Amazing Man-Made Substances

But if you scratch the surface of what we can come up with, even those of us who have already discovered chocolate-covered pretzels can be blown away. For instance, did you know that we have … 10One-Way Bulletproof Glass The problems of the ultra-rich are different than yours or mine. 10 Amazing Man-Made Substances. 5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill. The animal kingdom consists of a vast number of beautiful and intricate creatures who have learned over the eons to adapt to the world surrounding them--and that's totally cool, because if they come in our yard we can just kill them.

5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill

Stomp on 'em, poison 'em, shoot 'em, hit 'em with your car--whatever. Mankind is a motherfucker, Nature, and until you "adapt" to death itself, you'll never take us. Oh shit, no! Don't take that as a challenge! East African Giant Snails As previously mentioned, the East African giant snail is just like a normal snail, that can grow up to eight-inches long.

"Did you just call me a living slime penis, dickhead? " Great! While seemingly identical in form to their adorable (and easily crushable) counterparts, the East African giant snail is the John McClane of the snail kingdom. Yippie Ki Yay, motherfucker! But come on! Oh, they actually did bust out the flame throwers? Sure, a little bit.

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