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Why don't our wisdom teeth fit in our heads? Why do we need an appendix? 8 Tiny Things That Stopped Suicides. A "Just Because" Phone Call Hulk Hogan is probably the last person you would imagine trying to kill himself, since he is basically a cartoon character.
It would be like finding out Bugs Bunny had depression. From Steven SalvatoreProbably after seeing the most recent attempts to "reboot" him. But after his son got into a terrible car accident while his marriage was falling apart, the Hulkster decided he had enough, and holed up in his home with pills, booze and a gun. 6 Scientific Reasons Your Girlfriend's Father Hates You. The good news is that you've found a girl worth going through the trouble of meeting her parents.
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Whether it's a cigarette break after a high-powered business meeting, a cold beer after a hot day on the job or a half-ounce of heroin injected directly into the scrotum to ease the stress of writing Internet comedy, people love their intoxicants. But that's not a human invention. Experts have found that animals also seek out a quick chemical high from plants, bugs and, well, wherever they can find it. 5 Reasons Pro Wrestlers are the Best Actors in the World. Keep Acting, Even After Being Fired!
Keeping up the kayfabe illusion with fans takes multiple layers of fiction and reality, Inception-style. So you get the practice known as a "worked shoot. " This is when it appears that the wrestler has broken out of the script and everyone acts like he's broken the sacred code of kayfabe, when in reality even that was scripted. So you wind up with some truly ridiculous, convoluted stories like this one: At the height of its popularity, there were several competing wrestling organizations. That's Pillman, and I will provide no context for that picture. In 1996, it was decided that they were going to stage a fake firing of his character. The story goes that Pillman suggested that the firing would be more believable to the public if they released an actual termination document. The next day, he was working for the competing ECW, and later the WWE. The face of one cruel, ruthless, badass ... businessman? Someone Dies in the Ring? 5 Ways to Beat Old-School Games Using Math.
A few years ago, the news came out that computers have ruined the game of checkers forever by coming up with a perfect strategy that can't be beaten.
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You know how to talk to new people, how to order food in restaurants, and you know exactly what time you're supposed to show up at parties. I'm here to let you know that there's an entirely separate class of people that doesn't know all of those things. They show up too early to things, they disappointingly eat full meals they never ordered because they're too afraid to tell the waiter to send it back, and they have no idea how to shake hands with black people. They are socially awkward, they are everywhere, and these are their nightmares.
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Then there are those of us whose desire to help the environment is mostly based on being bored or shallow or wanting to fit in after we get lost in Whole Foods. Unfortunately, most of humanity is made up of the latter type. Also unfortunately, a lot of the half-assed stuff we do not only doesn't help but actually ends up making things worse for everyone. Rescuing Oil-Covered Birds The Idea Imagine an oil spill, and chances are the first thing you'll think of is an oil-covered bird helplessly flapping its wings.
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