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6 Books Everyone (Including Your English Teacher) Got Wrong
Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Anybody who grew up in the 1960s (and still remembers anything about it) can tell you what Lewis Carroll's classic children's book was really all about: A girl takes a "trip" down the rabbit hole and finds herself in a surreal world where animals start talking to her. After she eats some "mushrooms," everything starts to change sizes before her eyes. She meets an over-stimulated "white rabbit" and a stoned caterpillar smoking a "shitload of drugs." We didn't really need Jefferson Airplane to clarify it; Alice in Wonderland is the Fear and Loathing of fairy tales. It became one of the most important allegories of the 60s counterculture, with scenes that accurately correspond to the sensation of every mind-altering substance known to man.
The 5 Strangest Things Evolution Left in Your Body
If you don't believe in evolution, you have to spend a lot of time wondering about the useless shit the creator threw into our bodies. Why don't our wisdom teeth fit in our heads? Why do we need an appendix?
The good news is that you've found a girl worth going through the trouble of meeting her parents. The bad news is that no matter how hard you try, her dad would just as soon kick you in the throat than welcome you into his family. The other bad news is that there's nothing you can do about it, because the universe is working to make sure the old man hates you forever.
6 Scientific Reasons Your Girlfriend's Father Hates You
Alcohol and Tobacco are Worse, and They're Legal! Yep, booze and cigarettes are pretty fucking bad for you. Deadly, even, if they're abused.
5 Pro-Marijuana Arguments That Aren't Helping
7 Species That Get High More Than We Do
Almost everyone loves drugs. 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. Here are seven animals that love the magic of intoxication even more than we do.
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. This made us wonder if there were other ways to use math to completely ruin innocent games from our childhood.
6 Mind-Blowing Discoveries Made Using Google Earth
Since Google Earth hit the Web in 2005, besides instantly turning all office desk globes into decorative accessories, it has opened the world up to global exploration at the click of a mouse. But it's not just a neat toy; some extraordinary things have been discovered with its one-click access to satellite imagery. Things like ...
A group of comedic filmmakers have been making new, hilarious videos over at 5SecondFilms.com every single weekday. We've featured them before and loved them so much that we decided to have them back. Please enjoy a few of their compilations and then head over to their site so you can waste an entire day watching the rest. Numbers 20 through 16 'The Twilight Saga: Eclipse' Test Screening, The Miracle of Life, Wingman, Hamlet, Absence of the Towels Numbers 15 through 11
20 Hilarious Movies That Take a Minute (Total) To Watch
A Letter to Parents About the Fake 'Teen Crazes' on the News
Dear 50-year-old Me,You probably know how to function in society. 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.
5 Terrible Situations for the Socially Awkward Man
There are those who want to improve the world around us and who do so in intelligent, well-thought-out ways. 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