The 6 Most Important Sci-Fi Ideas (Were Invented by a Hack)

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The 6 Most Important Sci-Fi Ideas (Were Invented by a Hack)

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells is credited as one of the most influential science fiction books ever written, having introduced ideas like super-advanced aliens coming to Earth and said aliens ha...

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4 Things I Missed About 'The Twilight Zone' as a Kid

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4 Things I Missed About 'The Twilight Zone' as a Kid

I've loved The Twilight Zone since I was a little boy, watching the repeats on syndicated television. For the uninitiated, The Twilight Zone was created by host/head writer Rod Serling in 1959 and pre...

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5 Insane Real Sports They Need to Add to the Olympics

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5 Insane Real Sports They Need to Add to the Olympics

Be honest: How many Olympic events do you actually enjoy watching as sports, versus just rooting for your country? Most of us watch the Olympics just to be a part of it, the same reason lots of non-fo...

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5 Terrible Jobs Anyone Can (And No One Should) Do

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5 Terrible Jobs Anyone Can (And No One Should) Do

Not everyone can sleep their way to a position writing columns on Cracked. Sometimes, in order to get by, you have to do real jobs. And the worse the economy gets, the more you'll debase yourself to m...

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5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome

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5 Ways to Trick Your Body Into Being More Awesome

The human body is a miracle. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't always be finding ways to game the system to gain a little bit more of an advantage. We've previously shown you how to hack your brain i...

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Sunday, July 22, 2012

Make Your Own Remote-Control Spy Blimp from Popular Science

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Discovery: Which Species Must Die?

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Which Species Must Die?

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Discovery: FLIP, The Vertical Ship, Turns 50

Anyone who has spent any time at sea is all too aware of one fact above others: That no ma

FLIP, The Vertical Ship, Turns 50

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Discovery: Snake Returns from Extinction

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Snake Returns from Extinction

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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

FOX News: Why there is always a reason for optimism

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6 Movies That Predicted Disasters With Eerie Accuracy

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6 Movies That Predicted Disasters With Eerie Accuracy

Do you remember how, after 9/11, people started digging up all sorts of movies, shows and photos that "predicted" the attacks (like the TV show that featured an almost identical terror plot a year ahe...

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The 5 Most Insane Modern Medical Procedures That Work

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The 5 Most Insane Modern Medical Procedures That Work

Medicine is unique in that every radical advance is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. When they tell you that they may be able to repair your liver by implanting one grown in a sheep, you'll be ...

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4 Great Love Stories in Movies for Guys

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4 Great Love Stories in Movies for Guys

I hate romance movies, but I'm crazy about a good love story. What's the difference? Well, romances are the movies that guys typically don't want to see. Movies like The Notebook or any crap flick tha...

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6 Brilliant Ways Hostages Outwitted Their Captors

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6 Brilliant Ways Hostages Outwitted Their Captors

Let's face it: As much as we like to pretend that we're all Bruce Willis, if faced with a real-life kidnapper, most of us would react by soiling ourselves, begging for our lives and soiling ourselves ...

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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Fun Size Countries: The Insane Histories of the World's 6 Tiniest Nations

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8 Species That Are Threatening to Swarm the Globe

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8 Species That Are Threatening to Swarm the Globe

As human beings, if there's one thing we're really, really good at, it's driving species to extinction. You're probably doing it right now, without even trying. So it's paradoxical that there are some...

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Friday, July 6, 2012

The Best TED Talk Ever Given

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The Best TED Talk Ever Given

I'm here today to talk at you about problems. The world is full of problems. Word problems. That Middle East thing. Chafing. How many people here have chafed today? -raise hand, wait for chuckles and ...

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From: Marc and Angel Hack Life <marc.chernoff@gmail.com>
Date: July 4, 2012 5:10:02 MDT
To: spiderjfl@gmail.com
Subject: 75 Happiness Quotes to Live By - Marc and Angel

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75 Happiness Quotes to Live By - Marc and Angel


75 Happiness Quotes to Live By

Posted: 03 Jul 2012 10:05 PM PDT

75 Happiness Quotes to Live By

Here are 75 happiness quotes gathered from our sister site, Everyday Life Lessons, to brighten your day and move your mindset in a positive direction.

  1. Smile every chance you get.  Not because life has been easy, perfect, or exactly as you had anticipated, but because you choose to be happy and grateful for all the good things you do have and all the problems you know you don't have.
  2. Never let a bad day make you feel like you have a bad life.
  3. Tell the negativity committee that meets inside your head to sit down and shut up.  (Read Learned Optimism.)
  4. A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can't get very far until you change it.
  5. In a world where you can be anything you want, BE YOURSELF.
  6. The more you love your decisions, the less you need others to love them.
  7. It's important to make someone happy, and it's important to start with yourself.
  8. Life is not about making others happy.  Life is about sharing your happiness with others.
  9. Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it's is something (more…)


We Want to Pay You to Write for Us

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We Want to Pay You to Write for Us

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7 Non-Economic Explanations of China's Economy

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7 Non-Economic Explanations of China's Economy

I read the financial pages, because they're like science fiction for a freelance writer, and every week someone asks "Should the U.S. be concerned about China?" As if "No, it should just ignore the ou...

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6 Historical Events Happening More Recently Than You Think

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6 Historical Events Happening More Recently Than You Think

We define our historical eras, naturally, by things that we associate with them. We started making tools in the Bronze Age, the plague was in the Dark Ages, we strapped dogs and monkeys to rockets in ...

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