5 Famous Inventors (Who Stole Their Big Idea)

"It has become clear that it's up to the Cracked staff to re-educate America. See, we slept through high school, so we were lucky. We avoided the years and years of brainwashing that accompanies a standard education.

To those of you unfortunate enough to have been subjected to a lifetime in the public school system, we've got some bad news for you that you probably won't find in your text books: Every brilliant inventor you've ever loved is a huge, thieving asshole. "

[via Cracked]

5 Ways to Synchronize Your Body’s Clock

"When you go to bed and when you get up are keystones to restful, refreshing sleep. Once you learn to synchronize your body's biological clock, your body will know when to sleep and when to be alert."

[via Reader's Digest]

5 Reasons it Sucks to be an Engineering Student

"For many students, earning a degree in engineering is less than enjoyable and far from what they expected. Here are our biggest complaints about the educational rite of passage. Of course, they are sweeping generalizations. Feel free to disagree."

[via Wired]

5 World War II games

"There are almost as many different kinds of gamers as there as are games, but the one thing most of us have in common is our love of killing Nazis. The war to keep the world free may have been fought by the Greatest Generation, but it has been won many times over by the Gamer Generation."

[via MSNBC]

5 Methodologies to Deal with Email Overload

"These days, it seems everyone has an opinion about how to deal with information overload, especially when it comes to email management. There are numerous methodologies, best practices, tips, and tutorials available, but are any of them really effective? We'll explore that question as we delve into the top five email management methodologies."

[via Read Write Web]

5 Seuss Stories to Film

"The big-budget Horton Hears a Who—which we love—got us thinking about other Dr. Seuss books that have not yet been ruined, sorry, adapted by Hollywood."

[via E Online]

5 Actors who look like they smell bad

[via MSNBC]

5 Floating Utopia and Ocean City Projects

"Who hasn’t imagined living on their very own floating paradise? For those aboard ResidenSea, a permanent ocean-going residence, this dream is at least a partial reality. Freedom Ship (upon its completion) will take floating cities to a new level and if the Living Universe Foundation has its way the oceans will just be a first stop on the humanity’s path to the stars. This collection is roughly sequenced from most practical (but also most mundane) to most extraordinary (but also least plausible)!"

[via Web Urbanist]

5 Hottest A-Cups in Hollywood [SFW]

"Breasts aren't everything. As hard as that may be to grasp, it's the truth: sometimes a great bone structure, figure, or face can make up for love pillows the size of basketballs. With that in mind, we present the five hottest A-cups (give or take a cup) in Hollywood."

[via Double Viking]

5 Movie Fighting Styles Too Awesome to Actually Exist

"Every male, at some point in their life, has watched some kung fu badass beat up a room full of bad guys and said, "I want to learn that!"

Unfortunately, some of the martial arts you've fantasized about don't even exist in the real world. Why? Because they're too awesome."

[via Cracked]

5 Traits You Will Need on Your Way to Becoming a Leader

"Whether you are striving to be a leader in your career, or simply want to be a leader in your own private life, there are many lessons and characteristics that will serve you well in either of these endeavors."

[via Dumb Little Man]

5 Actors We Want to See on TV

"Why would an actor choose such a career move? As Alec Baldwin explains it – he found that starring in feature films involved "very little acting." Whereas with television you get to develop a character over the course of several episodes, with far more screen time. And judging from what someone like Kyra Sedgwick makes per episode (it's in the $300,000 range) – it's a financial windfall as well. We also have to take into consideration where the actor (or actress) is in terms of career as well. We won't see Philip Seymour Hoffman on a series any time soon...So which actors seem to be ripe for the picking from the big screen world and brought to their own television series?"

[via IGN]

5 Things Your Car Will Finally Do In 2020

"We’ll spare you the far-future posturing and flying-car jokes, but the future looks bright. In fact, we’ve already made some pretty impressive headway. The 2008 Mercedes S-Class can change lanes on the highway automatically, and both the Toyota Prius and the Lexus LS-460 can self-park at the push of a button. But that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to what’s in the works. With eyes wide and mouths agape, mental_floss peeked under the curtain at the cars of the future. Here’s what we can tell you about what you’ll be driving in 2020."

[via Mental Floss]

5 Reasons to be Very Afraid of John McCain

"Our little list of 5 Reasons to be Very Afraid of Mike Huckabee created quite the rift between readers: some thought that Huckabee is indeed a scary candidate; others insisted he wouldn’t stay in the race long enough to be a viable candidate anyway (we’ll try to resist saying “we told you so”). Lest we show a preference for the other guy, here are our top 5 reasons to be very afraid of John McCain."

[via Polizine]

5 Little Web Apps You Might Not Be Using (But Should)

" So you're an iGoogle homepage customization pro, you've got a Flickr and a Picasa account, your Twitters keep everyone aware of what you're doing minute to minute, and you're savvy enough to chat with your friends through firewalls using eBuddy. You're a web productivity monster. Right?

Here are five little web apps you might not be aware of--all lightweight, free to use, and handy as heck."

[via Amazon]

5 Misconceptions about Dungeons & Dragons

"As with pretty much any topic that people decide to become "morally opposed" to, quite a bit of lies and misinformation have come into being. Add to that the effects of the wonderful social prejudice system we call "stereotyping," and we have mouldering troll-infested swamp of half-truths and full on falsehoods on what D&D is, and what it can do to you. Lets banish these demons one by one, shall we?"

[via OMG RPG]

5 Things We've Learned From D&D

The death of Dungeons & Dragons creator Gary Gygax earlier this week was a sad day for everyone who has ever lost themselves in a tabletop role-playing adventure. It's difficult to overstate just how much videogames owe to Gygax's work: Trying to imagine gaming without D&D is like trying to imagine modern civilization without the wheel or electricity. Sure, it could have happened, but it would have turned out radically different. So please observe a moment of silence as we recount the debt that videogaming owes to 1974's pen-and-paper classic.

[via 1Up]

5 Amazing Mac Apps for Getting Things Done

"Since switching back to the Mac OS a couple months ago, I’ve been playing around with GTD apps for the Mac. I’m looking for something very simple, something nice to use, something that I don’t have to play around with a lot, something where I can add stuff instantly. And what did I find? The are some amazing GTD apps for the Mac. Seriously."

[via Zen Habits]

5 Tom Cruise Crazy Moments

"I could watch Tom Cruise all day long. Every sentence out of his mouth is like a movie trailer. It starts off soft spoken, builds to a raucous climax, and then leaves you wondering; what the hell is going to happen next?"

[via Let's Get Tight]

5 Medical Tests That May Keep You Well

"The following five tests are not yet considered as routine as cholesterol or blood-sugar tests, but chances are your doctor already is familiar with them. Not every test is necessary at every visit, and your insurance company may not pay unless it considers a particular test "medically necessary." Still, ask about them. Here’s why they may be important to you."

[via Yahoo! Health]