Science & History
Unlikely Events That Descended into Fyre Festival Levels of Chaos
Billy McFarland and Ja Rule have nothing on these guys
The Fast-Food Burger That Was Twice As Deadly As Panera’s Lemonade
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Massive Troves of Gold Stuck Maddeningly Out-of-Reach
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A Brief History of Eurovision’s Political Messiness
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
21 Historical Events That Must Have Been Time Travel
‘The Minoans had flush toilets in 15th century B.C.’
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Phrases From the ‘British Monarch Causes of Death’ Wikipedia Page That Merit Closer Inspection
‘A surfeit of lampreys’
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- By Jesse
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5 Words We Only Use Because the Old Ones Were Too Dirty
People only started talking about light meat and dark meat because they were too embarrassed to talk about breasts and legs
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- By Ryan Menezes
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4 Divisive Political Quotes That Actually Aimed to Bridge Divisions
Remember ‘deplorables’? That speech actually asked you to empathize with Trump supporters
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- By Ryan Menezes
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33 Unbelievable Stats That’ll Make You Wish You’d Paid More Attention in Math Class
Hey, math class. Thanks for leaving out all the fun stats!
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- By Jay L'Ecuyer, Cracked Writers
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32 Companies and Corporations Who Blew It, Plain and Simple
In today’s meeting we’ll discuss how it all went so horribly wrong
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- By Cracked Writers, Jay L'Ecuyer
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22 Scientific Phenomena We Somehow Still Can’t Explain
‘Why humans blush’
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Ancient People Lived Longer Than You Think
Why most people misinterpret life expectancy
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Everyday Foods Americans Never Ate Till Strangely Recently
In the 1940s, Americans didn’t eat pizza. In fact, most didn’t even know the word
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- By Ryan Menezes
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20 Historical Facts More People Should Know
Sharks have existed longer than trees
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- By Amanda Mannen
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This Is the Biggest Waste of Money in U.S. Military History
Look, it’s about the lessons we learned along the way
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- By Eli Yudin
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