23 Facts That Challenge Accepted Beliefs About Outer Space

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23 Facts That Challenge Accepted Beliefs About Outer Space

We aren't here to pass judgment. Let us be clear: we are not here to pass judgment on you. It's actually our job to judge a variety of things, such as movies, television shows, sweets, and other Cracked-related items. But why should we have all the fun, we reasoned?

We thought it was past time for us to hear from you. After all, you've demonstrated that your instincts are often spot-on.

So we wondered: is the stuff that everyone thinks is so fantastic actually so great? There is an abundance of extremely popular entertainment available. People carve out chunks of their lives to binge-watch something or listen to podcasts about something that ended ten years ago.

The point is, just because something is popular doesn't mean it's good. We challenged our readers to create better, lesser-known versions of well-known games, music, books, and other pop culture classics.

The greatest is at the bottom, but first, here are the runners-up:

Entry by AM Smiley

You need good eyesight, to become an astronaut. And if you stay in space too long, you might lose it. Out in space, there's no atmosphere to protect y

Entry by AM Smiley

We might not agree on whether Pluto's a planet but we all know it's blue, right? Wrong. It's brown. NASA'S New Horizons spacecraft recently reached Pl

Entry by AM Smiley

You probably know that astronauts work out a lot. You might not know that they'll pass out, if they don't. In space, your heart gets smaller and weake

Entry by AM Smiley

Sc-f might have convinced you that space ships are, well, spacious. They're actually insanely cramped. In an actual space craft, every inch is devoted

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Taking a dump In space tisn't so bad, once you master the suction toilets. And figure out when you have to go. Gravity plays a surprisingly large role

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