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30 Everyday Products That Have Insane Origin Stories
Turns out ordinary gadgets are anything but ordinary.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- April 02, 2018
The Miraculous Cat That Survived THREE Shipwrecks
It's standard practice for ships to keep station cats aboard for keeping the mice at bay.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 28, 2018
7 WTF Details About Historical Events Everyone Forgets
Sometimes we ignore all of the chaotic insanity that typically accompanies history.
- By Kelly Stone
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- March 25, 2018
The Nazi Outpost In Canada That No One Noticed
A Nazi U-boat infiltrated Canada and no one figured it out until 1981.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 24, 2018
The Secret History Of The French Horse-Butt Sniper
What’s a better sniping position than shooting through a fake horse’s anus?
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 07, 2018
25 Insane, Fascinating Details About Famous Criminal Cases
If their crimes weren’t so horrifying, these criminals would be fascinating.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- March 05, 2018
That Time A Nazi Submarine Captain Sank His Ship By Flushing
And you thought pooping in your new date’s bathroom was embarrassing.
- By Cracked Writers
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- March 03, 2018
The Gay Bomb: A Real Thing The US Military Considered
How was this an actual plan in the 1990s???
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 28, 2018
5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago
Some supposedly modern societies end up ridiculously behind the curve.
- By Daisy Walters, Andrea Meno, Roman Odarenko
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- February 24, 2018
'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial
You'd think 'Wash your hands for half a minute. Worst-case scenario, you get clean hands' would be a pretty inoffensive suggestion.
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 17, 2018
The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine
Turns out, the Wild West wasn't one big nonstop shootout.
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 14, 2018
Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?
It may look like those animals are wearing jetpacks, but the truth is considerably grimmer.
- By Cracked Writers
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- February 10, 2018
7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun
Back in the day, our ancestors had a lot fewer things around to entertain them. Maybe that's why they came up with all this crazy stuff ...
- By Kathy Benjamin
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- February 08, 2018
5 Delightfully Crazy Ways People Tried To Contact the Dead
We can't agree on what happens to us after we die. Luckily, there have been plenty of spiritual pioneers who took it upon themselves to ask the only people who know the answer ...
- By Adam Wears
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- February 06, 2018
6 Real Scandals Crazier Than Anything On 'House Of Cards'
Real politicians aren't our there murdering dogs or pushing their enemies to certain death, right? Come on, of course they've done all of that and worse.
- By Alex Hanton
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- February 05, 2018
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