Science & History
The Richard Speck Murders: The Most Horrifying Mass Killing You’ve Never Heard Of
The murder of eight student nurses by Richard Speck on July 14, 1966 is uniquely chilling because it seems to have been a completely random atrocity.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: The Bonkers Aliens Of Future Earth
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The First Alien Adventure Story Is 2,000 Years Old
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Bizarre Ways Aliens May Or May Not Look
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- By Ivan Farkas
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The Guy Who Discovered DNA Thought Aliens Sent It
They're dead now, but their DNA lives on, in us all.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Moors Murders: The Swinging Sixties' Most Horrifying Event
After Ian Brady and Myra Hindley were sentenced to life in prison, the story only got weirder.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 5 Madcap Ideas About The Universe And Reality
Planet X may actually be cool enough to live up to its name.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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We Were So Sure Martians Existed, We Excluded Them From A Contest
Poor Martians. No one cares about them.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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From Totem Poles to Wine Empire: The Complete History of 7-Eleven
Convenience stores weren’t a thing before 7-Eleven, but thanks to their decades of innovation, we can be as lazy as we wanna be.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 4 Lucky Cosmic Breaks (That Allow Us To Exist)
There's lucky, there's REALLY lucky, and then there's life-on-Earth lucky.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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An MIT Scientist Sent Aliens Images Of Our Junk
We eagerly await their reply.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Weirdest Facts About Nikola Tesla
These days, the name “Tesla” is synonymous with “crashing into things and catching on fire,” which is basically how the man himself operated.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 True Stories About Vlad The Impaler (History's Creepiest D-Bag)
Vlad the Impaler went a little overboard on the whole being a really creepy dude schtick he really loved to lean into.
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- By Mac Faber
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Cracked Goes Galaxy Brain: 6 Reasons Aliens Likely Exist (But It Might Not Matter)
Do aliens exist? Probably! Are they cool? Probably not.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Doctors Tortured Each Other In Some Strange Ways To Test Anesthesia
C'mon, doc. There was no need to squeeze him THERE.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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