Science & History
5 Terrifying Plots That Turned Into Goofy Disasters
There's only one Bruce Willis, and he can't be everywhere.
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- By Alex Hanton
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History Has Never Agreed On A True Definition Of 'Happiness'
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- By Cracked Writers
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You Litter Less If Eyes Are Looking At You (Even Fake Ones)
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Real People Who Have The World's Worst Superpowers
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- By E.M. Caris, Laura H
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Historical Figures Everybody Gets Totally Wrong
Abraham Lincoln freed the slaves, Napoleon overcame his height problems to conquer Europe, and Julius Caesar was murdered for inventing a controversial salad. These summaries aren't 100 percent accurate.
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- By Steven Assarian, E.M. Caris, bshusemann
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When It Comes To Sugary Snacks, We Want What We Can’t Have
The more you’re told not to eat cookies, the more you want them.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Dark Historical Mysteries We'll Probably Never Solve
Not every tragedy ends with a perfectly understandable conclusion wrapped in a tidy bow.
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- By Adam Wears
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Everybody Once Thought Stegosauruses Could Actually Fly
Scientists used to think the stegosaurus was much, much cooler. Sorry Steggie.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Unexpected Ways The 1990s Were Different From Today
The '90s were the last era in which America had its crap together.
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- By Steven Assarian, Tyler Peterson, Andrea Meno
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23 Disturbing, Real Experiments Done On Children
Because why should monkeys and rats have all the fun?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The Pyramids Used To Look NOTHING Like They Look Today
The pyramids used to be even cooler-looking when they were first built.
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- By Cracked Writers
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12 Mesmerizing GIFs Of Things Being Destroyed (For Science)
Warning: It’s impossible to stop watching these.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Timon DJ Spajic
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5 Ways Being Rich Was Flat-Out Crazy Hundreds Of Years Ago
The historical record shows that the old-timey rich, in their struggle to stave off ennui and entropy, devised some remarkably absurd ways of passing the time.
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- By Adam Wears
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That Time The Supreme Court Believed In Ghosts
The landmark court case of Living v. Dead
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- By Cracked Writers
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Meet The Spider That Survives By Literally Looking Like Crap
This spider looks like crap. Birds won’t eat crap. Nature is amazing.
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- By Cracked Writers
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