Science & History
21 Biblical Weather Events IRL
Whether it's God, Mother Nature, or an underground gnome with a weather machine, someone is clearly dicking around with us.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Innocent Phrases With Surprisingly Dark Origins
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- By Brenna Crotty
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5 Presidents Who Were Total Badasses in Their Youth
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- By Gavin Jamieson
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7 Adorable Animals That Spawn Terrifying Babies
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- By E. Reid Ross
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
26 Predictions About The Future (That Were Really Inaccurate)
Crystal balls? More like Schweddy Balls.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Real Planets Way Weirder Than Anything in Science Fiction
It turns out that the only 'theme' a real planet can have is unbridled, awestruck terror.
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- By Andrew Heaton
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5 Famous Pieces of Presidential Trivia (That Are Total BS)
We cling to certain well-known tales that help us easily label and categorize our presidents. There's only one problem with these little nuggets of awesome: Not nearly all of them are true.
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- By Alex Hanton
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5 Amazing Magical Powers Created by Simple Science
Science can do things that not only seem like magic, but make magic tricks look like a bunch of ridiculous bullshit.
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- By Steve Shapiro, Daniel Nest, Captain D
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6 Dog Breeds With Secret Superpowers
It turns out humans have bred all sorts of weird superpowers into these animals to help them do our bidding.
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- By E. Reid Ross, Dominik Zezula
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6 Legitimate Organizations That Secretly Act Like the Mafia
In every system at every level of society, you're bound to come across at least one group bent on exploiting you with puppy-punching ruthlessness.
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- By A.C. Grimes
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6 Shocking Studies That Prove Science Is Totally Broken
One thing we've learned, as a site that likes to publish reader-friendly science articles, is how much of the stuff that comes our way is, well, worthless.
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- By Andrew Marinus, Alan Boyle, Jon Pearl
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5 Weird Inventions Science Is Creating Just to Gross Us Out
It seems some engineers would like to take us past the uncanny valley and make us empathize with our inevitable robot overlords.
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- By Josh Hrala
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20 Boss People Not Everybody Knows (But Should)
Ever wonder why we have flushing toilets? Or who decided to start throwing naked wangs and boobs in movies?
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Nobodies Who Stumbled into Wars and Kicked Everyone's Ass
No one pictures their sweet grandma strafing the border with an AK-47 in one hand and a Molotov cocktail in the other, raining down death and destruction as epic as her homemade apple pie. But it does happen.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Matthew Moffitt
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6 True Stories From History Creepier Than Any Horror Movie
History books are full of PG-13 violence. Here are the directors' cuts.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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