Science & History
22 Weird Medical Facts That’ll Bring Conversations To A Halt
If your nosey aunt starts asking why you didn't go to med school, show her this.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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20 Ways Your Perception Gets Screwed Up By Your Brain
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- By AM Smiley
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5 Real Historic Purges That Prove Life Used To Be Horrifying
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- By Joe Hayes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
7 Species That Will Rule The Earth When We're All Dead
Plenty of species are just waiting for us to extinct ourselves as hard as humanly possible -- and some of them might be getting a bit impatient.
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- By Cedric Voets
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6 Badass Unsung Heroes From History's Darkest Hours
Even humanity's biggest disasters have life-affirming moments hidden within, courtesy of regular people stepping up to help others.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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6 Science Breakthroughs Of 2016 That Might Save Humanity
Even in a year as garbage as 2016, science just keeps right on trudging through the sludge of human misery to bring us incredible advances.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Norbert Gehardt, Luke Miller
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6 Medical Conditions That’ll Give You Endless Nightmares
Spoiler Alert: Our bodies are alarmingly disgusting and frightening.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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21 Holiday Traditions With Shockingly Bizarre Origins
Holiday traditions don't actually originate from elves and Krampus.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Horrifying Bugs That Forgot To Follow The Rules Of Nature
Bugs are made of equal parts nightmares and hell-dimension rage.
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- By Cracked Writers
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How Our Ancestors Used Clever Workarounds To Look At Porn
Here's a not often told story of bravery and perseverance.
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- By 3C Robles-Jackson
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8 Creepy Aspects Of Nazi Culture (You've Never Heard Of)
The sheer awfulness of Nazism tainted everything they did. Even the fun things.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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5 BS Science Myths Your Entire View Of The World Rests On
While we'd hope you leave school know a few undeniable truths, it turns out you're leaving with fewer than you think.
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- By Saikat Bhowmik
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5 Trends From History With Messed Up Explanations
Those people in your history books were busy doing things for you to read about in history books. They weren't subject to dumb fads. Theirs were ridiculous.
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- By Cracked Writers
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6 Everyday Objects You Had No Clue People Once Used As Money
If you would have told our ancestors that one day we'd be using plastic cards and paper bills to acquire our daily needs, they probably would have said, 'Why? Is violence obsolete in the future? Also, what is plastic?'
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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