Science & History

5 Insane True Stories of Hostages Outsmarting Their Captors
We won't stop until kidnappers everywhere are too worried about their victims making them look like jackasses to ever nap a kid again.
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- By Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris, Carolyn Burke, Simone B.
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The 5 Coolest Things Ever Said In The History of War
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Jorden Weir
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11 Old-Timey Photos That Somehow Aren't Photoshopped (Pt. 4)
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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26 Half-Baked Solutions That Solved Huge Problems
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Bullshit Myths You Believe About the Human Body
The average person knows shockingly little about the human body, considering that they've spent their entire life living inside one.
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- By Victor Kamwengu
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6 Animals That Look Like Drunken Combinations of Other Ones
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- By Kel Zhang, E. Reid Ross, Ivan Farkas
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5 Historical Figures Who Made James Bond Look Like a Pussy
Some of these folks clawed their way up from mundanity simply by having immense balls.
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- By David Rheinhart
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17 Insane Transformations You Have to See to Believe
It's almost surreal to see how massively different things are once the changes are complete.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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23 Historical Predictions (That Were Right On)
It turns out Biggie Smalls and Jesus weren't the only people who could predict the future.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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16 Diabolical Acts of Evil by Famous Corporations
We like to think of big corporations as being run by shady individuals who would watch the world burn if it meant making and saving a few bucks. It turns out that we aren't too far off the mark in some cases
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Geniuses Who Saw Their Inventions Turn Evil
History is full of examples of inventors who've seen their noble, genius intentions go the Frankenstein route and bring the world nothing but pain and misery.
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- By Daniel Nest, Blair Dodge
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5 Barbaric Practices That Are More Modern Than You Think
Things we assume were left in the distant past have a way of lingering on, decades or centuries longer than you'd have thought.
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- By Xavier Jackson, Evan V. Symon , Aaron Granger
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5 Ruthless Dictators Hiding in Plain Sight as Normal People
Turns out you never know who's selling you that bottle of Evan green label.
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- By Alex Hanton, Virgil Texas
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