Science & History

5 Real Historic Purges That Prove Life Used To Be Horrifying

Every once in a while, huge crowds of ordinary people came together in epic demonstrations of collective mayhem, and suffered no consequences whatsoever for it.

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By Joe Hayes

Published

January 03, 2017

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.

Authors

By Cedric Voets

Published

January 02, 2017

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.

Authors

By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann

Published

December 22, 2016

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.

Authors

By Ivan Farkas, Norbert Gehardt, Luke Miller

Published

December 22, 2016

6 Medical Conditions That’ll Give You Endless Nightmares

Spoiler Alert: Our bodies are alarmingly disgusting and frightening.

Authors

By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann

Published

December 19, 2016

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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

Published

December 14, 2016

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

Published

December 13, 2016

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

Published

December 11, 2016

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

Published

December 08, 2016

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

Published

December 07, 2016

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

Published

December 06, 2016