Science & History

5 Important Things From History That No One Can Explain

There are still several major events in history that today's scientists, after years of extensive research, know precisely dick about.

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By Evan Accardi, Alex Marie

Published

February 17, 2015

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22 Facts That Shatter Your Image of American Presidents

We've talked before about how badass presidents are. Now it's time to wonder about how these idiots got to lead our country.

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By AM Smiley

Published

February 14, 2015

5 Famous People With Crazy Second Lives Nobody Knows About

It turns out great historical figures' lives have more random side quests than your average RPG.

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By Cedric Voets

Published

February 09, 2015

7 Creepy Physical Changes Your Mind Can Make in Your Body

The placebo effect has to be one of the all-time most baffling scientific phenomena we've run across.

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By Davian Venture

Published

February 05, 2015

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19 Badass Tricks You Can Do With Ordinary Stuff

Science is great and all for discoveries and stuff. But it's really great for doing awesomely dangerous experiments.

Authors

By Cracked Plasticians

Published

February 05, 2015

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The 5 Most Incredible Pranks Pulled With Major Landmarks

These stunts range from merely dickish to grossly illegal, and each is still admirable in its own way.

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By Natso Baatarkhuu, Justin Crockett, Ivan Farkas

Published

January 31, 2015

5 Modern Things in Historical Images That Shouldn't Exist

Modern society invented everything great, and the rest of history is just a bunch of chumps squatting in holes. The thing is, some of that seemingly recent stuff has been around a lot longer than you'd figure.

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By Patricia Loupee, Carmen Burana

Published

January 29, 2015

6 Tiny Mistakes That Shaped Huge Parts of Modern History

The shaping of history is a lot less Illuminati and a lot more the 3 Stooges.

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By Alexander Pan

Published

January 28, 2015

5 Historical Figures More Terrifying Than Any Horror Villain

Jason Vorhees would run away screaming at the sight of any of these real-life monsters.

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By Janel Comeau

Published

January 25, 2015

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23 Insane Surgeries You Won't Believe Actually Happened

They don't teach the cure for human stupidity in medical school.

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By AM Smiley

Published

January 24, 2015

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19 Epic Partying Feats By Famous People

It's no secret that the rich and famous party their nuts off. But there's 'party your nuts off' and then there's 'party your nuts off, pick them up, then do some rad tricks with them.'

Authors

By Cracked Plasticians

Published

January 19, 2015