Science & History
5 Sci-Fi Apocalypses The Government Is Actually Planning For
There are entire real government programs devoted solely to thinking up ways to counter weather-themed supervillains and other outlandish threats normally relegated to the realm of science fiction.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The 7 Most Unexpectedly Awesome Parties in History
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- By Robert Evans, Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Weird Things That Influence Bad Behavior More Than Laws
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The 6 Strangest Ways Anyone Was Ever Mistaken for a God
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 WWI Fighter Pilots Whose Balls Deserve Their Own Monument
We usually think of fighter pilots as kick ass cowboys of the sky, living out our video game fantasies and handing out bitchin' nicknames all day long. But today's fighter pilots have nothing on the first of their kind -- the ones who appeared in the first world war.
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- By Johnny Lepper
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8 Terrifying Animal Swarms Created by Human Stupidity
Animals aren't extremely ambitious. Sometimes, however, all they need is a little helpful prodding in the right direction to start conquering everything around them like warlords.
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- By Danny Vittore, Karl Smallwood
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6 Presidential Secrets Your History Teacher Didn't Mention
We all have personal failures and weaknesses, but a president will work so hard at crafting a specific public persona that we're shocked every time one gets in a sticky situation. With that in mind, here are some of the stranger facts about American presidents that almost never get mentioned in history class.
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- By Ethan Lou
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6 Supervillains From History That Make The Joker Look Subtle
Real-life bad guys understand that dry, drawn-out political subterfuge is much cheaper and more effective than a clone army. Then, occasionally, some crackpot leaps straight off the pages into our world, with brazen, insane and often ridiculous plans for world domination that grant him comic book supervillain status.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Ways the Cracked Book Makes Your Xmas Gifts Look Like Shit
With our book on shelves, and your closet full of gifts you'll never actually use, we are running down the Top Christmas Gifts of 2010, and explaining whether they're worth keeping.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Amazingly Intelligent Animals (That Will Creep You Out)
Thinking is what makes us human, and thinking means we'll always be the ruling species in this planet, because the rest of those guys are really stupid. Well ... not all of them.
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- By Sam Blitz
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6 Animals Humanity Accidentally Made Way Scarier
They're coming for us, and it's our own damn fault.
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- By C. Coville
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The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Hospitals Can Kill You
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU ARE SICK. Nothing you will read in this article is suggesting that it's just better to nurse your horrible infection back to health in the comfort of your own garage.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Real Historic Battles Decided by Divine Intervention
As it turns out, deus ex machina isn't strictly for fictional scenarios.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Bizarre Ways Architecture Is Designed to Ward Off Ghosts
When designing a building, you have to account for things like terrain, materials, weather, handicapped accessibility and, of course, ghosts.
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- By Christina H
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The 6 Greatest War Heroes Who Got Screwed Out of History
We love us some war heroes. Unfortunately, petty people and circumstances often get in the way of honoring these individuals.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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