Science & History
15 Weirdest Food Trends of the ‘80s
Over the course of this decade that was mostly fueled by cocaine and hairspray, food companies apparently figured that what we actually ate didn’t much matter.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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26 Food Products From The 80s (That Should Stay In The Past)
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- By Cracked Readers, Shea
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Reagan And Gorbachev Agreed To Team Up Against Aliens
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Epic War For Sealand: The World's Realest Fake Country
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- By Alex Hanton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Turning LEDs Blue Was So Hard, The Guys Who Did It Won A Nobel Prize
And yet blue raspberry Jolly Ranchers won nothing.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Eyebrow-Arching Numbers About Higher Education
Outstanding American student loan debt? $1.75 trillion. Canada's GDP? $1.643 trillion.
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- By Shea
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From Miners to Hipsters: A Complete History of Jeans
The story of jeans is really the story of America: the powerful stealing from the less fortunate.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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15 Facts About Scam Pioneer And Scheme Namesake Charles Ponzi
As always, don't invest in anything that you don't understand (cough, NFTs).
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- By Eli Yudin
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15 Disgusting Realities of Medieval Food
Despite what your local theme restaurant and jousting arena might lead you to believe, it wasn’t all turkey legs and pints of ale in medieval times.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Pieces Of Bonkers History Hiding In Classic Artwork
Sometimes classic art is telling more of a story than we initially see.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Italy Convicted Scientists Of Manslaughter, For Failing To Predict An Earthquake
It's like Don't Look Up, but more stupid.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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32 Sharp Shark Facts That Made Us Think Twice About Going to the Beach
Now the Jaws theme is in your head too.
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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A Timeline Of The Energy Drink: From Thai Laborers To Pro Gamers
How the world embraced a whole new way to get wired.
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- By Eli Yudin
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The U.S. President That Died With A Butt Full of Beef And Bourbon
And no, it didn't get there the usual way.
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Bonkers Life of Griffith J. Griffith, California's Wildest Tycoon
It involved a mining empire, ostriches, attempted murder, and a handful of legal precedents.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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