Science & History
Why Are We So Scared of Sharks?
It took a few well-publicized serial attacks, along with some help from Hollywood, to turn a species just trying to mind its own business into a national phobia.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A Museum Accidentally Smashed The Biggest Viking Ship Ever
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Cute Lil' Critters That Are Filled With Deadly Poison
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things About Vikings That We Get All Wrong
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- By Jess Nevins
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Ways Food And Fitness Culture Overcomplicate Things
As fitness science improves, so does its love of snake oil.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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How Vikings Used Onion Soup To Find Out If People Would Die
The soup tasted so bad, the patient welcomed death.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Bizarre Deaths That Stand As Cautionary Tales
These tips will ensure you never die, or at least don't die these ways.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Vikings Were Fined For Not Brewing Beer
Without beer, you can't enter Val-ale-la.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 5 Oddball Ways Food Influenced History
Today we discuss monster chickens, tuberculosis ice cream, and heavy metal wine laxatives.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Viking Age Ended Because A Dude Got Stabbed In The Junk
Every Viking warrior had this one weakness.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Time Thor Thors Gave Thor's Hammer To The U.N.
May whoever lift this hammer have the powers of the secretary-general.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Badass (And Bonkers) Moments In Philosophy History
The history of philosophy is not only full of complex and obscure ideas, but it's also full of badass (and bonkers) stories of radical intellectual bravery …
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- By Talbert Gregson
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Cracked's Eatin' Weird - 4 Wrong Things We Believe About Food
Today we answer your burning food-based questions (beyond just "Is this mayo still good?")
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Lie Detector's Inventor Married The First Person He Questioned
The device measuring her heartrate actually detected ... love.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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