Science & History
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
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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
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- By Eli Yudin
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The Bonkers Life of Griffith J. Griffith, California's Wildest Tycoon
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
From Poop Plugs to Pills: The History of Birth Control
Considering how long people have been shoving stuff into or over their junk in an effort to prevent pregnancy, birth control is still pretty dumb, but it could be a lot worse.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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An Old Anti-Coffee Experiment Saw Everyone But The Coffee Drinker Die
If your subjects outlive you, your experiment failed.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Cultural Phenomena That Were Just Marketing Ploys
Even some of the most basic facts of life and institutions we hold most sacred can be traced back to some guy who wanted to sell us something.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A Terrible Dad Taught His Son Only Klingon
He should be sentenced to a hundred years of be'joy'.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Mongols' Secret Weapon: Alcoholic Horse Milk
Forget a sugary powdered pre-workout, slam a mug of horse juice.
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- By Eli Yudin
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12 Historic Meals (So We Can Taste The Past)
What did Princess Di eat on her wedding day?
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- By Shea
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How Star Trek's Jeri Ryan's Divorce Got Obama Elected
The butterfly effect in action right here.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Ways Life Was Different Before Roe v. Wade
If our future will be a repeat of our history, what can we expect?
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- By Shea
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15 Events in the Shady History of Coca-Cola
The history of Coca-Cola is even more fraught than you’d expect for a product based on cocaine.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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25 Gigantic Facts About Space That Make Us Feel Crazy Small
The final frontier.
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- By Brian C. Miller, Cracked Writers
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The Hero Scientist Who Passed Off A Star Trek Episode As A Scientific Paper
As so exposed the scientific journal as a fraud.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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