Science & History
No, 98.6 Degrees Isn't The Normal Human Body Temperature
In fact, our average temperature keeps dropping.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
A Fake Dino Park Fooled Scientists
Crazy billionaire closing dinos? Sounds legit.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A Brief, Bizarre History of the Queen's Jubilees
Every time the anniversary of the Queen becoming the Queen hits a big round number, everyone in her realm stops to celebrate the truly undercelebrated woman.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Disasters Deleted From Your History Books
Featuring a clown in a tub and bean gas explosions.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked's Big Questions: 6 Reasons Why The U.S. Doesn't Use The Metric System
5,280 feet to a mile is a terrible system, so why are we so attached to it?
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- By Dan Fritschie
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Jurassic Park's Science Actually Works (To Make Beer)
They tried saving lives. That failed, so they made beer.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Cracked's Big Questions: 4 Ways We Ended Up With So Much Junk Food
Why are Americans so fat? Blame Richard Nixon.
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- By Dan Fritschie
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Jurassic Park's Technical Advisor Wants To Make Real Dinosaurs From Chickens
Life BAWK finds a way.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Meet 'Varney,' The Vampire Who Popped Up 50 Years Before 'Dracula'
One serialized novel changed everything and gave us the hip, hawt undead bloodsuckers we know and love today. That penny blood was Varney the Vampire (1845-1847), and without it the modern vampire would look a lot different.
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- By Jess Nevins
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Seasons No Longer Exist, Only Hot And Cold
Tell me, father, what was this "spring" you speak of?
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- By Eli Yudin
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We Started Studying Anesthesia After Toenail Surgery Went Horribly Wrong
Turns out this stuff was more complicated than we thought.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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12 Inventions That Were Accidentally Invented Twice
It took two people multiple centuries to come up with "the lightning rod." Congrats.
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- By Eli Yudin
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