Science & History
14 Of The Most Overkill, Least Useful, Or Just Plain Weirdest Weapons Ever Invented
Elmer Fudd meets late-stage Walter White.
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- By Cracked Writers, Jesse
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An Ode To The Poor First Guy To Die In A Plane Crash
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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New York Was Almost Burned To The Ground In A Shakespeare Riot
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- By Alex Hanton
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4 Ways America Fails Hard At Understanding History
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- By William Kuechenberg
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Cracked VS: The Beef Between DC Comics And Alan Moore
Come for the comics, stay for the brawl.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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The Civil War Had A Glow-In-The-Dark Battle
It was dubbed “Angel’s Glow,” and the troops affected by it tended to live longer.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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5 Weird Secret Projects That Keep The World Running
Did you know the majority of MLB stadiums buy their soil from one location in Pennsylvania?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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13 Surprising Facts About The Microchips You’re Using To Read This
This kind of helps make it clearer why processors really, really like to be kept cool.
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- By Andrea Meno
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Bonnie And Clyde Weren't Really A Duo For The Ages
Clyde shot himself in the foot, both figuratively and almost literally.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Why The Myers-Briggs Personality Test Is Nonsense
As a framework for one's life, it’s rickety and termite-riddled.
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- By Mark Hill
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12 Nuggets Of Interesting Trivia
But why did “mechanized water tanks” get shortened to tanks, not mechs?
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- By Andrea Meno
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5 Trippy Optical Illusions (And The Science Behind Them)
Take a look at the scary, counter-intuitive nature of existence and our illusory, tenuous grasp on reality.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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That Time Soccer Fields Nearly Caused Another Cuban Missile Crisis
Kissinger said, "Cubans play baseball. Russians play soccer."
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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Lunchables Are Trash Food, But The Nostalgia Is Real
The strangeness is nearly a packaged deal.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Nursing Homes Are Misdiagnosing Schizophrenia At An Alarming Rate
Residents with dementia are being diagnosed with schizophrenia so that powerful sedatives can be shoved down their throats.
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- By Zanandi Botes
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