Science & History

A Fake Dino Park Fooled Scientists

Crazy billionaire closing dinos? Sounds legit.

Authors

By Ryan Menezes

Published

June 10, 2022

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

Published

June 09, 2022

5 Disasters Deleted From Your History Books

Featuring a clown in a tub and bean gas explosions.

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By Ryan Menezes

Published

June 08, 2022

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

Published

June 08, 2022

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

Published

June 08, 2022

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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

Published

June 06, 2022

Jurassic Park's Technical Advisor Wants To Make Real Dinosaurs From Chickens

Life BAWK finds a way.

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By Ryan Menezes

Published

June 06, 2022

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

Published

June 05, 2022

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

Published

June 05, 2022

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

Published

June 05, 2022

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

Published

June 02, 2022