Science & History
4 Historical Figures With Undeserved Reputations
The thing about history is that it tends to concern people who are no longer at liberty to say “Wait, I can explain.”
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Charles Dickens' Jerk Bird Inspired Edgar Allan Poe' 'The Raven'
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Can't Make It Up: The Reason Oklahoma's Shaped Like That
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Historical Texts That Were Surprisingly Filthy
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- By Alex Hanton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
15 Companies Who Started Out Selling Way Different Stuff
If you had 150 years, could you pivot from a toilet paper pulp mill to a major tech company?
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- By Cracked Writers, Jesse
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16 Scientific Studies Highlighting The Different Experiences Of Men And Women
Science loves to study how men and women have different experiences.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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U.S. Presidents Can't Really Accept Gifts (Except For Occasional Lions)
Never look a gift lion in the mouth.
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- By Cedric Voets
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15 Food Origins That'll Make You Say "Huh. Wish I Hadn't Read That."
You don't want to know how the sausage is made. Or the Fanta. Or the graham crackers.
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- By Jesse
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Mailmen Really Did Use To Deliver Babies
Back off, storks, this is USPS territory.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Inventor of Modern Condoms' Family Battle To Get Their Factory Back
Fromm was forced by the Nazis to sell his business at a fraction of its value because Fromm was Jewish and Nazis are evil.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Bonehead Reason Coca-Cola Was Only A Nickel For Over 70 Years
Open Happiness -- it's only empty one out of nine times.
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Eyebrow-Arching Tale Of The 'Q' Of 2000, John Titor
Turns out that posting on wild claim on Internet forums of inside knowledge of society inner working and future events and actually being believed isn't new.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Victorian-era England Fought Public Peeing With ... Architecture?
The wonders of geometry, everyone.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Creepshow Unsolved Crimes
All of these true stories are like 30 True Detective episodes rolled into one.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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14 Myths About What Drinking Does To You
Here are some facts about alcohol, the cause of – and solution to – all our misconceptions.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Writers
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