Science & History

One Of America's Most Nightmarish Monsters Was A Nice Old Lady
Meet Georgia Tann: adoption advocate, kindly senior, and ghoul who stole 5,000 children.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Eye Rolling Was Your Grandparents' DTF Sign
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- By Amanda Mannen
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18 Amazing People From History (A Lot Us Haven't Heard Of)
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Writers
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Georgia O'Keeffe Hated People Thinking Her Flower Paintings Are 'Vaginas'
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- By Amanda Mannen
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 'Whoa' Scenes From Ancient Earth School Forgot To Teach
Recorded history is just a tiny sliver of the planet's real history.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Of The Weirdest Things (That Managed To Happen Twice)
Life is random. Which means some things don't feel random at all.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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R.I.P. Arecibo Telescope - You Absolute Unit
A painful goodbye to the most well-hung telescope in the world.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Meet Crazy Eddie, The Least Boring Grifter In American History
His prices were almost as insane as his, well, decades of corporate malfeasance.
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- By Alex Hanton
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13 Facts About Working From Home
There's a fine line between work and home when your home's your office.
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- By Shea
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The First Dinosaur Fossil ... Looked Like A Ballsack
There's just no getting around it ...
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Throwing Politicians Out Of Windows: A Prague Historical Tradition
Religious equality spread throughout the nation, all thanks to a few groups of dedicated countrymen ... who tossed their political leaders out a window.
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- By Max Mitchem
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The Tale Of The Bloody Benders: America's Original Serial Killing Family
The family that slays together, stays together.
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- By Willie Muse
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15 Weird Cases That Walked Into Doctors' Operating Rooms
They don't teach the cure for human stupidity in medical school.
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- By Ryan Menezes, Cracked Writers
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19 Terrifying Real-World Monsters Straight Out Of A Horror Movie
Sometimes nature is scarier than fiction.
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- By Cracked Writers, Ryan Menezes
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That Time The Emperor Of Russia Went Around Shaving Off Everybody's Beards
Be grateful now that you can enjoy a beard without the president shaving it off of you at a party.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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