Science & History
5 Common Sayings That Mean The Opposite Of What You Think
Sliced bread was not a groundbreaking invention. Not all pictures are worth a thousand words. An apple a day doesn't keep the doctor away.
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- By Stephan Roget
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Check Out This Crazy Hell-Themed Nightclub From The 1890s
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- By Cracked Writers
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Meet The Medieval Warrior With A Blade For A Hand
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- By Cedric Voets
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The Weird Nazi Tiny Tanks You Never Learned About In School
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Ridiculous (But Serious) Ways Humans Are Destroying Earth
Humans are terrible at cleaning up messes.
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- By Justin Crockett
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Native Americans Treated Trans People Better Than We Do Now
Hundreds of years ago, some Native American tribes actually held a deep respect for people who identified themselves as outside the gender binary -- or as they were called, 'two-spirits.'
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Horrifying Real Medical Situations That Sound Made Up
Illness can appear out of the blue and turn your life upside-down, like a Zooey Deschanel character in a rom-com.
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- By E. Reid Ross, E.M. Caris, Laura H, Andrea Meno
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5 World Leaders Who Did The Opposite Of What You'd Expect
Sometimes we get the story wrong entirely, and it's not like the biopic is going to correct us.
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- By Adam S.
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5 Cities That Changed Unrecognizably In Only A Few Decades
It takes ages for a city to truly change. But there are exceptions
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- By E. Reid Ross
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The Dark Truth About Supermarket Orange Juice
Ready to find out something you assumed was fine and barely gave a second thought to is actually super weird and messed up? Cool!
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Famous People Whose Corpses Got Desecrated In Crazy Ways
Powerful people have powerful enemies, and the dead have a hard time fighting back
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- By E. J. Diaz
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The Miraculous Cat That Survived THREE Shipwrecks
It's standard practice for ships to keep station cats aboard for keeping the mice at bay.
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- By Cracked Writers
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How America Convinces Itself The End Is Near Every Few Years
Making us feel like we're teetering on the brink of the toilet bowl is more than a political strategy; it's something we've been doing for a long, long time.
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- By Judith Smith
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7 WTF Details About Historical Events Everyone Forgets
Sometimes we ignore all of the chaotic insanity that typically accompanies history.
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- By Kelly Stone
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The Nazi Outpost In Canada That No One Noticed
A Nazi U-boat infiltrated Canada and no one figured it out until 1981.
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- By Cracked Writers
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