Science & History
The Secret History Of The French Horse-Butt Sniper
What’s a better sniping position than shooting through a fake horse’s anus?
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- By Cracked Writers
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24 Famous Criminal Cases (With Fascinating Details)
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Real Ways We're Canceling The Apocalypse
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- By Adam Wears
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That Time A Nazi Submarine Captain Sank His Ship By Flushing
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
The Gay Bomb: A Real Thing The US Military Considered
How was this an actual plan in the 1990s???
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- By Cracked Writers
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Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? Turns Out We Have No Idea
The animals' iconic black-and-white markings don’t actually serve a single purpose.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Shocking Laws Modern Countries Had Until A Few Years Ago
Some supposedly modern societies end up ridiculously behind the curve.
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- By Daisy Walters, Andrea Meno, Roman Odarenko
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'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial
You'd think 'Wash your hands for half a minute. Worst-case scenario, you get clean hands' would be a pretty inoffensive suggestion.
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- By Cracked Writers
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The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine
Turns out, the Wild West wasn't one big nonstop shootout.
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- By Cracked Writers
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Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?
It may look like those animals are wearing jetpacks, but the truth is considerably grimmer.
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- By Cracked Writers
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7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun
Back in the day, our ancestors had a lot fewer things around to entertain them. Maybe that's why they came up with all this crazy stuff ...
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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5 Delightfully Crazy Ways People Tried To Contact the Dead
We can't agree on what happens to us after we die. Luckily, there have been plenty of spiritual pioneers who took it upon themselves to ask the only people who know the answer ...
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Real Scandals Crazier Than Anything On 'House Of Cards'
Real politicians aren't our there murdering dogs or pushing their enemies to certain death, right? Come on, of course they've done all of that and worse.
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- By Alex Hanton
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The Board Game 'Life' Used To Kill Its Players
The Game of Life used to be much, much darker.
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- By Cracked Writers
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Calming Down An Angry Alligator Is Way Easier Than You Think
Did you know hypnotizing an alligator is actually relatively simple?
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- By Cracked Writers
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