Science & History
Why The Length Of Your Fingers Dictate Who You Are
You probably don't give much thought to how important your fingers are.
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- By Jay Thomas, Kathy Benjamin, Paul K Pickett
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Behold, The Craziest Chemical Reaction You've Ever Seen
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- By Cracked Writers
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4 Scary Moments In History That Were Worse Than You Realized
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- By Carolyn Burke
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In The 1950s, America Wanted To Nuke The Moon
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
18 Trends You Secretly Wish Would Make A Comeback
It’s time to come clean about that unpopular fad you wish would come back.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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Bad News, Everybody: Hydrogen Peroxide Is Useless
After centuries of blindly trusting the stuff, scientists have found that hydrogen peroxide may actually slow the healing process. Thanks, brown bottle of lies!
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- By Cracked Writers
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4 Dark Easter Eggs In Famous Cities (Hiding In Plain Sight)
Look hard enough, and you'll see that cities and towns are still pockmarked with creepy remnants of wars gone by.
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- By Carolyn Burke
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27 Inexplicable Side-Effects You Never Saw Coming
Do not take this article if you are allergic to it.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The Incredible True Christmas Story From WWII's Dark Days
There's a limit to our suspension of disbelief in regards to Christmas miracles, and that limit is Nazis.
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- By John Champion
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5 Hilarious 2017 Twitter Moments You Might've Missed
Twitter is a yawning gyre of GIFs, random maniacs screaming into the endless void in search of a meager morsel of meaning, and dog photos.
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- By Adam Wears
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18 Historical Practical Jokes That Are Still Funny Today
Trolling and asshattery are grand and glorious traditions.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Serious Historical Events That Became Goofy Farces
History is like a toga-wearing frat boy named Moose who duct-tapes malt liquor bottles to his hands.
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- By Alex Hanton
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Dumb Conspiracy Theories With Awful Real-World Consequences
Spoiler Alert: The monster is actually the person making this shit up.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Beloved Holiday Traditions (That Started Out Crazy Dark)
You might occasionally wonder how all these holiday traditions got started. We'd advise you not to dig too deeply, because you might not like what you find ...
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- By Chris Radomile
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5 Terrifying Diseases From History (People Just Made Up)
There were never any Satanic daycare centers, no teenager on the planet has ever played the so-called knockout game, and no one actually likes pumpkin spice.
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- By Mark Hill
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