Science & History
18 Things Presidents Are REALLY Spending Our Tax Money On
Three things are certain: death, taxes, and the ridiculous crap taxes buy.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Ways Statistics Are Used to Lie to You Every Day
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- By Nathaniel Cope, James Spedding
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6 Inspiring Ways Internet Mobs Have Come to the Rescue
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- By Jeff Sloan
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The 6 Most Baffling Science Experiments Ever Funded
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Myths About the Revolutionary War Everyone Believes
Bloody, heroic and seasoned with all kinds of awesome, the entire eight-year period was dripping with fantastic stories and scrappy underdog moments. (Or was it?)
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- By J. Wisniewski
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5 Horrific Disasters That Made Human Life Possible
Life as we know it was only able to form because the universe likes to slap us around every few billion years. It's a form of tough love.
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- By Sebastien Paquin
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5 Shocking Scenes You Won't Believe Are in the Bible
If many of the most iconic features of Christianity aren't taking up space in the holy book, it makes one wonder just what, in fact, is in there.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , Douglas A. McDonnell
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24 Childhood-Ruining Factoids
The truth can set you free, but it can also make the world a cold and bitter place. What follows is that second kind of truth. We asked our readers to take pop culture staples of our childhood and reveal the disturbing facts we didn't know about them.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Diabolical Ways Your Body Tricks You into Being Fat
We're not saying that willpower and mental fortitude don't play a role. We're just saying that even if your mind is in the right place, the deck is still stacked against you in a bunch of different ways.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Literary Classics That Put X-Rated Movies to Shame
When people actually sit down and read the books they've always heard about, they find themselves blindsided by the hardcore sexual depravity everyone so often fails to mention.
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- By Rich Solomon
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5 Shockingly Advanced Ancient Buildings That Shouldn't Exist
It turns out the engineers of times past were nothing to sneer at, and some of their accomplishments make ours seem slightly embarrassing.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Welldone Quibranza, Alaric Penname
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6 Inventors Who Changed the World and Got Screwed in Return
Some inventors get so little credit that we completely forgot about them, and since we really don't like angering the ghosts of people who could probably invent a way to punch us from beyond the grave, here they are.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Mike Floorwalker
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21 Little-Known Backstories To Famous Photos
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but it still seems somewhat lazy that writers haven't bothered telling us the amazing stories behind some of the most famous photographs of all time. We remedy that situation ...
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Insane Sci-Fi Weapons That Now Exist in Reality
There are two kinds of scientists in this world -- those whose discoveries will lead the planet into a new era of enlightenment, and those whose research will inevitably be stolen by terrorists who enjoy dressing up as snakes. This article is dedicated to this second group.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Miracles Deleted From the Bible For Being Too Awesome
There are whole other books that used to be part of the Bible, until someone took a hard look and said, 'No way.' And it's too bad, because some of the miracles performed in these apocryphal texts are freaking amazing.
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- By Brian Thompson
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