Science & History
5 Everyday Things (That Have Secret Racist Origin Stories)
We can't be certain, but Hitler may have had a picture of Carl Brigham in his school locker when he was a kid.
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- By 3C Robles-Jackson
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5 Ways The War On Drugs Has Always Been Racist As Hell
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- By Mark Hill
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5 Famed Moments In History Brought To You By STDs
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- By Kelly Stone
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5 Beloved People You Never Knew Said Crazy Horrible Stuff
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- By Stephan Roget
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Underreported Jerk Moves By Famous Historical Figures
Popular history more closely resembles a Disney adaptation rather than how things actually went down.
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- By Stephan Roget
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How To Stay Motivated, According To Science
Science may not be as adorable as a kitten on a wire, but it works.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Heartwarming Stories From History Among All The Horror
If you dig deep enough, past all the wars and slavery and plagues, you can find a few heartwarming stories buried in history's cold murky depths.
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- By James Freeth
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6 Insane Health Scares You Never Learned About In School
History has played host to a range of terrifying diseases that did their business, crippled some populations and straight-up vanished.
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Historical Deaths That Read Like Crazy Myths (But Aren’t)
Our condolences, but a lightning strike to the exact center of your head is a pretty awesome way to go.
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- By Adam Wears, Marina Reimann
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18 Dumb Gender-Based Assumptions That Need To Stop
Sitcoms lied to us.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Huge Innovations Held Back By Plain Human Stupidity
Human Innovation is an unstoppable steamroller, until it collides with the steamroller that is Human Stupidity.
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- By John Preston Ford
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21 Otherworldly-Appearing Science Tricks
We often joke that science is a form of dark magic, but now we're kinda starting to believe it.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Fascinating Works Of Art Made By Our (Horny) Ancestors
Scientist have been digging up depraved artifacts for decades and, yes, all of this is real.
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- By Laura H
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6 Freak Natural Disasters That Were The Stuff Of Nightmares
In an incident taken straight from a Stephen King novel, a lake murdered 1,746 people overnight.
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- By Justin Crockett
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6 Iconic Moments In History You Never Knew Were Utter Messes
The most dangerous place in 2007 wasn't in Iraq; it was an Apple conference room.
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- By Adam Wears
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