Science & History

Everybody Once Thought Stegosauruses Could Actually Fly
Scientists used to think the stegosaurus was much, much cooler. Sorry Steggie.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Unexpected Ways The 1990s Were Different From Today
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- By Steven Assarian, Tyler Peterson, Andrea Meno
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23 Disturbing, Real Experiments Done On Children
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The Pyramids Used To Look NOTHING Like They Look Today
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
12 Mesmerizing GIFs Of Things Being Destroyed (For Science)
Warning: It’s impossible to stop watching these.
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- By Ivan Farkas, Timon DJ Spajic
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5 Ways Being Rich Was Flat-Out Crazy Hundreds Of Years Ago
The historical record shows that the old-timey rich, in their struggle to stave off ennui and entropy, devised some remarkably absurd ways of passing the time.
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- By Adam Wears
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That Time The Supreme Court Believed In Ghosts
The landmark court case of Living v. Dead
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- By Cracked Writers
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Meet The Spider That Survives By Literally Looking Like Crap
This spider looks like crap. Birds won’t eat crap. Nature is amazing.
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Old Photos From History That'll Blow Your Minds
Once you dig into the richness of history, you kinda find the kick-butt, surprising, and occasionally stupid secrets that have been kept buried.
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- By Adam Wears
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5 Ways The Past Was Even Crazier Than You Thought
Go back a few centuries and you'll find the world was built for jerks.
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- By Joe Hayes
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Mental Health Facts That Most People Get Wrong
These memes are good for your brain in multiple ways.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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Up or Down? Science Solves The Toilet Seat Conundrum
Scientific PROOF that you should probably put the toilet seat back down.
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- By Cracked Writers
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Teach Kids The Alphabet With These Medieval Death Prints
E is for Eternal Suffering.
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- By Cedric Voets
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Uranus Is Secretly Amazing (So Knock Off The Fart Jokes)
Thanks to the magic of science, we now know that the planet Uranus smells like rotten eggs.
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- By Adam Wears
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The Time The Nazis Tried To Invent Their Own 'Jurassic Park'
Nazis attempted to scientifically resurrect two extinct animals so they could hunt them again.
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- By Cracked Writers
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