Science & History
5 Scientific Reasons Your Idea of Happiness Is Wrong
Our two favorite subjects at Cracked are the elusive concept of human happiness and Batman. This article is about the first one.
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- By Kimmy Dee
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6 Ways Bacteria Will Prevent the Apocalypse
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- By Kristi Harrison, Tom Hohle
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7 Questions You Didn't Know Could Be Answered With Math
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- By CRACKED Staff
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5 Animals We Should Be Eating [CHART]
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- By Stephen Cook
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
7 Real Insect Superpowers That Put Spidey Sense to Shame
Insects and arachnids, like humans, have their superheroes with incredible powers. The only difference is that their superheroes are real. And, pound for pound, consistently more impressive than the human version.
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- By Karl Smallwood, Monte Richard
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The 5 Weirdest Things That Control the Global Economy
The global economy is an insanely complex system of labor, money and goods all governed by laws to keep each facet in check. So it'd be pretty depressing if researchers discovered that the whole thing was actually the end result of a bunch of seemingly random bullshit, wouldn't it?
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Supervillain Tactics Science Is Using to Kill Mosquitoes
What is the deadliest animal in the world? Lions? Sharks? Bears? Bees? Snakes? Rats? It was bears, wasn't it? Is it bears? No, it's the lowly mosquito, and it's not even close.
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- By Rory Lynott
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6 Lies About the Body You Learned in Kindergarten: Classic
When we reach the age of two, we start to have a few questions about our bodies. At first they're simple. 'Will that toy fit into the wet hole in the middle of my face?' But as we mature, the questions become more complex and too numerous for any reasonable human being to answer. It's no coincidence that around this time, your parents ship you off
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- By Karl Smallwood, Eddie Rodriguez
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7 'Ancient' Forms of Mysticism That Are Recent Inventions
Some 'ancient' practices are about as authentic as the ill-fated Chinese tattoo on your arm that the lady swore meant 'pure warrior.'
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- By C. Coville
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The 6 Most Amazing Military Raids of All-Time
Just a handful of men can change the world. Particularly if those men are highly trained and heavily armed and possess next to no instincts for self-preservation. These are the soldiers whose job is to fling themselves into impossible situations, against ridiculous odds, where failure means a lot of other people will die.
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- By Tony Pilgram
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8 Filthy Jokes Hidden in Ancient Works of Art
No matter how far back you go, dick jokes have been the driving force behind mankind's sense of humor. Even ancient figures and civilizations we tend to think of as wise and dignified weren't shy about whipping out some solid boner jokes, even when creating works of art for royalty.
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- By Tom Lagana
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The 6 Most Disturbingly Evil Birds
Birds are the most majestic creatures on Earth -- we plaster them on our cars, flags and coins. You see them soaring up there, and think they're above all the petty savagery down here on the ground. Well, it turns out they're dicks.
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Surprisingly Easy Ways to Make Kids Smarter
There are some surprisingly simple things you can do to help your Bieber-obsessed Twittering child actually learn something.
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- By Sam Sprinkle
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5 Forgotten Revolutions That Created The Modern World
We may never have had 'Darling Nikki' if it hadn't been for some world-changing movements everyone promptly forgot about.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Impossible Escapes Using Impossibler Methods
As we never get tired of pointing out, when you combine desperation, perseverance, ingenuity and giant balls, wonderful things happen. This is proven by these tales of men who found themselves in hostile territory with no chance of escape ... and just fucking escaped anyway
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- By Tony Pilgram, Cornelius Appin, Drew Miller
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