Science & History
69 Awesome Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Country Names That Are Stupid When You Know the Backstory
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- By Ruy Platt
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26 Microscopic Horrors In and Around Your House Right Now
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 'Eccentric' Historical Figures Who Were Clearly Just Crazy
There's a fine line between 'eccentric duke' and 'poop-smeared psychopath,' and the following folks skipped gaily across that line.
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- By Claire Gordon
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5 Insane Myths Your Grandma Told You (Science Says Are True)
Some folk cures and bizarre warnings have stuck around for a reason, and it just took science a while to catch up.
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- By Welldone Quibranza, XJ Selman, Michael Hossey
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5 Shockingly Unexpected Cures for Common Health Problems
The cure was inside you all along. Well, you have the ability to put it inside you anyways.
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- By Matt Farmer, Ivan Farkas
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6 Mind-Blowing Old-Timey Uses of 'Modern' Slang
Sometimes a term that sounds like it was made up by Ke$ha on the fly turns out to have a rich history in the English language much older than we ever knew.
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- By Brenna Crotty
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18 Mutant Superpowers Real Humans Have
It turns out that the X-Men exist ... kind of. But in place of optic blasts and telekinesis, there's bulging eyeballs and strong genitals.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Bullshit 'Facts' Everyone Believes About WWII
Any popular historical subject tends to resemble a pit of truth at the center of an overripe bullshit fruit.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , J. Wisniewski
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7 Insane R-Rated Trends You Never Noticed in Famous Art
Humanity has always possessed a knack for mindlessly repeating weird themes in all aspects of life, up to and very much including classic art. The only difference is that their themes were somehow even stranger.
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- By Carmen Burana
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40 Myths (That've Been Around Forever) We All Believe
By now you should know that we at Cracked have trouble swallowing the information that's been passed down to us throughout the years.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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9 Famous Thinkers Who Were Total Hypocrites
We're not saying these people are all liars or that their books should be tossed in the garbage. It's just interesting to see how the human mind works.
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- By Cornelius Heyer, Sammy Trujillo, Sam Jackson
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