Science & History
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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24 Childhood-Ruining Factoids
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Diabolical Ways Your Body Tricks You into Being Fat
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- By XJ Selman
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
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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5 Popular Self-Help Tips That Actually Hurt Your Career
We follow the advice of self-help books or motivational guides -- sure, a lot of those things are probably BS, but it can't hurt to give them a try, right? (Hint: Wrong.)
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Insane Theories About Why We Haven't Discovered Alien Life
We can say with a candor close to absolute certainty that nobody on Earth will ever see warp drive starships or quad-breasted space women from the Crab Nebula, because for a number of reasons, the chances of us ever meeting any aliens are slim to none. Why? Well ...
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- By Fernando Ramirez
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29 Coincidences That Shred Reality
The real world is full of the kind of coincidences you'd dismiss as bad writing if you saw them in a movie.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Groundbreaking Firsts That Your History Books Lied About
It turns out that a whole lot of famous firsts are credited to the wrong people, due to politics, bad luck, or outright lies.
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- By Chris Radomile, Eddie Rodriguez, Evan V. Symon , Kier Harris
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5 Scientific Ways to Trick Yourself into Being a Good Person
We don't want to always be negative here. Are there ways you can trick yourself for the better? Sure.
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- By XJ Selman
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