Science & History
6 Weird Things That Influence Bad Behavior More Than Laws
Our surroundings can trick us into being generous, good people. Of course, it goes the other way, too ...
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The 6 Strangest Ways Anyone Was Ever Mistaken for a God
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 WWI Fighter Pilots Whose Balls Deserve Their Own Monument
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- By Johnny Lepper
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8 Terrifying Animal Swarms Created by Human Stupidity
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- By Danny Vittore, Karl Smallwood
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Presidential Secrets Your History Teacher Didn't Mention
We all have personal failures and weaknesses, but a president will work so hard at crafting a specific public persona that we're shocked every time one gets in a sticky situation. With that in mind, here are some of the stranger facts about American presidents that almost never get mentioned in history class.
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- By Ethan Lou
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6 Supervillains From History That Make The Joker Look Subtle
Real-life bad guys understand that dry, drawn-out political subterfuge is much cheaper and more effective than a clone army. Then, occasionally, some crackpot leaps straight off the pages into our world, with brazen, insane and often ridiculous plans for world domination that grant him comic book supervillain status.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Ways the Cracked Book Makes Your Xmas Gifts Look Like Shit
With our book on shelves, and your closet full of gifts you'll never actually use, we are running down the Top Christmas Gifts of 2010, and explaining whether they're worth keeping.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Amazingly Intelligent Animals (That Will Creep You Out)
Thinking is what makes us human, and thinking means we'll always be the ruling species in this planet, because the rest of those guys are really stupid. Well ... not all of them.
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- By Sam Blitz
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6 Animals Humanity Accidentally Made Way Scarier
They're coming for us, and it's our own damn fault.
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- By C. Coville
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The 6 Most Horrifying Ways Hospitals Can Kill You
DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL IF YOU ARE SICK. Nothing you will read in this article is suggesting that it's just better to nurse your horrible infection back to health in the comfort of your own garage.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Real Historic Battles Decided by Divine Intervention
As it turns out, deus ex machina isn't strictly for fictional scenarios.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Bizarre Ways Architecture Is Designed to Ward Off Ghosts
When designing a building, you have to account for things like terrain, materials, weather, handicapped accessibility and, of course, ghosts.
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- By Christina H
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The 6 Greatest War Heroes Who Got Screwed Out of History
We love us some war heroes. Unfortunately, petty people and circumstances often get in the way of honoring these individuals.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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6 New Weapons That Are Making War Look Like a Cartoon
When we see the prototypes theseweapons designers are testing, we realize the battlefield of the future will be utterly insane.
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- By Danny Vittore
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6 Random Things (Other Than Drugs) That Reduce Pain
Your nearest drugstore is full of completely fake pain remedies, from shoe magnets to magical ground-up shark bones. But while these new age medicines are little more than placebos, science has found a whole lot of unexpected -- and downright weird -- ways you can control pain without ever swallowing a pill.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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