Science & History
The 6 Most Baffling Science Experiments Ever Funded
Scientists are only human, and some humans are just plain crazy. Which is why, on occasion, those serious old men in their fine white coats up and throw sense straight out the window.
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- By Ricardo Rivera
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5 Myths About the Revolutionary War Everyone Believes
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- By J. Wisniewski
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5 Horrific Disasters That Made Human Life Possible
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- By Sebastien Paquin
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
24 Childhood-Ruining Factoids
The truth can set you free, but it can also make the world a cold and bitter place. What follows is that second kind of truth. We asked our readers to take pop culture staples of our childhood and reveal the disturbing facts we didn't know about them.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Diabolical Ways Your Body Tricks You into Being Fat
We're not saying that willpower and mental fortitude don't play a role. We're just saying that even if your mind is in the right place, the deck is still stacked against you in a bunch of different ways.
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- By XJ Selman
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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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