Science & History
5 Ways Stores Use Science to Trick You Into Buying Crap
A big chunk of the world economy runs on human weakness. Peer pressure, vanity, insecurity, the fact that we just cannot resist the sight of melted cheese. There are some other, much weirder scientific principles that factor into what you buy. You might not know about them, but the people selling you things sure as hell do.
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- By Paul K Pickett
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5 Real MacGyvers Who Won Battles With Improvised Weapons
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- By Phillip Parsons
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6 Statistically Full of S#!t Dangers The Media Loves to Hype
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- By M. Asher Cantrell
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The 5 Most Terrifying Jobs in the History of War
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- By Joshua Sherman
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind
While we tend to think words are just sounds we make to express ideas, science is finding language is more like a fun house mirror, warping what we see in mind-blowing ways.
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- By Sam Cooper, CRACKED Staff
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The Creepy Scientific Explanation Behind Ghost Sightings
Science 1. Ghosts 0. Creepiness 100,000.
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- By Jack Mendoza
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5 Things You Won't Believe Aren't In the Bible: Updated
As a predominantly Christian people, Westerners think they know the Bible pretty well. But not everybody realizes that many of the most iconic features of Christianity were never mentioned by the holy book or the church, but were actually pulled out of the ass of some poet or artist who wanted to make a few bucks out of it.
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- By Bjorn Karhunen, Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Creepy Ways Animal Societies Are Organizing
Animals a pretty amazing, sure, but now we're at the point where they are too amazing. And that's unsettling.
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- By Sam Cooper, Shelby Fero
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6 Habits You Didn't Know Were Keeping You Alive
In a twist of fate so beautiful you want to make passionate love to it on the couch with the blinds open, science is now claiming that the most seemingly innocent things you do (or did) on a daily basis can be just as good for you as a lifetime of exercise and carrot juice.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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6 Things That Are Secretly Turning You Into A Bad Person
While most of us do what we can to lead a morally sound existence, some completely unexpected factors can turn us from mild mannered to extremely dickish in no time.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The 5 Most Mind-Blowing Coincidences of All Time
The kind of coincidences you'd dismiss as bad writing if seen in a movie happen all of the time in real life.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 6 Most Insane Underdog Stories in the History of Battle
Real-world battles are rarely won by the ragtag team of underdogs. Tanks beat horses, guns beat spears. Though sometimes, the ewoks really do kick ass.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Simple Things You Won't Believe Are Recent Inventions
We're impressed by new gizmos, sure, but we tend to forget that even the most obvious, basic concepts had to be invented at some point. And some of them were shockingly recent.
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- By Eric Yosomono
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The 5 Most Ridiculous Assassination Plots Ever Attempted
Murder is no joke. Failed assassination attempts are.
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- By Jim Avery
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6 Things Everyone Knows About Women (That Aren't True)
When women claim they're misunderstood, they're not kidding.
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- By Dave Easton
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