Science & History
5 True War Stories That Put Every Action Movie to Shame
Here are five groups of soldiers that prove that no matter how implausible the plot, some military unit, somewhere, has topped it.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 5 Most Badass Prison Escapes in the History of War
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- By Paul K Pickett
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Spend Your Summer Writing for Cracked, Drowning in Panties
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- By CRACKED Staff
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6 Reasons Space Travel Will Always Suck
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- By Johan Volkert
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
8 Health Foods That Are Bad For Your Health
Next time you're offered a muffin, whip this article out and continue stuffing that Big Mac down your throat.
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- By Christina H
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7 Lost Bodies of Work (That Would Have Changed Everything)
Here are a few of the most influential works of art, literature and science in histor ...
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 Superpowers We All Had as Babies (According to Science)
Not unlike Clark Kent, babies everywhere have managed to fool the world with their mild-mannered public persona, masking the amazing superpowers nearly all of them possess.
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- By Cezary Jan Strusiewicz
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5 Lesser Known (Completely Ridiculous) American Civil Wars
Long before and after the Civil War, American states have been pointing guns at each other and screaming ridiculous threats. Just consider...
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- By Philip Moon
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The 5 Most Half Assed Apologies for Historic Crimes
We're almost positive that Ted Kaczynski's apology was more sincere than these.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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6 People You've Never Heard of Who Probably Saved Your Life
Hollywood, and to a certain extent history, likes to glorify those who were great a taking lives. Here are those that saved millions. And one that's friggin' Wolverine.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 7 Most Disastrous Typos Of All Time
We've all made typos. Fortunately, most of ours don't wind up changing world history. Not everyone is so lucky.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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7 Incredible Scientific Innovations Held Back by Petty Feuds
We would probably all be flying to work on rocket motorcycles by now if history's greatest geniuses hadn't spent their entire careers arguing over who had the biggest Bunsen burner.
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- By Jack Mendoza
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6 Supposedly Ancient Traditions (That Totally Aren't)
Patriotism, sex and money. People will use any reason to create a tradition. Especially the sex part.
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- By Robert Evans, CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Most Important Things Humanity Just Plain Forgot
Turns out some of the most amazing things ever discovered wound up lost or forgotten for centuries, for utterly ridiculous reasons.
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- By David Graham
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6 Mind-Blowing Achievements in Propaganda
When you think 'propaganda' you immediately picture a huge statue of a dictator, or banners stamped with corny slogans. You think of the kind of clumsy brainwashing that only works on uneducated peasants.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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