Science & History

6 Enlightened Ideas Brought to You by Evil Empires
Hey, thanks, Xerxes? For everything?
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- By Jacopo della Quercia , CRACKED Staff
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7 Mind-Blowing Easter Eggs Hidden in Famous Works of Art
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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8 Horribly Misguided 'Futuristic' Video Game Controllers
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- By Matthew Hayden
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6 Reasons Homemade Porn is a Worse Idea Than You Think
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- By Ian Fortey
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
6 Slang Terms With Surprisingly Badass Origins
Just like superheroes, words have origin stories, and we guarantee that these six are about a thousand times less shitty than Wolverine.
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- By JD Niemand
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6 Logical Fallacies That Cost You Money Every Day
Your brain is a dangerous to the rest of yourself. Also, it's a dick.
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- By Dan Seitz, CRACKED Staff
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The 6 Most Bizarre Global Warming Side Effects
Apparently the side-effects stretch further than smug hippies. Shocking, we know.
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- By Ian Fortey
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The 6 Most Baffling Nobel Prizes Ever Awarded
Someone PLEASE nominate Cracked.
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- By Fernando Espino
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7 Movies You Didn't Know Can Come True (With Mental Illness)
Which mental disorder allows us to make out with Scarlett Johansson?
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- By Matthew Hayden
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7 Books We Lost to History That Would Have Changed the World
If they had Internet back then, they would've never lost these books.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Rulers Who Abused Their Power In Hilariously Insane Ways
It probably wasn't all that awesome living under these rulers, but it's a lot of fun to read about them from afar.
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- By J. L. Coffman
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6 Assassination Attempts that Almost F#@cked the World
Some assassination attempts have come dangerously close to changing the world forever. We're not saying we'd be living in a land of breakdancing dinosaurs and chocolate flavored rainbows if a few things had gone the other way ... we're just saying we might all be Nazis.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Insanely Awesome Things The 1900s Thought We'd Have by Now
If only these free-thinkers had lived. America would be so awesome.
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- By Daniel O'Brien, Robert Brockway
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5 Real Buried Treasures That Can Make You Rich (Or Kill You)
You could be rolling in gold coins by the end of the week. If you can find them. And survive.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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The Top 10 Decades of the Century: How The 2000s Compared
Recently, 'Time' named the 00s the worst decade ever. This is a clearly ridiculous notion.
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- By Bobby "Fatboy" Roberts
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