Science & History
6 Historic Figures Who Shaped The World (By Cheating Death)
The most amazing thing about history is how amazingly close things came to turning out differently. An inch here, a second there... that's the only difference between the world we live in now and an alternate universe where everything sucks quite a bit more than it does here.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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The 7 Most Horrifying Things Ever Discovered in a Human Body
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- By Shelby Fero
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5 Psych Experiments That Sounded Fun (Until They Started)
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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6 Scientific Reasons People Drive Like Assholes
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- By Dave Easton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
5 Works of Legitimate Mad Science Passed Off as Art
The people that take the abstract concepts of art and the concrete realities of science and mix them together are just as crazy as you'd expect.
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- By Robert Brockway
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6 Ridiculous History Myths (You Probably Think Are True)
Some of the things that we hear about people in the past, repeated again and again in cautionary tales about the present, simply aren't true. They were crazy, but they weren't THAT crazy.
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- By C. Coville
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5 Animals That Are Terrifyingly Hard to Kill
These are Mother Nature's last line of defense when Cracked rages its war against her. We are totally boned.
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- By Shelby Fero
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The 6 Biggest Badasses Who Lived As The Opposite Sex
These people lived their entire lives as the oppossite sex, mostly because the people around them were complete idiots.
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- By Christina H
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6 Spectacularly Bad Ideas From History's Greatest Geniuses
The modern world as we know it was shaped by the minds of geniuses. But the same outside the box thinking that gave us our great innovations also gave them some truly ridiculous ideas.
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- By Cole Gamble
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The 17 Most Unintentionally Hilarious Propaganda Posters
Propaganda is invaluable at teaching two timeless lessons: Your government thinks you're stupid, and when faced with unreasonable expectations, some people will lose their shit in hilarious ways.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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6 Reasons Assholes Are Healthier (According to Science)
That asshole rageaholic who you thought was a heart attack just waiting to happen? He'll be jogging on your grave.
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- By Philip Moon
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6 Subtle Ways The News Media Disguises Bullshit As Fact
The media has extremely subtle ways of manipulating your point of view in whichever way they see fit. Next time you open a paper, keep your eyes peeled for these techniques.
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- By C. Coville
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6 Famous Explorers Who Shaped The World (With Insane Lies)
Contrary to what NASA tells you, simply being the first white guy to walk on something does not earn you a free ride. No, the real rewards only come if you can whip the masses up into an orgiastic frenzy of greed. Like these guys.
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- By Andrew Dunham
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7 (Thankfully) Extinct Giant Versions of Modern Animals
In prehistoric times, you would've had to wear a diaper wherever you went on account of these pants-shittingly huge monsters ready to eat you.
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- By Jacopo della Quercia
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5 People Who Changed the World From Inside of Prison
While avoiding some angry male on male action and daily shankings, these guys influenced the course of history.
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- By Bronzulton Q
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