Science & History
35 Medical Facts We Wish Weren’t True (But Unfortunately Are)
No, no thank you
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- By Cracked Writers, Brian C. Miller
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4 Innocuous Things That Prevented World War III
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- By Eli Yudin
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15 Big-Time Scientific Burns
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- By Mike Rampton
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
37 Not-So-Appetizing Food Facts
Ranch dressing and sunscreen have more in common than you might think
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- By Timon DJ Spajic, Cracked Writers
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4 Ads That Continued Long After the Product They Plugged Was Gone
Look out a plane window, and you’ll see a 90-year-old ad carved into the forest
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Badass Exoplanets to Send Your Nation's Intrepid Billionaires to Explore
No need to ever return to Earth
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- By Mike Rampton
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30 Times Famous People From History Completely Shocked Us
Turns out the 21st century does not have a monopoly on scandal
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- By Eric B, Cracked Writers
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4 Common Expressions With Surprisingly Dirty Origins
Yes, the original meaning of ‘poppycock’ is filthy. But not for the reasons you might think
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- By Amanda Mannen
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30 Bizarre Medical Facts That Sound Like B.S. (But Aren’t)
Bagels send more people to the ER than sharks
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- By Timon DJ Spajic, Cracked Writers
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32 Eyebrow-Arching Facts About Food
Turns out, ketchup used to be considered medicine
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- By Cracked Writers, Timon DJ Spajic
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Four Hilariously Teeny-Tiny Wars
They were so small and insignificant that they almost escaped notice altogether
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- By Amanda Mannen
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6 Now Illegal Drugs You Used to Be Able to Buy at GNC
They even used to sell literal lettuce wrapped in rolling papers as a nicotine alternative in the 1960s
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- By Ian Douglass
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5 Secrets Buried on College Campuses
Some colleges have skeletons hidden below the surface
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Historical Figures More Into the Paranormal Than a Modern Bushwick Witch
It turns out science was Isaac Newton’s backup plan
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- By Eli Yudin
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