Science & History
30 Eyebrow-Arching Origin Stories of Everyday Products
Turns out ordinary gadgets are anything but ordinary
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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5 Apocryphal People That Were Actually Real as Hell
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Infamous Insults That Used to Mean Something Totally Different
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- By Ryan Menezes
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42 Horrifying Human Body Facts We Wish We Never Learned
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
30 Surprising Facts About Nature for Those of Us Who Like to Stay Inside
I’d rather learn about nature from a screen
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- By Cracked Writers, Brian C. Miller
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13 Limits At Which Your Body Stops Working
At a certain altitude, your blood and saliva start to literally boil away.
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- By Andres Diplotti, Andrea Meno
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5 Everyday Objects With Hidden Symbolism
Who’s this little freak on all my Bluetooth stuff?
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- By Eli Yudin
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5 Things That Were Legal, Right Until Someone Died
A hundred years ago, a spitball killed some dude
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Time Periods, Cultures and People You’re Picturing All Wrong Because of TV and Movies
A T-Rex doesn't know what Stegosaurus tastes like anymore than we do.
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- By JhallComics, Mike Rampton
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Five Times Neil deGrasse Tyson Ruined a Movie
Now we can’t stop thinking about Ron DeSantis’ role in Barbieland
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- By Ian Garner
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5 Politicians Who Tanked Their Chances in the Fewest Words Possible
Those of you who remember campaigns past might know just why the word ‘tanked’ is being used
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- By Eli Yudin
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13 Celebrated Historical Figures Who Would Be Useless In Bed
A big brain doesn't mean you hang brain.
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- By Mike Rampton, JhallComics
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History’s 5 Worst Ways of Doing Laundry
Swish your clothes in gasoline. What could go wrong?
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- By Ryan Menezes
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30 Disgusting and Totally Unappetizing Facts About Food
Turns out, people in the past had no taste and considered chicken wings ‘trash’
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- By Timon DJ Spajic, Cracked Writers
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5 Towns That Are Nothing But An Excuse for Corporate Malfeasance
You’re telling me my boss IS my landlord? Where do I sign up!?!?
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- By Eli Yudin
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