Cracked Archive - Science
The Elevator That Was So Perfect, They Put The Inventor In Prison
He used no nails, so they claimed he was sabotaging it.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 The First Airship Filled With Helium Still Crashed Spectacularly
Meanwhile, a fair number of hydrogen airships retired safely.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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That Helium's Pretty Precious (But Used To Be Much More Precious)
The Hindenburg used hydrogen NOT because we hadn't yet figured out it's flammable. It was because helium used to be so rare.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Terrifying Animal Superpowers
Spiders fly for hundreds of miles. No one is safe.
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- By Tara Marie
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Australia Did A Research Study To See Where All The Teaspoons Go
Maybe spoons spontaneously teleport to their home world.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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5 Terrifying Experiments (That Raise Even More Terrifying Questions)
Mad science is undeservedly vilified.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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5 Easter Eggs Hiding In The Natural World
This stuff all belongs on the planet Vorwyrn.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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5 Impossible Questions About The Universe (And Their Answers)
Does "nothing" exist? Can you see an atom?
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Remembering The Dress, The Last Good Thing The Internet Did
It should have solved everything.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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7 Terrifying Prehistoric Creatures That Mother Nature Made While Drunk
We never realized just how creepy toothless sharks or upright crocs would be.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Millions Of Ants Fall Into A Nuclear Bunker And Form A Colony
Inside the bunker, there's no light, no food, and no way out.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Stop Telling People To Believe The Science
It's like saying "believe the truth." They already think they do.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Ways Ancient Earth Was A Hellish Alien Planet
Flames! Frost! Acid! Pummeled by supersonic wrecking balls!
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- By Ivan Farkas
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That Time Seattle Thought Space Rays Were Attacking Their Cars
You can't rule cosmic rays out, especially if you don't know what exactly cosmic rays are.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Great Moments in Science Brought To Us By Pee
Science's obsession with urine never pe(e)tered out.
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- By Nathan Williams
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