Cracked Archive - Science
A British Museum Exhibit From Egypt, Seemingly Dead, Suddenly Woke Up
Then it took revenge (on cabbage).
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1 5 Real-Life Medical Nightmares Straight Out Of Horror Movies
Curses are things of popular fiction. But sometimes, there are real-life medical issues that can feel like fiction becoming reality.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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Professional Bears Certify Equipment As Bearproof
You never really know till a bear has tested it.
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Multiple Studies Have Courageously Compared Apples With Oranges
Scientists using science to mock English majors.
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An Eye-Opening Look At The History Of Contact Lenses
Wake up, make coffee, affix a glass sphere to your eye with animal jelly.
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The Electric Chair Was Invented By A Dentist
He got the idea when a drunk electrocuted himself.
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The Mad Russian Who Died Switching Blood With A Student
The experiment worked, until it didn't.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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15 Of The Most Poisonous Plants And Fungi The World Has To Offer
Also known as "The 15 Worst Salad Ingredients Ever".
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- By Eli Yudin
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Millions Of Cows Come From One Mutant ’60s Bull
One moooootant bull.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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6 Fantastical Animals We Drove To Extinction
The big, the bad, and the weird.
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No, Low Serotonin Doesn’t Cause Depression
Brains are complicated, the most complicated thing of all.
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NASA Assembled A Troop Of Deaf Men To Study Weightlessness
The men fared fire; the scientists got sick.
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6 Bonkers Early Versions Of Modern Creatures
But for the vagaries of Evolution, these might have been your beloved pet or something you shout at, “Hey! Get out of my trash bin; I’ve not finished eating that yet!”
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- By Ivan Farkas
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The Manhattan Project Was Full Of Soviet Spies
Hold on, this was supposed to be secure.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A Definitive Ranking Of The 15 Coolest Bugs
I have considered all the bugs, and these are the best.
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- By Eli Yudin
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