Cracked Archive - Science
The First Man To Spot Uranus Named It 'George'
He said it was weird to keep naming planets for gods.
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2 The Media Jumped On A Fake Story About Astronauts Going On Strike
They missed one check-in, and the story went down in history.
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Spot Something On A Distant Planet? It Might Be Much Closer Than That
Not a smudge on the telescope—think closer than that.
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The Heart Attack On The Moon, That NASA Covered Up
They spotted it, didn't tell the astronauts, and kept it out of the logs.
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Let Go Of Tools In Space, And Lose Them Forever
One astronaut lost $100,000 of tools this way.
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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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The First Airship Filled With Helium Still Crashed Spectacularly
Meanwhile, a fair number of hydrogen airships retired safely.
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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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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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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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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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