Cracked Archive - Science
7 Steps To Getting Your Baby To Fall Asleep, As You, The Parent, Descend Into Madness
What’s that, new parent? You’re excited about sleeping? You silly, naïve fool.
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- By Chris Corlew
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8 The McRib Was A Military Experiment Gone Horribly Right
That thing is made from stomach lining and pig hearts ... and that's fine, actually.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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The Mystery Of New York's Eternal Flame (Trapped In A Waterfall)
What’s keeping this fall 'lit?'
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- By Oona O'Brien
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If Dentists Were Honest (VIDEO)
If dentists were honest, nobody would ever go to the dentist. And, honestly, we'd probably be fine.
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- By Jordan Breeding
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5 Popular Environmental Beliefs (That Aren't Totally Accurate)
When it comes to becoming better green eco-warriors for Mother Nature, a lot of us have well-intentioned ideas, but a lot of them just flat out don’t work at all.
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- By Michael Dawson
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5 Wondrous Ways People Used Science To Make Art
Here's what you get when you combine scientific knowledge with a propensity for mind-altering substances.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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A Scientist Promised To Bring His Kids "Next" Time He Won The Nobel Prize ... And Did
Only one person other than Bardeen won twice in the same field, and before him, no one had.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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A Bigfoot Researcher And His Dog, Together Forever, For Science
Grover Krantz's bones are in the Smithsonian. His beliefs, not so much.
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Carl Sagan Sued Apple For Calling Him A Butt-Head
Thus forcing courts to ponder "the undefined phrase 'butt-head'."
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- By Ryan Menezes
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Humankind's Most Valuable Vault Is Filled With Seeds, Not Cash
Svalbard is a Norwegian archipelago with quite the surprise twist.
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- By Oona O'Brien
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6 Earth History Facts That Sound Like Sci-Fi
In case you haven't noticed, our planet is intensely weird.
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- By Chris Corlew
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The Ocean Remains The Most Psychedelic Place On Earth
No actual hallucinogens necessary …
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- By Oona O'Brien
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Marijuana Is 67,200 Times Stronger Than It Used To Be (According To The Media)
We analyzed 80 years of potency reports from scientists, law enforcement, politicians and the media. The numbers are in.
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- By Dana Larsen
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4 Nutty Questions Scientists Actually Tried Answering
We tend to respect scientists, if only because they usually don't bother with questions like these.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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Why The U.S. Government Wants You To Believe In UFOs
The government has allowed UFO conspiracies to fester and actively promoted them.
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- By Ethan Tyrrell
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