Cracked Archive - Science
5 Tiny Things Secretly Determining Who You Have Sex With
The road to a successful relationship is so filled with surprising potholes and dangerous crevasses that it's kind of amazing the human race hasn't given up and gone extinct millennia ago.
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- By Dennis Hong
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734 6 Bizarre Medical Conditions That Shouldn't Be Possible
In the name of preparedness (and giving hypochondriacs something new to obsess over), we want to let you know of a few things.
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- By Himanshu Sharma, Janel Comeau
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5 Insane Things Science Just Found Out About the Human Body
Next time someone sarcastically asks you if you turned your brain off, you'll have an actual answer.
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- By Natso Baatarkhuu, E.M. Caris
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5 Bits of 'Common Knowledge' Science Has Disproved
It turns out that many of the simple pearls of wisdom we take for granted as universal truths just don't stand up to the cold, hard scrutiny of scientists.
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- By Cracked Writers, Federico Cruz
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5 Bullshit Facts About the Brain That Everyone Believes
Even the most reasonable-sounding brain facts everyone keeps repeating can be complete bullshit.
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- By Enrique Fuerte
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5 Important Things From History That No One Can Explain
There are still several major events in history that today's scientists, after years of extensive research, know precisely dick about.
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- By Evan Accardi, Alex Marie
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7 Creepy Physical Changes Your Mind Can Make in Your Body
The placebo effect has to be one of the all-time most baffling scientific phenomena we've run across.
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- By Davian Venture
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5 Modern Things in Historical Images That Shouldn't Exist
Modern society invented everything great, and the rest of history is just a bunch of chumps squatting in holes. The thing is, some of that seemingly recent stuff has been around a lot longer than you'd figure.
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- By Patricia Loupee, Carmen Burana
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5 Huge Scientific Advances Created by Even Bigger Dick Moves
You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs, there are a few pioneers of medical research that arguably smashed entire cartons more than necessary to arrive at their world-changing breakthroughs.
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- By Josh Brown
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5 Reasons Life With Epilepsy is Weirder Than You Think
Eleanor Levinson has been living with epilepsy for ten years, so we figured we'd ask her what it's really like.
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- By Kier Harris, Rachel King
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5 Studies That Prove Racism Is Still Way Worse Than We Think
Prejudice persists within ourselves, we're just less aware of it.
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- By CRACKED Staff
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- 2708
6 Horrifying Implications of the Most Popular RPG Universes
In the course of building fictional worlds full of magic and wonder, game makers have thrown in a bunch of incredibly disturbing elements they're hoping you don't notice.
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- By Jordan Elliot
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5 Seemingly Impossible Things Your Body Does Every Day
Turns out our stupid meatshells are actually working overtime to juggle ridiculously complicated tasks behind the scenes.
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- By Howard L., Ivan Farkas
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- 577
5 Bizarre Ways You Won't Believe Sound Screws With Your Body
It doesn't seem as sexy as light, but by noogie-ing sound into submission, you can make it do some pretty amazing stuff.
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- By Rodney Taylor
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The 6 Most Horrifying Robotic Animals That Actually Exist
They say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, so Mother Nature, consider these bizarre and terrifying abominations a compliment.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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- 187
