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The 5 Dumbest Space Travel Conspiracy Theories (Are True)
It's clear that the United States was anticipating a future full of space battles and daring snatch-and-grab operations.
- By Sergei Korolev
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- March 06, 2016
6 Animals Who Live Inside A Horror Movie Every Day
When we die, we'll probably have to pay the celestial piper and burn off all the bad karma by coming back as a lowly beast. And if we're really awful, we'll come back as one of these.
- By E. Reid Ross
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- March 05, 2016
6 Insane Things About Space Travel That Movies Got Right
When Hollywood sets out to write up a good old-fashioned space adventure, it often just rips real scenes from the pages of history -- it really is hard to top them.
- By Sergei Korolev
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- February 24, 2016
20 Bizarre Stats About Humans That Science Can't Explain
Humans truly are the freaks of Mother Nature: We're the only animals that like spicy food.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- February 22, 2016
5 Facial Features That Rat Out Everything About You
[Disclaimer: Do not start putting garbage bags on your head]
- By Himanshu Sharma
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- February 15, 2016
6 Space Travel Problems With WTF Solutions No One Saw Coming
Want to drink water in space? Prepare to consume recycled sweat, dirty water, and, yes, pee.
- By Nathan Shulkin
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- February 13, 2016
5 Banned CIA Torture Techniques Babies Use To Break You
No, I'm not kidding or exaggerating; these innocent, defenseless little creatures are guilty of one of a crime so bad that the U.N. had to get 136 countries to ratify a treaty to agree not to do it.
- By Matt Cowan
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- February 02, 2016
23 Facts That Challenge Your Beliefs About Outer Space
Space can be so beautiful and full of color. Except, no, probably not. Not at all.
- By AM Smiley
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- January 30, 2016
I Farm Crickets, The Future Of Human Food: 7 Insane Truths
In roughly 80 percent of the countries on Earth, people eat insects, so we sat down with one man who has made it his life's work to get Americans to eat more bugs.
- By Robert Evans, Kevin Bachhuber
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- January 27, 2016
5 Dumb Things Every Kid Thinks (Science Says Are True)
It turns out there was a very good reason you couldn't finish your vegetables but always had room for cookies.
- By Jeff Sloan, Abraham Mireles, Laura H, Lisa Olsen
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- January 25, 2016
22 Mind-Blowing Catastrophes That Are Just A Matter Of Time
It turns out we're really living in the slowest developing Roland Emmerich movie ever.
- By AM Smiley
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- January 16, 2016
6 Absurd Ways Modern Medicine Fails Because Of Sexism
Unfortunately, modern medicine firmly believes that all medical problems either affect everyone in exactly the same way or don't affect one gender at all.
- By Natalie Vail
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- January 05, 2016
22 Ridiculous Health Myths You Probably Believe
Eating small meals doesn't do anything except keep you perpetually hangry.
- By AM Smiley
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- January 02, 2016
5 Healthcare Rip-Offs The Industry Hopes You'll Never Notice
It turns out a lot of common healthcare practices don't really fit the definition of 'science-based medicine.'
- By E. Reid Ross
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- December 16, 2015
22 Scientific Explanations That Can Make Life Less Annoying
If someone gets angry you handed them a shook up can of soda, now you can turn it in to a quick science lesson that probably won't save you.
- By Cracked Plasticians
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- December 14, 2015
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