Cracked Archive - Science
5 Hidden Practical Benefits Behind Common Religious Rituals
Some of these traditions came from a time when they afforded real practical benefits, and not just because people decided to do whatever a book told them to do.
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- By Eric Yosomono, Patrick McCarty
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1545 10 Old-Timey Medical Treatments Inspired by Your Nightmares
In the course of 10 pictures, we're going to make you feel way better about the fact that you weren't born 100 years earlier.
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- By Tracy V.
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5 Bizarre Ways Brain Scans Can Predict the Future
Now serious men in lab coats can slap a machine on your head and predict stuff like what products you'll buy, which tests you'll fail in class and even how likely you are to be a raging drunk. It's the future!
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- By Agneeth Mazumdar, XJ Selman
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6 Movies That Accidentally Recreate Real Mental Illnesses
Your life can become just like your favorite films as early as tomorrow. All it takes is a debilitating mental illness/
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- By Alex Race
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5 Ways Your Taste in Music is Scientifically Programmed
No matter how science tries to take the magic out of life, there are certain things that you just can't qualify with data: young love, the joy of holding a puppy, the beauty of a classic song ... . Ah, not so fast on that last one.
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- By Kristi Harrison, Chris Radomile
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5 Insignificant Things That Determine if Someone Likes You
The good news is that there are some unexpected shortcuts that can make a person popular. The bad news is that they're just as stupid and arbitrary as the ones you already knew.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Eerily Sophisticated Ways Animals Communicate
We know animals communicate, sure. But it's not like animals lie, or gossip, or argue. Right?
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- By Monte Richard
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5 Crazy Ways the Colors Red and Blue Control Your Life
Your brain and body react to two colors -- red and blue -- in distinct and downright weird ways that science doesn't completely understand.
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- By Monte Richard
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6 Terrifying Experiments Parents Did on Their Own Kids
While most of our scientific forefathers stuck to experimenting on random poor people like any respectable person would, others took it a step further and said, 'Well, this baby in my house is already crying a lot anyway.'
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- By C. Coville
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The 5 Most Terrifying Diseases That Doctors Can't Explain
When we visit the hospital, we know that someone is going to be able to tell us what's wrong with us and how to fix it. But then, there are some particularly unusual diseases out there that have medical professionals throwing up their arms and claiming witchcraft
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- By Elorm Kojo Ntumy, Welldone Quibranza
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5 Terrifying Animals That Could Save Your Life Someday
It's important to stop every once in a while and remind ourselves that the creatures in nature's nightmarish cavalcade of horrors are saving our lives every day.
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- By Lachlan M.
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5 Ways Your Brain Tricks You into Sticking With Bad Habits
Bad habits can ruin your life. And it turns out your brain is perfectly fine with that.
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- By Dennis Hong
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7 Things You Won't Believe Science Says Make You Happy
Apparently, there are some seemingly random activities that are more like cheat codes to happiness.
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- By XJ Selman
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5 Illegal Drugs With Surprisingly Wholesome Medical Uses
Much like Darth Vader, some drugs aren't completely evil, or even as bad as they seem.
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- By Rory Hayes
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The 6 Real and Terrifying Spider Superpowers
Spiders are more like Spider-Man than we think. Though they have yet to master the make-out session, they have racked up some other pretty crazy abilities.
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- By Monte Richard
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