Cracked Archive - Science

5 Insane Things Hiding Just Outside Of Human Perception
The human body is so amazing that it's easy to lose track of the fact that we're still missing 99.99 percent of what's going on in the universe.
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- By Tim Parent, Matt Farmer
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6 Hilarious Ways Science Is Tackling Serious Issues
Scientists look for ways to liven up their daily grind just as much as the rest of us.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Dark Secrets Harbored By Your Favorite Foods
We all like to think we can add a few years to our lives by carefully choosing what we buy at the grocery store, but sometimes you'd be better off closing your eyes and throwing the first thing you find into your cart.
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- By Jim Avery
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6 Reasons We're Closer To Discovering Aliens Than You Think
After telling us for decades that the prospect of finding life in other planet was a crapshoot, science is finally coming to our side.
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- By Ivan Farkas
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6 Weird Ways Your Job Might Be Killing You
No matter what job you have, there seems to be something out to get you.
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- By Amanda Mannen
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5 Sayings Smart People Love To Debunk (Science Proved True)
Psychologists have recently specified a new official personality category called
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- By Federico Cruz
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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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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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