Cracked Archive - Science
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.
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547 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.
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- By AM Smiley
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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.
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- By Natalie Vail
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22 Ridiculous Health Myths
Eating small meals doesn't do anything except keep you perpetually hangry.
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- By AM Smiley
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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.'
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- By E. Reid Ross
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22 Annoying Things, Explained With Science
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.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Horrifying Things The Nutrition Industry Won't Tell You
'Healthy' and 'unhealthy' foods trade places more often than pro wrestlers in a tag-team match.
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- By Davian Venture
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6 Space Projects That Will Guarantee Aliens Will Hate Us
What will Earth look like to you, a benevolent extraterrestrial emperor? The answer is 'A planet full of Darth Vaders hopped up on bath salts.'
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- By E. Reid Ross
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6 Hallmarks Of Disastrous Parenting (Confirmed By Science)
There are plenty of parenting techniques that just seem like common sense, until science comes in and points out how your well-meaning habits are just making things worse.
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- By Lisa Olsen
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19 Mind-Blowing Facts That Seem Like Bullsh#t (But Aren't)
And, still, we're sure the comments will be full of people claiming to be experts on Saturn and how these are all B.S.
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8 Innocent Things That Are Signs Of Huge Health Problems
Sometimes a flaw is just a flaw, but other times it can be the Silver Surfer to a Galactus-sized, life-ruining problem.
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- By XJ Selman
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6 Things About Space You're Picturing Almost Exactly Wrong
Space is as incomprehensible as it is awesome.
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- By Stephen Perry
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23 Insane (But True) Statistics
There's a lot of information out there that, upon first learning, just seems completely unfathomable to imagine. Thankfully, now you don't have to imagine.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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The 7 Most Hilariously Creepy Science Experiments Ever
Scientists routinely get away with things that would brand anyone else a psychopath.
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- By Mark Hill
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6 Creepy Sixth Senses You've Always Had And Never Noticed
Yes, we're aware that we're up to our 16th 'sixth' sense by now.
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- By XJ Selman
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