Science & History
Why Do Zebras Have Stripes? Turns Out We Have No Idea
The animals' iconic black-and-white markings don’t actually serve a single purpose.
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- By Cracked Writers
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'Doctors Should Wash Their Hands' Used To Be Controversial
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- By Cracked Writers
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The Wild West Was Not As Murder-Filled As You Imagine
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- By Cracked Writers
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A ROUNDUP OF INTERVIEWS, DEEP DIVES, & TRIVIA
Cat Bombs: Maybe The Dumbest Idea Of The Middle Ages?
It may look like those animals are wearing jetpacks, but the truth is considerably grimmer.
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- By Cracked Writers
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7 Dark AF Ways Your Ancestors Had Fun
Back in the day, our ancestors had a lot fewer things around to entertain them. Maybe that's why they came up with all this crazy stuff ...
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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5 Delightfully Crazy Ways People Tried To Contact the Dead
We can't agree on what happens to us after we die. Luckily, there have been plenty of spiritual pioneers who took it upon themselves to ask the only people who know the answer ...
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- By Adam Wears
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6 Real Scandals Crazier Than Anything On 'House Of Cards'
Real politicians aren't our there murdering dogs or pushing their enemies to certain death, right? Come on, of course they've done all of that and worse.
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- By Alex Hanton
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The Board Game 'Life' Used To Kill Its Players
The Game of Life used to be much, much darker.
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- By Cracked Writers
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Calming Down An Angry Alligator Is Way Easier Than You Think
Did you know hypnotizing an alligator is actually relatively simple?
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- By Cracked Writers
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Thanks To Movies You're Imagining Asteroid Fields 100% Wrong
To quote C-3PO, 'The odds of navigating an asteroid field are 3,720 to 1.'
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- By Cracked Writers
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5 Street Drugs Your Doctor Might Prescribe You Someday
Drugs are bad, and ... oh wait. It seems the rest of this article says that drugs are good.
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- By Chris Bucholz
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Uranus Was Discovered By A Guy Looking For Moon Aliens
Finding Uranus was just a cool little side note in the ongoing quest to populate outer space with fantastical beings.
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- By Cracked Writers
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27 Modern World Firsts
It's time to update the history books.
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- By Cracked Plasticians
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6 Terrible Stereotypes (That Came From Positive Things)
The world is not fair.
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- By Kathy Benjamin
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